Music is one of Jeopardy!'s broadest and most consistently tested topics, with roughly 3,051 clues and 62 Final Jeopardy appearances spanning nearly four decades. Unlike many major topics, Music skews heavily toward Double Jeopardy: about 1,797 DJ clues versus 1,192 J clues, suggesting the writers consider it a category that rewards deep knowledge and can sustain higher difficulty levels.
The answer pool reflects a striking classical-meets-contemporary split. The most frequent answers include rock icons like U2 (11), Bob Dylan (11), Madonna (10), and Bruce Springsteen (10) alongside classical titans like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Chopin. Opera names like La Boheme and Aida share the leaderboard with album titles like Nevermind. The major categories tell the same story: "MUSIC" (582 clues), "MUSIC APPRECIATION" (120), "NATIONAL ANTHEMS" (100), "MUSICIANS" (59), "ALBUMS" (55), "FOLK MUSIC" (50), "ROCK MUSIC" (45), and "CLASSICAL MUSIC"-type categories scattered throughout.
The gimmes: Madonna (10, 100%), Elton John (9, 100%), Wagner (7, 100%), Spain (7, 100%), Paul Simon (7, 100%), Gilbert & Sullivan (7, 100%), Elvis Presley (7, 100%), The Who (6, 100%), Stevie Wonder (6, 100%), The Beatles (5, 100%), Pink Floyd (5, 100%), Scott Joplin (5, 100%), John Philip Sousa (5, 100%), James Brown (5, 100%).
The stumper zone: Austria (8 clues, 63% wrong), Denmark (5, 60%), George Harrison (7, 43%), Nevermind (9, 33%), calypso (4, 75%), North Star (3, 100%), prima donna (3, 67%), Franz Liszt (3, 67%), Kurt Weill (3, 67%), Haydn (5, 50%), Maurice Ravel (4, 50%), Norway (4, 50%).
Study strategy: Music rewards breadth rather than depth in any one sub-area. Start with the national anthem connections (they appear in both regular rounds and FJ and have a high stumper rate). Then learn the classical composer clue patterns -- how each composer is identified. Finally, master the rock/pop album-and-artist pairings, which dominate the Jeopardy round. The FJ clues trend toward national anthems, iconic songs, and album records -- not obscure classical trivia.
Beethoven appears in Music clues through a small but consistent set of angles. The show loves his deafness: his Piano Concerto No. 5, the "Emperor," was the first he couldn't premiere himself because of it. His "Kreutzer Sonata" inspired a Tolstoy story. He was born in Bonn, became a professional musician at 11, and studied under Haydn. The "Sonate Pathetique" is sometimes paired with Tchaikovsky's "Symphonie Pathetique," written roughly 95 years later.
Mozart clues test his full baptismal name (Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus), the Kochel numbering system for his works (abbreviated "K."), and his operas. "Die Zauberflote" (The Magic Flute) premiered in 1791, months before his death. His 1782 opera The Abduction from the Seraglio is set in 16th-century Turkey. Mozart is slightly harder than other composers at 71% correct -- the Kochel numbers and opera titles trip people up.
Bach marks the end of the Baroque era -- the period ended with his death in 1750. The "Bach trumpet" is a special high-pitched trumpet named for him. His composing sons fanned out across Europe: C.P.E. in Prussia, Johann Christian in London. He wrote the "Art of Fugue." Clues sometimes mix Bach with Burt Bacharach in wordplay categories, so watch for context.
Chopin is a gimme when he appears. Key facts: born with the Polish spelling "Fryderyk" but preferred the French "Frederic." The Chopin piano competition is sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation -- this was a Final Jeopardy answer (1995, 0/3 correct, one of the show's hardest FJ clues). His solo piano works include the 1846 Opus 60 "Barcarolle" and 17 Polish songs. The 1945 biopic A Song to Remember featured Jose Iturbi playing his music.
Watch out: The Chopin FJ clue (1995) stumped all three contestants. The Kosciuszko Foundation connection is the kind of cross-domain fact that defines hard FJ clues -- know it.
Tchaikovsky (5 clues, 100%) -- His Sixth Symphony is the "Pathetique." He began teaching at the Moscow Musical Conservatory in 1866 (now named for him). Itzhak Perlman performed in Russia on his 150th birthday (1990). He conducted his Sixth Symphony in St. Petersburg nine days before his death.
Handel (8 clues, 75%) -- The "Hallelujah Chorus" is his most famous piece, but the show also tests the aria "Ombra Mai Fu" from Xerxes, his Water Music (1717), and his position writing music for the future Duke of Chandos. At 75% correct he is slightly tricky -- contestants sometimes confuse his works with Bach's.
George Gershwin (8 clues, 88%) -- "Rhapsody in Blue" was used as the title of his 1945 biopic. He composed most of An American in Paris while actually in Paris. His 1922 opera Blue Monday is less famous than Porgy and Bess (1935). He wrote variations on "I Got Rhythm" for piano and orchestra in 1934.
Brahms (4 clues, 75%) -- The "third B" (after Bach and Beethoven). His "German Requiem" premiered in Leipzig in 1869, but a partial premiere in 1867 was greeted with hisses. As a youngster, he played piano in sailors' taverns.
Watch out: Haydn (5 clues, 50% wrong) is a significant stumper. He composed the music for Austria's national anthem, and his connection to Germany's anthem melody shows up in both regular clues and FJ. Franz Liszt (3 clues, 67% wrong) and Maurice Ravel (4 clues, 50% wrong) also trip contestants up regularly.
Opera clues in the Music topic focus less on specific operas (those tend to land in the Musical Theater topic) and more on composers, terminology, and cultural connections. The key opera vocabulary and figures tested:
Libretto (multiple clues) -- Meaning "little book" in Italian, it is the text of an opera. This appears in almost identical clues across different years -- one of the show's most repeated definitions.
Aria -- "An elaborate solo song -- not just in operas but also cantatas and oratorios." The Da Capo Aria, popular in 18th-century opera, had two sections and then the singer was supposed to return to the beginning.
Operetta -- "Italian for 'little opera,' it's come to mean 'light opera.'" Gilbert & Sullivan's works are the archetypal operettas.
Prima donna (3 clues, 67% wrong) -- A stumper. Literally "first lady" in Italian, it refers to the lead female singer in an opera.
Coloratura -- Joan Sutherland was a coloratura soprano who "decorated her arias with a rainbow of musical hues."
Wagner is a perfect gimme in Music. A Heldentenor (heroic tenor) is well suited for roles like Siegfried in his operas. He conducted the last act of Parsifal on August 29, 1882 -- his final appearance conducting opera. "Siegfrieds Tod" was his original title for Gotterdammerung. The Bugs Bunny connection is real and tested: "I have to admit, one tune in 'The Valkyrie' by this composer always gets me singing, 'Kill da wabbit.'"
Another perfect gimme. Their operettas are collectively known as the "Savoy Operas" after the Savoy Theatre, their home venue. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company was founded specifically to perform their works. From Iolanthe onward, their works are the "Savoy Operas." The Pirates of Penzance supplied the melody for "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" -- a Final Jeopardy answer (1990, 3/3 correct).
Caruso -- Made his operatic debut at the Teatro Nuovo in his hometown of Naples in 1894.
Salieri -- Several of his opera scores were discovered in Czechoslovakia in 1988. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote an 1898 opera about the Mozart-Salieri rivalry (the Amadeus adversaries).
Kurt Weill (3 clues, 67% wrong) -- A stumper. Singer Lotte Lenya was married to this composer of the Threepenny Opera. The Weill-Lenya connection is the primary clue angle.
Instrument clues appear across many Music categories, not just "MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS." The show tests identification (sound, description, family), famous performers, and key facts about construction and history. Here are the instruments to know:
Violin ~11 clues, high correct rate
The most-tested instrument. Niccolo Paganini composed a sonata for violin at age 8. David Oistrakh and his son Igor were both famous violin soloists. Though famous for band music, John Philip Sousa actually mastered the violin. Brahms' Opus 78 for two players is known as the "violin sonata" (much to pianists' chagrin).
Cello ~4 clues
A traditional string quartet has two violins, one viola, and one cello. Jacqueline du Pre studied cello with Rostropovich in Moscow. Bach wrote six solo suites for it. The clue "It has 4 strings, 5 letters & 6 Bach solo suites written just for it" is a classic example of the show's love of number patterns.
Harp ~5 clues (as standalone instrument)
The 46-stringed instrument. "Bisbigliando" (whispering) is a playing effect specific to the harp.
Lute ~5 clues
John Dowland was a notable Renaissance composer of pieces for the lute. It's the quintessential medieval stringed instrument.
Banjo ~6 clues
Ralph Stanley is known for "clawhammer" picking style on the banjo. "Scruggs-picking" is a technique developed for this instrument. "Dueling Banjos" was featured in the film Deliverance.
Flute ~7 clues
Jean-Pierre Rampal is the instrument's most famous associated performer. Some types are end-blown, some are side-blown (transverse). Mozart's Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) premiered in 1791.
Oboe ~4 clues
The oboe is a double-reed instrument. The three main double-reed instruments are bassoon, English horn, and oboe. A Morrissey song is titled with this four-letter woodwind "Concerto."
Clarinet ~5 clues
Sometimes called a "blackstick." It is a single-reed instrument -- Benny Goodman was its king. Its sound opens Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Bartok wrote a "Rhapsody" trio for clarinet, and Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto" features clarinet and jazz band.
Piccolo ~4 clues
An octave higher than the flute, it has the highest pitch of the woodwinds. Its name is Italian for "small." This is a heavily repeated clue -- four nearly identical versions appear in the database.
Piano ~15 clues, 83% correct
Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition for piano (Ravel later orchestrated it). The sustaining pedal holds the dampers off the strings. "Piano" is Italian for "softly" (abbreviated "p."). The giraffe piano was an upright type shaped like a giraffe's neck.
Harpsichord ~5 clues
The keyboard instrument of the basic Baroque orchestra. When a key is pressed, a jack is raised and a plectrum plucks a string (unlike the piano, which strikes). Wanda Landowska initiated the harpsichord revival in the 20th century. John Cage's "HPSCHD" is named for it.
Watch out: Instrument clues that seem simple can be stumpers when the clue is indirect. "A piano" as an answer (not "piano") has a 75% wrong rate -- the article changes the clue angle from "what instrument?" to identification-by-description clues that are trickier.
U2 (11 clues, 91%) -- The most-tested rock act in Music. Clue angles: "Zooropa" won best alternative music album Grammy (1993); "The Joshua Tree" hit #1 in 1987; "Sunday Bloody Sunday" was inspired by the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre; "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" won Album of the Year Grammy (2004).
Bob Dylan (11 clues, 80%) -- "Like a Rolling Stone" appeared on Highway 61 Revisited (1965). He sang "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" before Pope John Paul II in 1997. His 1997 album Time Out of Mind is a common clue. Steinbeck called Woody Guthrie (Dylan's idol) "just a voice and a guitar."
Madonna (10 clues, 100%) -- Perfect gimme. "Take a Bow" from Bedtime Stories; Erotica (1992); Truth or Dare (1991 documentary). She topped Forbes' list of highest-paid people in music for 2013 -- also a FJ answer.
Bruce Springsteen (10 clues, 89%) -- His 1982 album Nebraska was recorded as demos on a 4-track machine at home. "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994) was from the Tom Hanks film Philadelphia. His 1995 Greatest Hits featured new tracks with the E Street Band.
Michael Jackson (9 clues, 89%) -- Thriller (1983) dominates his clue profile. His first solo album was Got to Be There (1972). The "Black or White" video was directed by John Landis.
Elton John (9 clues, 100%) -- Perfect gimme. Nicknamed "Captain Fantastic." "Rocket Man" (1972): "it's lonely out in space." "Bennie and the Jets" hit #1 in the U.S. but only #37 in the U.K. His autobiography Me includes a story about a Donald Duck costume.
Watch out: George Harrison (7 clues, 43% wrong) is the biggest rock stumper. Contestants know the Beatles but struggle when Harrison is singled out. Key facts: born 1943 in Liverpool, died 2001 in Los Angeles. Todd Rundgren sang "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on a Harrison tribute album. James Taylor has spoken about his association with Harrison in 1960s London.
Elvis Presley (7, 100%) -- Gimme. Life Magazine called him "A Howling Hillbilly" in 1956. Still guides tourists through Graceland via audiotape. He and Aretha Franklin both died on August 16 (different years) -- a FJ answer.
Paul Simon (7, 100%) -- Four #1 hits: one solo, three with Garfunkel. He wrote, produced, scored, and starred in One-Trick Pony (1980). Married to singer Edie Brickell.
Stevie Wonder (6, 100%) -- Won consecutive Album of the Year Grammys for Innervisions (1973) and Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974). "Superstition" was originally written for guitarist Jeff Beck.
Johnny Cash (multiple clues + 2 FJ) -- "A Boy Named Sue" was recorded live at San Quentin. He testified before a Senate subcommittee on national penitentiaries in 1972. His 2003 People obituary was headlined "Fade to Black." Two FJ appearances make him the most FJ-tested individual artist.
The Eagles (FJ answer) -- Their first greatest hits album (covering 1971-1975) was the first ever certified platinum.
Led Zeppelin (FJ answer, 3/3 correct) -- Used a picture of the Hindenburg disaster on the cover of their eponymous debut album. Physical Graffiti (1975).
Nevermind is a major stumper at 33% wrong despite 9 appearances. The naked-baby-in-pool cover is described in clues. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and tracks like "Drain You" and "Lithium" are cited. Other tested albums: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2 FJ appearances), Rumours (FJ -- bassist Fleetwood specified the British spelling), Damn the Torpedoes by Tom Petty (FJ, 0/3 correct), Jagged Little Pill (5 clues, 100%).
National anthems are a huge sub-theme with their own dedicated category (100 clues). The top tested countries and their anthems:
Austria (5 anthem clues + 3 other Music clues, 63% wrong overall) -- The #1 stumper in all of Music. Its anthem is the "Osterreichische Bundeshymne" ("Land der Berge, Land am Strome"). It was adopted in 1947 to replace one by Joseph Haydn tainted by Nazi association. In the 19th century, the anthem was "Gott Erhalte Franz den Kaiser" ("God Save Emperor Francis"). Austria is also a FJ answer (2019, only 1/3 correct).
Spain (7 clues, 100%) -- "La Marcha Real" has been in use since 1770 and is one of the few national anthems with no officially approved lyrics. Rafael Nadal's country.
India (7 clues, 83%) -- "Jana-Gana-Mana" means "Thou Art the Ruler of the Minds of All People," written by Rabindranath Tagore. The raga is an important part of its classical music.
"God Save the King/Queen" (multiple clues + 2 FJ) -- The melody of "America" ("My Country, 'Tis of Thee") was borrowed from this anthem. New Zealand uses it as a second national anthem. Queen Liliuokalani's memoirs note Hawaii used it before having its own anthem. Haydn composed the music for Austria's anthem for the Holy Roman Emperor's birthday (1797).
"O Canada" (2 FJ appearances) -- Lyrics by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier; debuted June 24, 1880, at a St. Jean Baptiste Day celebration. "Terre de nos aieux" follows the title in the French version.
"La Marseillaise" (3 clues) -- Written as a marching song during the French Revolution.
Key anthem facts for study: - Israel, Hungary, Australia, Ireland, Greece, Denmark, Switzerland all appear 3-5 times each - Denmark's "Kong Kristian" is a 60% stumper - Japan's anthem translates as "His Majesty's Reign" with lyrics from a 1,000-year-old poem (FJ 2023) - Iraq's anthem is "Land of Two Rivers" (FJ 2001) - The Netherlands' anthem is "William of Nassau" (FJ 1991, only 1/3 correct)
Watch out: National anthem clues are the highest-stumper sub-area in Music. Austria (63%), Denmark (60%), Norway (50%), and the Netherlands are all traps. When you see a clue about a European country's anthem, think twice -- these are not gimmes.
National anthems are the single most common Music FJ angle, with at least ten appearances:
Average FJ correct rate on anthem clues: roughly 45%. These are hard.
Songs and albums form the largest FJ cluster:
Some of the hardest FJ clues connect music to non-music domains:
| Answer | Wrong % | What trips contestants up |
|---|---|---|
| North Star | 100% | Obscure -- only 3 responses, all wrong |
| calypso | 75% | Music genre confused with the mythological figure |
| a piano | 75% | Indirect description clues (not "what instrument?") |
| Austria | 63% | National anthem -- Haydn connection, Nazi taint |
| Denmark | 60% | "Kong Kristian" -- obscure anthem |
| prima donna | 67% | Opera term -- contestants overthink it |
| Kurt Weill | 67% | Threepenny Opera -- Lotte Lenya connection |
| Franz Liszt | 67% | Hungarian Rhapsodies -- confused with other Romantics |
| Haydn | 50% | Austrian anthem composer -- hard cross-domain |
| Norway | 50% | Another European anthem stumper |
| Maurice Ravel | 50% | Bolero -- contestants know the piece but not the name |
| Stevie Nicks | 50% | Fleetwood Mac solo -- confused with other members |
| George Harrison | 43% | Individual Beatle identification |
| Nevermind | 33% | Nirvana album -- contestants know songs but not title |
| Handel | 25% | Confused with Bach; "Hallelujah Chorus" not enough |
Priority 1: National Anthems. This is the highest-value, highest-stumper area. Memorize the anthem names for Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Spain, India, and Israel. Know that Haydn composed Austria's original anthem melody. Know "God Save the King/Queen" connections (New Zealand, Hawaii, "America" melody).
Priority 2: Album Records & Milestones. The Eagles' first greatest hits = first platinum album. Thriller = bestselling album. Shania Twain's album = bestselling by a female artist. West Side Story soundtrack = most weeks at #1. Van Cliburn = first classical LP to sell one million copies.
Priority 3: Composer Quick-ID. Learn the one-line identifier for each major composer: Beethoven = deafness + Emperor Concerto; Mozart = Kochel numbers + Magic Flute; Bach = end of Baroque (1750) + Art of Fugue; Gershwin = Rhapsody in Blue + Porgy and Bess; Tchaikovsky = "Pathetique" Symphony; Wagner = Ring Cycle + Heldentenor.
Priority 4: Song Origins. "Amazing Grace" by John Newton (slave trader turned minister). "Taps" = 24 notes, Butterfield's Lullaby. "Heavy metal" from Steppenwolf. "Space Oddity" timed to Apollo 11. Scooby-Doo's name from "Strangers in the Night." These cross-domain connections are FJ gold.
Memorize these and recognize 8.9% of all Music clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madonna | 14 | Pepsi canceled a deal with her after complaints over the "Like A Prayer" video |
| 2 | U2 | 12 | 2005: "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" |
| 3 | Elton John | 11 | ( Drew Barrymore delivers the clue one last time.) Bernie Taupin was a teenager when he answered an ad looking for songwriters, this future partner of... |
| 4 | the piano | 11 | Czerny taught Leschetizky, who taught Paderewski this instrument |
| 5 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 10 | This Beatles album was first reissued on CD June 1, 1987, making the lyrics of the title track accurate |
| 6 | Michael Jackson | 10 | In a 1988 hit, he was looking at the "Man In The Mirror" |
| 7 | Elvis Presley | 10 | Many of the tracks on his 1977 release "Moody Blue" were recorded at Graceland |
| 8 | Bruce Springsteen | 10 | A "Boss" among singers, in 1985 he reflected on his "Glory Days" |
| 9 | Bob Dylan | 10 | ( Jon of the Clue Crew walks next to a statue of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.) In tribute to James Meredith, it was on this legend... |
| 10 | Richard Wagner | 10 | This German composer's "Flying Dutchman" took off after he expanded it from 1 act to 3 |
| 11 | Paul Simon | 9 | 1975: His "Still Crazy After These Years" |
| 12 | George Harrison | 9 | ( James Taylor presents the clue.) In my new audio memoir "Break Shot" I talk about my early days, including my time in London in the '60s & my associ... |
| 13 | The Rolling Stones | 9 | Beginning with 1970's "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!", this group had a Top 10 LP every year of the decade except 1979 |
| 14 | Stevie Wonder | 8 | His No. 1 hit "I Wish" says, "Sneaking out the back door to hang out with those hoodlum friends of mine" |
| 15 | Paul McCartney | 8 | In 1972 he flew moderately "Hi, Hi, Hi" into the Top 40 with Wings; he was in another OK band before that one |
| 16 | John Lennon | 8 | In 1991 an updated version of his "Give Peace A Chance" was released with new lyrics by his son Sean |
| 17 | The Eagles | 7 | "Hell Freezes Over" to culminate this band's unlikely reunion in an MTV special |
| 18 | The Beatles | 7 | Drummer Andy White played on this group's U.S. release of "Love Me Do"; Ringo was heard on the British version |
| 19 | Spain | 7 | Tennis great Rafael Nadal hails from this country whose "La Marcha Real" has no officially approved lyrics |
| 20 | R.E.M. | 7 | That's them in the corner with "Out of Time" |
| 21 | Jimi Hendrix | 7 | 1967: "Are You Experienced" |
| 22 | Irving Berlin | 7 | He said his "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was a song about ragtime, not a ragtime song |
| 23 | Handel | 7 | This man's aria "Ombra Mai Fu" from "Xerxes" is not as famous as his "Hallelujah Chorus" |
| 24 | Gilbert & Sullivan | 7 | Performers of this pair's operettas are called Savoyard |
| 25 | George Gershwin | 7 | This American composed most of "An American In Paris" in Paris |
| 26 | "Amazing Grace" | 7 | This hymn that says, "I once was lost, but now am found" was written by a slave trader turned abolitionist |
| 27 | the violin | 7 | Though famous for band music, John Philip Sousa mastered this string instrument |
| 28 | Ringo Starr | 7 | Born in a small brick row house July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, he's the oldest Beatle |
| 29 | Pretty in Pink | 7 | The soundtrack to this 1986 Molly Ringwald film includes OMD's "If You Leave" & the title track by the Psychedelic Furs |
| 30 | John Philip Sousa | 7 | After resigning as director of the Marine Band, he gave his first concert with his own band Sept. 26, 1892 |
| 31 | The Who | 6 | Their "Live at Leeds" featuring a medley with "My Generation" & "Magic Bus" is considered one of the best live albums ever made |
| 32 | The Police | 6 | "Synchronicity" by this trio |
| 33 | Switzerland | 6 | Ernest Bloch's orchestral work "Helvetia, The Land Of Mountains Amd Its People" honors this country, his birthplace |
| 34 | Rumours | 6 | This Fleetwood Mac album was the top album of 1977 |
| 35 | Pink Floyd | 6 | This band didn't hit "The Wall" at 10 million; they're over 23, now |
| 36 | Pearl Jam | 6 | This Seattle band's 1991 debut album was titled "Ten" for the uniform number of NBA player Mookie Blaylock |
| 37 | Nevermind | 6 | A naked baby underwater reaches towards a dollar bill on a string |
| 38 | India | 6 | A tambura is a lute that serves as a drone when playing the raga melodies of this country |
| 39 | Britney Spears | 6 | Born in 1981, she's the singer heard here |
| 40 | Austria | 6 | Its anthem was adopted in 1947 to replace one by Joseph Haydn that had been tainted by association with Nazis |
| 41 | Australia | 6 | This continent's Aborigines play the didjeridoo, a type of wooden trumpet |
| 42 | "God Save The Queen" | 6 | To mark an historic visit, on May 17 an Irish army band played this song followed by Ireland's anthem |
| 43 | "Chopsticks" | 6 | Liszt, Borodin & Rimsky-Korsakov all wrote variations of this simple waltz |
| 44 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 6 | The "clavier-ubung" is an extensive 4-part collection of this composer's keyboard music |
| 45 | Woody Guthrie | 5 | Steinbeck called him "just a voice and a guitar" but said his songs embodied "the will of a people to endure and fight against oppression" |
| 46 | Thriller | 5 | Michael Jackson: "Beat It" & "Billie Jean" |
| 47 | the Jonas Brothers | 5 | Nominated for 2 awards in 2019, they made their first AMA appearance in more than 10 years with a special performance of "Only Human" |
| 48 | Taylor Swift | 5 | 2009: Her "Fearless" |
| 49 | Sting | 5 | In his song "Russians," he wondered "How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?" |
| 50 | soprano | 5 | The lyric type of this highest female voice is more suitable for operetta than the dramatic |
These appear 8+ times. Memorize these first.
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