One Word Artists
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Crossword Clues "H"
Divas
Heavy Metal
100

This Little Red Corvette singer changed their name into a symbol, , to get out of a record contract in 1993

Who is Prince?

100

This legendary Queen of Soul broke the gender barrier in 1987 by being the first woman inducted into the Hall of Fame. Finally a little Respect

Who is Aretha Franklin?

100

This band is composed of sisters Alana, Este, and Danielle (4 letters)

Who is Haim?

100

Angela Bassett went on to be nominated for Best Actress at the 66th Academy Awards for portraying this Private Dancer in a film based on her 1986 autobiography

Who is Tina Turner?

100

This Ozzy Osbourne-lead band famously only took one recording session to produce their first self-titled album in 1969

Who is Black Sabbath?

200

This singer asked Are You That Somebody? on the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack in 1998

Who is Aaliyah?

200

This is the only band that has had all four members inducted as solo artists after the original group was originally added to the Hall of Fame in 1988

Who are The Beatles?

200

Formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by singer Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson. This group took their name from a Euripides Greek tragedy concept about internal pain (4 letters)

Who is Hole?

200

According to the 2008 Beyoncé single, a diva is the "female version" of this

What is a hustler? (or hustla)

200

Considered the highest and most valued card in the deck of playing cards, this Motörhead 1980 single went on to be the band's biggest hit song to date

What is Ace of Spades

300

This singer's self-deprecating refrain "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me" was made up on the spot during a studio jam in 1993

Who is Beck?

300

This is the only artist to be inducted three times—as a solo artist, and with the bands Cream and The Yardbirds

Who is Eric Clapton?

300

In the movie Jerry Maguire, a group of kids at the NFL draft mistake Cuba Gooding Jr. for singer Darius Rucker when they ask him, "Are you _____?" (6 letters)

Who is Hootie?

300

This artist is shaping up to be Grant's most-played artist of July 2026 with her recent album, Confessions II

Who is Madonna?

300

This lead singer of Judas Priest became the first major heavy metal star to publicly come out as gay during a 1998 interview with MTV News 

Who is Rob Halford?

400

This artist fronted the alternative rock group the Sugarcubes before achieving global solo fame with 1993's Debut 

Who is Björk?

400

The Grateful Dead used a cardboard cutout for this lead guitarist when the band was inducted in 1994

Who is Jerry Garcia?

400

This band's The Reason was featured in the TV series finale of Friends (10 letters)

Who is Hoobastank?

400

This artists's debut album, On the 6, is named after the New York City subway line she used to take from the Bronx to Manhattan

Who is Jennifer Lopez?

400

The distinct backward "R" in this band's logo mimics the Toys R Us trademark because several members worked at the toy retailer before making it big

Who is KoRn?

500

This "Foolish" singer starred alongside Brittany Snow and Jesse Metcalfe in John Tucker Must Die in 2006

Who is Ashanti?

500

First cousin to Whitney Houston, this singer was inducted in 2024. Apparantly the Hall of Fame committees were not ready to Walk on By

Who is Dionne Warwick?

500

Born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, this artist's stage name is an anagram of her first name as well as reference to a Brooklyn street where she used to spend time (6 letters)

Who is Halsey?

500

Interpolateing Madonna’s 1990 hit Vogue, this diva is the only name mentioned twice during the bridge in Beyoncé's Break My Soul Queens Remix

Who is Grace Jones?

500

This guitarist played on Michael Jackson's 1982 hit smash "Beat It" 

Who is Eddie Van Halen?