frontman
Americannoun
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frontmen
plural
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a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
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a person who serves as the nominal head of an organization and who represents it publicly.
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Origin of frontman
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There, she debuted “Después de Ti,” a shoegaze ballad joined by Greg Gonzalez, frontman of the indie-pop band Cigarettes After Sex; the song expressed profound grief after Karol experienced a loved one’s death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The 56-year-old, who shot to prominence in 1991 musical comedy film The Commitments, was long-time frontman of acclaimed rock band The Frames.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Hansard, 56, was the frontman for rock group The Frames and also featured in The Commitments.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Bon Jovi’s “Forever” tour is the first since the namesake frontman had surgery to repair a vocal cord injury in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
I'd already given Abie back fifty of the hundred and fifty he'd paid me for the Centaurians' gear, and was starting in on the hundred when Redman walked in flanked by the frontman.
From Noble Redman by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
As one of the Dead’s frontmen from 1965 to the band’s dissolution in 1995, he helped pioneer the group’s long-form, jamming approach on concert songs that could last upward of 40 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Firstly, centre-forwards want minutes so there were not necessarily a queue of quality frontmen lining up to play a supporting role before Isak stopped training with the group.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
One of rock’s most charismatic and talented frontmen, Eddie Vedder, often climbed the scaffolding and towering speakers and dove into the crowd, doing whatever it took to grab the audience’s attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025
With former clubs United and Arsenal struggling for goalscoring frontmen, they might both wish they still had the services of Welbeck.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
He mimics a lot of boy band frontmen, namely Harry Styles — but he’s an actor and shaping him into a performer requires a different skillset.
From Salon ● May 22, 2024
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