Forefront (quartet)

{{short description|Barbershop quartet}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Forefront

| image =

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| current_members = Drew Wheaton – tenor
Kevin Hughes – lead
Aaron Hughes – baritone
Brian O'Dell – bass

| past_members = Garry Texeira – tenor

| origin = Louisville, Kentucky; Columbus, Ohio; Champaign, Illinois; Terre Haute, Indiana

| genre = Barbershop

| website = {{URL|https://forefrontquartet.com/}}

}}

Forefront is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2016 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Nashville, Tennessee.{{cite news |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article89290342.html |title=Barbershop singers try to update their image |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |agency=Associated Press |date=July 13, 2016 |access-date=July 16, 2016 |first=Kristin M. |last=Hall }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://www.barbershop.org/files/nashville/INTL20160706_QF.OSS1.pdf |title=Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International, Quartet Finals, Nashville, Tennessee, July 9, 2016 |format=PDF |date=July 9, 2016 |access-date=July 16, 2016 }} The quartet had placed second in the 2014 and 2015 international contests,{{cite web |url=http://www.harmonize.ws/HarmonetReporter/scores/2014/intl/int14fqt.pdf |title=Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International, Quartet Finals, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 5, 2014 |format=PDF |date=July 5, 2014 |access-date=July 16, 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.harmonize.ws/HarmonetReporter/scores/2015/intl/int15fqt.pdf |title=Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International, Quartet Finals, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 4, 2015 |format=PDF |date=July 4, 2015 |access-date=July 16, 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.barbershop.org/forefront-captures-quartet-championship/ |title=Forefront captures quartet championship |date=July 9, 2016 |access-date=July 16, 2016 |publisher=Barbershop Harmony Society }} after competing at the international level annually since 2010. Forefront formed in August 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.singers.com/group/Forefront/ |title=Forefront |access-date=July 16, 2016 |website=Primarily A Cappella |publisher=United Singers International }}