frontperson

noun

1. The lead singer of a band.

   “Near-synonyms: frontman, front man, frontwoman”

   “It's rock and roll, a frenetic chock-a-block pulse dressed up in fuzzy guitar, all of which functions as a perfect setting in which Fetchin Bones' frontperson and secret weapon, Hope Nicholls, can gyrate and snarl in a manner that suggests a cross between Patti Smith and Janis Joplin.”

2. The person acting as the public face of a covert group.

   “Near-synonyms: frontman, front man, front”