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Frontside as a major player in the music industry, especially when Canada is involved. The purpose of mentioning the nomination - while it is true that they did not win that award - was to show that they were considered noteworthy despite having only recently formed less than 1 year before. The other links do not involve past employment, but instead requests by those companies for outside industry professionals (ie, the Frontside staffers) to share their knowledge and outlook on the music industry with other professionals in music. --
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Frontside Promotion Group's client list, which includes Motley Crue (publicity, radio promotion, and Crue Fest promotion), Barenaked Ladies (publicity and radio promotion), Sum 41 (radio promotion), and Hinder (radio promotion). Frontside is also hired by the Canadian government to promote Canadian Blast (
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Aside from a list of clients (that can be found in this article), the most relevant evidence for the notability of
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Frontside. Please only add material that's sourced to independent third-party reliable sources. If you personally work for Frontside, it is recommended that you mention that, and you not write about something you have a
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