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Forrest Frank

American singer, songwriter and producer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ130538756 ↗
Source-derived summary

Forrest Neil Frank (born April 8, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and rapper from Fulshear, Texas. He rose to fame as one half of the pop music duo Surfaces and went on to have further success as a solo performer of Christian music, as well as a member of the Christian music superduo Party Wave. He is signed to River House Records, Warner Music Group, and 10K Projects. His 2024 studio album Child of God sold 22,000 copies within the first week, and held the top position on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart for 35 non-consecutive weeks. He is the grandson of American meteorologist Neil Frank.

In 2025, Frank's song "Your Way's Better" reached the top of the Hot Christian Songs chart and entered the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at No. 61. The concurrent album, Child of God II, was No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart and also No.

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The public source identifies “Forrest Frank” as american singer, songwriter and producer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Forrest, Frank and American.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2024, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-04-08. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Forrest, Frank and American providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q130538756. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1995, 2024 and 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “Forrest Frank” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.