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==Contests==
To promote and improve barbershop singing, the society annually runs international and district-level contests for [[List of chorus champions by year|choruses]] and [[List of quartet champions by year|quartets]].

When a quartet wins the international gold medal, the foursome is considered champions forever and may not compete again. A chorus that wins the gold must sit out only for the next two competitions.

===International quartet champions===
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{{for|a complete list of international champions|List of Barbershop Harmony Society quartet champions}}

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* Midtown, the 2023 champions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.barbershop.org/midtown-wins-quartet-title |title=Midtown Wins Quartet Championship |date=July 8, 2023 |website=Barbershop Harmony Society |access-date=October 8, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Musical Island Boys]], the 2014 champions from New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbershop.org/files/INTL20140629_QF.OSS1.pdf |title=Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International, Quartet Finals, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 5, 2014 |date=July 5, 2014 |access-date=May 24, 2017 |publisher=Barbershop Harmony Society }}</ref> are also the 2006 collegiate champions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Scoring Summary, BHS, MBNA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest International, Quartet Finals, Indianapolis, Indiana |date=July 8, 2006 |publisher=Barbershop Harmony Society |url=http://www.harmonize.ws/HarmonetReporter/scores/2006/Intl/INT06CQT.pdf |access-date=September 14, 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Ringmasters (quartet)|Ringmasters]], the 2012 champions and 2008 collegiate champions,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harmonize.ws/HarmonetReporter/scores/2008/Intl/INT08CQT.pdf |title=Official Scoring Summary, BHS, Bank of America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest International, Quartet Finals Collegiate, Nashville, Tennessee|date=July 5, 2008 |access-date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> are from Sweden. They were the first quartet from outside of North America to win.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ringmasters makes history |url=http://aicgold.com/2012-ringmasters/ |publisher=Association of International Champions |access-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915101740/http://www.aicgold.com/2012-ringmasters/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Old School (quartet)|Old School]], the 2011 champions, reunited multiple-time winners Kipp Buckner and [[Joe Connelly (musician)|Joe Connelly]] from the 1987 champions [[Interstate Rivals]].
* [[OC Times]], 2008 champions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harmonize.ws/HarmonetReporter/scores/2008/Intl/INT08FQT.pdf |title=Official Scoring Summary, BHS, International Quartet and Chorus Convention International, Quartet Finals, Nashville, Tennessee |date=July 5, 2008 |access-date=September 14, 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Vocal Spectrum]], the 2006 champions were previously the 2004 collegiate champions.
* [[Realtime (quartet)|Realtime]], in 2005 became the first truly international champions, with members from three nations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aicgold.com/2005-realtime/ |title=2005-Realtime |date=June 28, 2011 |publisher=Association of International Champions |access-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915101532/http://www.aicgold.com/2005-realtime/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Bluegrass Student Union]], the 1978 champions, had a 33-year career ending in 2006; they produced innovative recordings still available.
* [[Happiness Emporium]], 1975 champions, remained active through October 2013.
* [[The Suntones]], 1961 champions, were regularly seen on [[The Jackie Gleason Show]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aicgold.com/1961-suntones/ |title=1961-Suntones |publisher=Association of International Champions |access-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915101827/http://www.aicgold.com/1961-suntones/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[Buffalo Bills (quartet)|Buffalo Bills]], 1950 champions were widely known, as they appeared in stage and screen productions of [[The Music Man]] and frequently appeared on [[Arthur Godfrey]]'s radio show.
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===Chorus champions===
{{for|a complete list of international champions|List of chorus champions by year}}

* The [[Vocal Majority]], based in [[Dallas, Texas]], thirteen-time International Chorus Champions (1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2018)&nbsp;– the chorus with the most international gold medals, ten of which were in succession (each time the chorus was eligible to compete) until 2009.
* The [[Ambassadors of Harmony]], based in [[St. Charles, Missouri]], International Chorus Champions in 2004, 2009, 2012, 2016, and 2023.  Their 2009 championship interrupted the Vocal Majority's streak at 10 consecutive championships.
* The [[Masters of Harmony]], nine-time International Chorus Champions (1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2017).
* The [[Westminster Chorus]], initially a youth barbershop chorus in California started by young members of the Masters of Harmony, then expanded into a chorus with members of all ages; International Chorus Champions in 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019, and 2024.
* The [[Louisville Thoroughbreds]] Chorus, the society's first 7-time International Chorus Champions, winning in 1962, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1981 and 1984.

===Awards===
In 2020, the society inaugurated an annual Awards Gala to "amplify and celebrate" those who have impacted the barbershop genre via excellence and service. Award nominations are accepted from January into February, selected nominees announced in April, and winners made known during the [[black tie]] gala held early in the week of the international contests. Awards are given for the Barbershopper, Quartet, Ensemble, Arranger, Innovator, Ambassador, Album, and Video of the Year, as well as Lifetime Achievement for an Arranger. Several pre-existent awards and honors are also now announced at the gala, including Hall of Fame, Honorary Membership, Harmony Fellows (50-year members) and the Joe Liles Lifetime Achievement Award (for a chorus director). With the inaugural year's international convention canceled due to COVID-19, a virtual awards event was held on September 14, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barbershop.org/events/virtual-society-awards |title=Virtual Society Awards |access-date=September 15, 2020 |publisher=Barbershop Harmony Society |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925095217/https://www.barbershop.org/events/virtual-society-awards |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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!rowspan=2|Year!!rowspan=2|Video!!rowspan=2|Album!!rowspan=2|Innovator!!rowspan=2|Arranger!!colspan=2|Lifetime Achievement!!rowspan=2|Ambassador!!rowspan=2|Ensemble!!rowspan=2|Quartet!!rowspan=2|Barbershopper
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!Director!!Arranger
|-
|2019||''Spider-Man''<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzJGSYa4rc  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/_NzJGSYa4rc| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Spider-Man Theme |date=June 20, 2019 |author=Midtown |publisher=YouTube |access-date=September 15, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> by Midtown||''Volume III'' by GQ||Barbershop Revival||Theo Hicks||Greg Clancy
| style="min-width: 10em" | {{Collapsible list|title=''20 names''|Renee Craig, Aaron Dale, Tom Gentry, Jay Giallombardo, Don Gray, S.K. Grundy, David Harrington, Val Hicks, [[Clay Hine]], Walter Latzko, Joe Liles, Earl Moon, Lou Perry, [[Sigmund Spaeth]], Dave Stevens, Burt Szabo, Greg Volk, Ed Waesche, [[David Wright (arranger)|David Wright]], Larry Wright}}
|Barberdrunk||[[Alexandria Harmonizers]]||The Newfangled Four||Will Downey
|}

====Hall of Fame====
Since 2004, the society's Hall of Fame recognizes quartets and individual members who have made exceptional contributions to barbershop as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.barbershop.org/about/history-of-barbershop/heroes#hall-of-fame |title=Barbershop Heroes: Hall of Fame |website=Barbershop Harmony Society |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>

:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Year!!Recipients
|+2000s
|2004||Carroll Adams, Harold "Bud" Arburg, [[Buffalo Bills (quartet)|The Buffalo Bills]], O.C. Cash, Floyd Connett, Phil Embury, Rupert Hall, Val Hicks, Freddy King, C.T. "Deac" Martin, [[Geoffrey O'Hara]], Maurice "Molly" Regan, Dean Atlee Snyder, [[Sigmund Spaeth]], Wilbur Sparks, Frank Thorne
|-
|2005||Jim Clancy, Joe Stern, Dave Stevens, Robert D. Johnson, Jim Miller, [[The Suntones]], Ed Waesche
|-
|2006||Don Amos, S.K. Grundy, Warren "Buzz" Haeger, Walter Latzko, Marty Mendro, Lou Perry, Hal Staab
|-
|2007||Larry Ajer, [[The Confederates]], Joe Liles, Lloyd Steinkamp
|-
|2008||[[Gas House Gang (quartet)|The Gas House Gang]], George L. Shields, Dan Waselchuk, [[David Wright (arranger)|David Wright]]
|-
|2009||Gene Cokecroft, Hugh Ingraham, Roger Lewis, Richard Mathey, Jim Richards, Burt Szabo
|}

:{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Year!!Recipients
|+2010s
|2010||Willis Diekema, Daryl Flinn, Mac Huff, Lyle Pilcher, [[Mid States Four|Mid-States Four]]
|-
|2011||Earl Moon, Jerry Orloff
|-
|2012||[[Bluegrass Student Union]], Jay Giallombardo, Rudy Hart, Lou Laurel, Drayton Justus
|-
|2013||Greg Backwell, [[Greg Lyne]], Charles David "Bub" Thomas
|-
|2014||Mo Rector, [[Boston Common (quartet)|Boston Common]], [[139th Street Quartet]]
|-
|2015||[[Dealer's Choice (quartet)|Dealer's Choice]]
|-
|2016||[[John D. Miller (television executive)|John D. Miller]], [[Four Renegades|The Four Renegades]]
|-
|2017||Robert G. "Rob" Hopkins
|-
|2018||Ray Danley, the Easternaires quartet
|-
|2019||[[Jim Henry (singer)|Jim Henry]]
|}

:{| class="wikitable"
!Year||Recipients
|+2020s
|2020||Alan Lamson, Kevin Keller
|-
|2021||no honorees
|-
|2022||[[Joe Connelly (musician)|Joe Connelly]], Tony De Rosa, [[Tim Waurick]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.barbershop.org/hall-of-fame-2022 |title=BHS Announces 2022 Hall of Fame Honorees |date=June 30, 2022 |website=Barbershop Harmony Society |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2023||Renee Craig, [[Vocal Spectrum]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.barbershop.org/hall-of-fame-2023 |title=2023 Hall of Fame to honor Renee Craig and Vocal Spectrum |date=June 12, 2023 |website=Barbershop Harmony Society |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2024||Steve Armstrong, Aaron Dale, Tom Gentry, [[Clay Hine]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.barbershop.org/hall-of-fame-2024 |title=2024 Hall of Fame honors four legends |date=May 9, 2024 |website=Barbershop Harmony Society |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
|}