Bye, bye, bye: Latin American boy band CNCO loses member
MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer
May 9, 2021
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1of11File - This Oct. 17, 2019, file photo shows Christopher Velez, from left, Joel Pimentel, Richard Camacho, Zabdiel de Jesuz, Erick and Brian Colon, of CNCO, performing at the Latin American Music Awards in Los Angeles. The Latin American boy band CNCO is downsizing. The group announced on its official Instagram page Sunday, May 9, 2021, that 22-year-old Pimentel is leaving the band, making the successful quintet a quartet. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11File - This Oct. 17, 2019, file photo shows Joel Pimentel, of CNCO, posing backstage at the Latin American Music Awards in Los Angeles. The Latin American boy band CNCO is downsizing.
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In 2015, British record executive and reality TV tycoon Simon Cowell had a novel idea. After assembling the beloved English-Irish boy band, One Direction, for his show “The X Factor,” Cowell would attempt to work the same miracle once more but this time, in the Latin music space.
And so came to be Univision’s competition singing show, “La Banda,” created by Cowell and produced by Puerto Rican superstar and Menudo boy-band veteran Ricky Martin. “La Banda” viewers voted weekly to advance their favorite singers until a final lineup was cast: Christopher Vélez, 25, Richard Camacho 24, Zabdiel De Jesús, 23, Joel Pimentel, 21 and Erick Brian Colón, 20. Hailing from five different parts of Latin America and dubbed CNCO, the group soared to the top of Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart, with both its 2016 debut, “Primera Cita” and 2018 album “CNCO.”