CNCO Says Goodbye to One of Its Members: Joel Pimentel Leaves the Group
CNCO is downsizing. The group announced that Joel Pimentel is leaving the band, making the successful quintet a quartet. / Source: The Associated Press
The Latin American boy band
CNCO is downsizing. Joel Pimentel is leaving the band, making the successful quintet a quartet.
“We’re sad to tell you that after five and a half unforgettable and life-changing years together, Friday, May 14th will be Joel’s last day as a member of CNCO. We want you all to know that while Joel is leaving and will be pursuing new opportunities, we are and will always be brothers. We support him in his next chapter, and will always, most importantly, remain a family, the statement read from remaining members
And then there were four!
The Miami-based Latin boy band - CNCO - announced on Instagram on Sunday that Joel Pimentel is leaving the group, effective Friday, May 14. And from the sounds of things, the split appears to be amicable. We re sad to tell you that after five and a half unforgettable and life changing years together, Friday, May 14th will be Joel s last day as a member of CNCO. We want you all to know that while Joel is leaving and will be pursuing new opportunities, the statement began.
Downsizing: The Latin boy band CNCO announced Joel Pimentel is leaving the group; Pimentel is pictured second to left with Christopher Velez, Richard Camacho, Zabdiel De Jesús and Erick Brian Colón in October 2019
Mesfin Fekadu
FILE - This April 26, 2018, file photo shows CNCO performing Mamita at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Las Vegas on. The Latin American boy band CNCO is downsizing. The group announced on its official Instagram page Sunday, May 9, 2021, that 22-year-old Joel Pimentel is leaving the band, making the successful quintet a quartet.(Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP, File) May 10, 2021 - 7:27 AM
NEW YORK - The Latin American boy band CNCO is downsizing.
The group announced on its official Instagram page Sunday that 22-year-old Joel Pimentel is leaving the band, making the successful quintet a quartet.
âWeâre sad to tell you that after five and a half unforgettable and life changing years together, Friday, May 14th will be Joelâs last day as a member of CNCO. We want you all to know that while Joel is leaving and will be pursuing new opportunities, we are and will always be brothers. We support him in his next chapter, an
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.
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.”