CNCO Announce They're Breaking Up After Seven Years

etonline.com:

CNCO has announced they're breaking up, but it's not all bad news. At least not immediately, anyway.The famed Latin boy band announced Thursday night at the 2022 Premios Juventud that they're going their separate ways.

The stunning news comes just over a year after Joel Pimentel announced his exit from the group to pursue new opportunities.The group's rise — after winning in 2015 Univision's singing competition, created by Simon Cowell and Ricky Martin -- and influence in the genre is unparalleled, thanks to chart-topping hits like «Reggaeton Lento,» «Se Vuelve Loca» and «Hey DJ» and three studio albums.

During their magnificent run, CNCO scored seven Latin Music Awards, including New Artists of the Year in 2017.CNCO — comprised of Christopher Velez, Erick Brian Colon, Richard Camacho and Zabdiel De Jesus — spoke with  ahead of its major announcement, and dished deets on what was behind the decision to split, which was an amicable one.But it's interesting, back in August 2021, ET's Deidre Behar asked the boys point-blank if there were any concerns that others would also follow in Pimentel's footsteps, and thus breaking up the band.

And there was no question about it, at the time. The band told ET they weren't going anywhere with an emphatic «no,» and in unison, no less.«Nowhere but up,» Camacho exclaimed.But, in less than a year, the band's had a change of heart, and announcing the split comes with mixed emotions.«We always thought that if we split, it had to be natural, and that’s how it happened,» De Jesus tells . «We’ve lived many things together, and grew together in this industry, and we’re ready to try new things to expand our careers.