Banda Carnaval are a regional Mexican band from Mazatl+ín, Sinaloa, whose teen-oriented banda style is heavy on cumbias and romanticas. Founded in 2001 by executive producer Jes+¦s Tirado Casta+¦eda, the band has well over a dozen members, most notably teen heartthrob Rafael Becerra (aka Rafa) on lead vocals. Banda Carnaval made their full-length album debut with Entre Suspiro y Suspiro (2001). Later albums such as Aqui Estamos (2009), El N+¦mero 1 (2011), and Maximo Nivel (2012) spun off a multitude of hit singles, among them "P+¡deme," "Olvidarte No Ser+í Sencillo," and "El ...