Pimpinela

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| name = Pimpinela

| image = Festival del Huaso de Olmué 2019 - 2019-01-20 - 02.jpg

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| caption = Pimpinela performing in 2019

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| origin = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| genre = Canción melódica

| years_active = {{start date|1981}}–present

| label = Universal

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| website = {{url|www.pimpinela.net}}

| current_members = Lucía Galán
Joaquín Galán

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Pimpinela are an Argentine duo famous for singing romantic musical pieces and known for their original singing style, formed by brother and sister Joaquín Galán and Lucía Galán. They have sold over 12 million records in Argentina and a total of 15 million worldwide,{{cite web |title=Los Pimpinela en el Polideportivo |url=https://www.eldia.com/nota/2001-6-22-los-pimpinela-en-el-polideportivo |publisher=El Dia |access-date=19 April 2023 |language=es |date=22 June 2001}} making them one of the best-selling Latin music artists.

History

Lucía Galán Cuervo and Joaquín Roberto Galán Cuervo were born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Joaquín and Lucía are siblings of Spanish settler ancestry, more accurately of an Asturian father and Leonese mother. At first, they sang for family and friends, but later they each pursued a solo career. Joaquín joined the group "Luna de Cristal".{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

In 1981 the duo recorded their first single together.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/musica/joaquin-y-lucia-galan-nunca-nos-detuvo-el-prejuicio-ajeno-nid1900055|title=Joaquín y Lucía Galán: "Nunca nos detuvo el prejuicio ajeno "|date=2016-05-20|website=www.lanacion.com.ar|language=es|access-date=2019-07-20}}

In 1984 their song "Olvídame y pega la vuelta" became a number one hit. Others followed, and as they continued to rise in fame, they developed a characteristic style of couples arguing and breaking up, rather than falling in love.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

In the 1990s the group Trans Faces, which included drag artist Usha Didi Gunatita, produced drag shows in different venues in Asunción, which imitated famous people such as Eva Perón, Pimpinela and Tita Merello.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-10 |title=Usha: la pionera drag que tendió puentes entre el show y el activismo en Paraguay - Agencia Presentes |url=https://agenciapresentes.org/2020/05/20/usha-pionera-drag-que-tendio-puentes-entre-el-show-y-el-activismo-en-paraguay/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010200012/https://agenciapresentes.org/2020/05/20/usha-pionera-drag-que-tendio-puentes-entre-el-show-y-el-activismo-en-paraguay/ |archive-date=10 October 2024 }}

In December 2020, Pimpinela released the single "2020: El Año Que Se Detuvo el Tiempo", whose lyrics reflect on the emotional impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic that had been going for a full year at the time of release.