Cartel is a five-member American pop punk/power pop band from Conyers, Georgia that formed in 2003. All members have been friends since high school. Their debut full length album, Chroma put them on Alternative Press's 2005 list of "Bands You Need to Know". In March 2006, they were also named Yahoo! Music's winner in the "Who's Next" competition and a Breaker artist by AOL music.

Cartel is the name of at least Five different groups: 1. Cartel sees themselves as minstrels of their day, offering songs about life and love that have always captured the human soul. Issuing a challenge to their cohorts, Will Pugh calls out “pop punk today isn’t going anywhere-let’s make some moves.” With their new album Chroma, Cartel definitely makes some big moves in the right direction. Having toured across the U.S. multiple times, with a widely enjoyed, self-released EP Cartel quic