Iván Cornejo (born June 5, 2004), is an American singer-songwriter in the
regional Mexican
Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States. Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by ...
genre.
Early life and education
Cornejo was born in
Riverside, California
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. He endured a breakup in middle school that provided inspiration for songwriting and taught himself how to play the guitar by watching tutorials on
YouTube
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. The first song he learned was
Ritchie Valens
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died i ...
' version of "
La Bamba". His earliest music inspirations include T3R Elemento, Grupo Los de la O and Natanael Cano.
Career
Cornejo's debut album ''Alma Vacía'' peaked at number two on the US
'' Billboard'' Regional Mexican Albums
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chart and number seven on the
Top Latin Albums
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chart. The album sold 7,000
album-equivalent units
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and peaked at number 156 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart. The album remained in the top ten of the Regional Mexican Albums chart for 35 weeks. His songwriting credits enabled him to peak atop the ''Billboard'' Latin Songwriters chart in the week ending October 30, 2021. ''Alma Vacía'' was named as one of the best albums of 2021 by ''
The New York Times
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''. The single "
Está Dañada", went
viral
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on
TikTok
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in September 2021. It peaked at number 61 on the ''Billboard''
Hot 100
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chart and was the second regional Mexican song to chart on the Hot 100. ''Billboard'' magazine included Cornejo in their Artist on the Rise column in October 2021.
His second studio album ''
Dañado
''Dañado'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Iván Cornejo, which was released on June 2, 2022, through Manzana Records. It features a sole guest appearance by American regional Mexican band Eslabon Armado on "La Curiosidad ...
'', debuted and peaked at number one on the Regional Mexican Albums chart in the week ending June 18, 2022. It spent a total of 37 weeks at number one, fourth highest since the chart's creation. The album sold 8,000 album-equivalent units, with 11.9 million
on-demand streams of the album's songs, while it peaked at number four on the Top Latin Albums chart. The album also peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart. Cornejo has been nominated for New Regional Mexican Artist at the 2022
Premios Juventud
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. Cornejo's guitar solos in his songs include
alternative rock
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influences, a genre his brother and mother often listened to during Cornejo's upbringing.
On July 28, 2023, Cornejo released the single "
Aquí Te Espero
"Aquí Te Espero" is a song by American singer-songwriter Iván Cornejo, released on July 28, 2023 as the lead single from his third studio album ''Mirada
''Mirada'' () is the third and major-label debut studio album by American singer-songwrit ...
", which peaked at number 89 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He released "
Dónde Estás
"Dónde Estás" is a song by American singer-songwriter Iván Cornejo, released on October 12, 2023 as the second single from his third studio album ''Mirada
''Mirada'' () is the third and major-label debut studio album by American singer-song ...
" three months later.
On March 14, 2024, Cornejo released "
Baby Please
"Baby Please" is a song by American singer-songwriter Iván Cornejo, released on March 14, 2024 as the third single from his third studio album ''Mirada
''Mirada'' () is the third and major-label debut studio album by American singer-songwriter ...
", which earned him his first top 10 on the US
Hot Latin Songs
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chart, peaking at number eight, since 2021 when "Está Dañada" peaked at number two.
On June 18, 2024, Cornejo announced his third studio album ''
Mirada
''Mirada'' () is the third and major-label debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Iván Cornejo. It was released on July 19, 2024, by Interscope Records, Interscope and Zaragoza Records, making it Cornejo's first album to be released un ...
''. It was released on July 19, 2024, by
Interscope
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and Zaragoza Records, his first for those labels.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
Other charted and certified songs
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
Works cited
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2004 births
American mariachi musicians
American musicians of Mexican descent
Hispanic and Latino American singers
People from Riverside, California
Singers from California
Spanish-language singers of the United States
Regional Mexican musicians
21st-century American singer-songwriters
Living people
Interscope Records artists