Ivan Cornejo is a singer and songwriter who was born in Riverside, California, on June 5th, 2004, making him 21 years old. According to research, Ivan is currently 5 feet and 8 inches tall. Ivan is the youngest of three siblings. He has an older sister, Pamela Cornejo, and a brother, Alejandro Cornejo, who are both part of his management team.
Ivan’s inspiration to start writing and composing music, and to follow the dream of being a musician, growing up was Ariel Camacho and T3R Elemento. Ivan once said in an interview that he started recording songs because he felt that he had to be able to make something unique with all his inspirations. He signed as an independent singer to Manzana Records. Ivan dropped out of high school in his junior year so that he could continue writing and composing music. His parents were upset and disappointed in Ivan for wanting to drop out of high school, but his sister Pamela was the only one who supported and understood Ivan for wanting to drop out, considering that he had a very tight schedule and wouldn’t have time to compose any more songs to continue his career as a songwriter and singer.
Ivan began using social media back in March of 2020. His first social media platform was TikTok, where he went viral by singing covers of sad regional Mexican songs. Ivan had learned how to play the guitar by watching tutorials on YouTube when he was 8 years old. Then, Ivan started writing songs when he was 13 years old after his first middle school breakup. He started composing his songs, “Noche de reloj” and “Está dañada”, leading to his first album, “Alma vacia”. Ivan released his song “Noche de reloj” to the public as an experiment that blew up. Back on October 30th, 2021, Ivan landed a number 1 entry on the Latin songwriters billboard. Ivan’s song “Está dañada” became a second regional song on the Latin Hot 100 on Spotify.
Ivan has once said in an interview that he sees his music as elements of modern corridos mixed with some pop and some alternative mixtures; it’s a fusion of many genres. Ivan’s albums and “Está dañado” were both co-written with his cousin Edgar Cornejo. Just as Ivan’s songs from “Está dañado” and “Alma vacía” were co-written with his cousin, Ivan also co-wrote a song from his latest album “ Mirada“.Ivan co-wrote this song with Arath Hece and Edgar Barrera. The song, “Herida abierta” from his album “Mirada” became the most popular Mexican-sounding song from his whole album.
Ivan has recently been nominated for the Best Contemporary Mexican Music Grammy for his recent album “Mirada”. Ivan has come a very long way from when he was a 17-year-old dropout student. Ivan’s songs have been a hit ever since he released “Esta dañada“. Ivan has been posted on billboards in New York and California to promote his album “Mirada”, and at only 21 years old, he has been invited to the Latin Grammys.