By JACKELIN GOMEZ
Staff Writer
Ivan Cornejo is an 18-year-old artist & singer. He first picked up a guitar when he was 7 years old. He was then signed by Manzana Records at the age of 16. As of today, Cornejo has two released albums, Alma Vacía (2021) & Dañado (2022). Alma Vacía reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Regional Mexican Albums and reached #156 on the Billboard 200 chart. He then further set off the music charts with “Esta Dañada” when it hit #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September of 2021. He later released a remix of “Esta Dañada” with Jhay Cortez. His second album “Dañado”, released in June of 2022, reached #1 on the Regional Mexican Albums Chart. His only feature in the album included Eslabon Armado. Cornejo has also collaborated with Tony Loya, Polo Gonzalez, Yahritza Y Su Esencia, and Grupo Los De la O. Since then, Cornejo has been nominated for six musical categories including, New Artist of the Year and Regional Mexican Album of the Year (2). The young singer then started hinting at a tour and in late October of 2022, his first U.S. Tour was announced and dates to the long-awaited tour were released shortly after on November 4th. Tickets to Cornejo’s tour sold out in the very first drops. His tour is going to kick off in Santa Cruz on January 31st.