Ivan Cornejo is 22 years old as of August 2026. He was born on June 5, 2004, and celebrated his 22nd birthday on June 5, 2026. He will turn 23 on June 5, 2027.
Cornejo is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Riverside, California, best known for bringing a distinctly young, melancholy perspective to música Mexicana. His age stands out because he was still a teenager when his career began gaining national attention.
How old was Ivan Cornejo when he became famous?
Cornejo was only 17 years old when he released his debut album, Alma Vacía, in 2021.
That album included “Está Dañada,” the song that became his breakthrough and later reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard was already profiling Cornejo as a 17-year-old songwriter that year, when he had also reached No. 1 on the publication’s Latin Songwriters chart.
His musical development had started much earlier. Cornejo taught himself guitar from around age 8, using YouTube videos to learn how to play. As a teenager, he began posting performances and covers online before moving into professional releases.
His early success means much of his career has unfolded while he was still in his teens or early 20s.
Ivan Cornejo’s age during his biggest career milestones
Cornejo released his second album, Dañado, in 2022, when he was 17 to 18 years old. The album became a major success on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Albums chart, eventually spending 37 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.
Later that year, at 18, he won New Artist of the Year at the Billboard Latin Music Awards.
He turned 20 on June 5, 2024, shortly before releasing his third album, MIRADA, in July. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart and reached No. 17 on the Billboard 200.
At age 20, Cornejo also performed at Coachella in April 2025. By the time of the 2025 Latin Grammys, he was 21, and MIRADA had received a nomination for Best Contemporary Mexican Music Album.
He entered 2026 with further recognition tied to his 2025 single “Me Prometí,” including Premio Lo Nuestro nominations for Mexican Music Song of the Year and Mexican Music Male Artist of the Year.
Why there is some confusion about Ivan Cornejo’s birthday
Most contemporary reporting supports June 5, 2004 as Cornejo’s birth date.
That date fits multiple independent age references over the course of his career. Billboard described him as 17 in November 2021, the Los Angeles Times identified him as 18 in November 2022, and The New Yorker reported in July 2024 that he had recently turned 20. Reporting from June 2024 also specifically stated that he turned 20 on June 5.
There is, however, a conflicting Guinness World Records page that lists November 1, 2004 as his birth date. That date does not align with the broader contemporary record, including the Los Angeles Times describing Cornejo as already 18 on November 1, 2022.
For that reason, June 5, 2004 is the better-supported date.
Final thoughts
Ivan Cornejo is 22 years old, born on June 5, 2004. What makes his age especially notable is how early his career took off: he had already released a successful debut album at 17, won a major Billboard Latin award at 18, and reached the upper levels of the Latin and mainstream U.S. album charts by age 20.
