Emmanuel Cortés, who released music under the handle emmanuellcortess_, emerged as a singer-songwriter in the cumbia tumbada lane with a catalogue that first circulated widely online before it was consolidated into formal streaming releases through RC Music. Hailing from Arkansas, he gained his earliest large-scale traction in 2023 with the album Memorias <3, which included “Amor,” “Eres Tú,” “Las Joyas,” “Enamorado,” and “24/7,” and “Amor” became the defining record of his breakout thanks to its viral life on short-form video. In 2024, he leaned into a more single-driven strategy, reissuing “Amor” as a standalone release and adding new tracks such as “Mami,” while expanding his collaborative circle in the regional ecosystem (including work connected to Conjunto Amanecer and other emerging acts). In 2025, Emmanuel Cortés intensified that growth with a run of releases that framed him less as a one-song phenomenon and more as a developing album artist: he delivered the EP Pensando En Ti, then raised his profile further with “AMOR (Remix)” featuring Santa Fe Klan, a crossover move that paired his melodic cumbia tumbada approach with Mexican rap. He kept the pace with additional singles from the same era—among them “Sin Voz”—and continued to link with key names in the scene, including collaborations tied to Marca MP. He capped the year by releasing the album Amor x Dosis (2025), a 12-track project that packaged his sound into a cohesive full-length statement and featured guest appearances including Edgardo Nuñez and Marca MP.