MANUEL-TURIZO

Manuel Turizo (full name Manuel Turizo Zapata) is an urbano and reggaeton singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Colombia whose trademark is his smooth buttery tenor singing voice. His international success has seen him enter mainstream Latin music. Una Lady Como Tu (his smash hit from 2016) received an Colombian Kids Choice Award, the 2017 most popular Song. He released his debut long-player ADN with the Sony-owned company based in Medellin, La Industria Inc. In the Top Latin Albums chart, it ranked no. 8. Vaina Loca was one of the Top Five hit for Ozuna and for him in the following year. He worked with Noriel on Mala Influencia in the year 2020, and in the year following, he dropped his sophomore album charting Dopamina. In 2021, he appeared in a duo with TINI for her hit online single Maldita Foto. He appeared in 2023 with 2000, featuring the smash hit La Bachata. Turizo comes from an instrumental background. Both his elder brother and mother are musicians. According to him, music was a mandatory part of his life. When he was a kid playing the guitar ukulele as well as piano. While his initial career choice was becoming a vet, the brother Julian encouraged him to enroll in singing lessons with an Cuban instructor and as a consequence of him discovering his gift as a singer altered the course of his life.