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. He has made major global advancements into Latin popular music scene. Una Lady Como Tu from 2016 was awarded the Colombian Kids Choice Award as Favorite Song for the year 2017. His debut album was a long-player ADN for the Medellin-based Sony-distributed La Industria Inc. It was atop the Top Latin Albums chart, it ranked no. 8. The following year, he joined forces with Ozuna to record Vaina Loca that climbed to number five on the Top Latin Albums chart. In the year 2020, he worked with Noriel for Mala Influencia and dropped the album Dopamina that year. In 2021, he appeared in a duet with TINI on her streaming hit song Maldita Foto. 2023 was the year 2000 when the hit song La Bachata was released. Turizo was a member of a musical family, his older brother and mother are each musicians. He has said in interviews that music is a must. When he was a kid was playing the ukulele and piano. Although he initially wanted to work as a vet, Julian convinced him that learning with a Cuban singer would alter his direction in life.