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. The Latin Pop mainstream has been affected through his worldwide popularity. His 2016 hit Una Lady Como Tu was winner of the Colombian Kids Choice Award for Favorite Song in 2017. In Medellin, the Sony label La Industria Inc. released ADN his debut long player. The album peaked at the top of the charts, number 8 in the Top Latin Albums chart. Vaina Loca was a Top Five hit for Ozuna and him the year after. He collaborated together with Noriel in the song Mala Influencia in the year 2020. He the following year dropped his sophomore album chart-topping Dopamina. Then, in 2021 he sang a duet in 2021 with TINI for her smash hit Maldita Foto. The singer appeared with him in 2023 for 2000, which featured the hit single La Bachata. Turizo has a musical background, both his elder brother and mother are also musicians. In his interviews, he said music participation as mandatory. As a child he learned to play saxophone guitar the ukulele, and piano. The first choice for his career was to be a vet, but his brother Julian convinced him to study singing with a Cuban instructor. The end result was that he realized his talents for singing, and the result altered the direction of his life.