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 hit from 2016, won the Colombian Kids Choice Award in 2017 for the Best Song. His debut album ADN was made available by La Industria Inc., an Medellin-based Sony distribution firm. The album peaked at the rank of eight in the Top Latin Albums charts. Vaina Loca was an instant Top Five hit for Ozuna and for him in the following year. In 2020, he collaborated with Noriel on Mala Influencia and dropped the album Dopamina in the following year. In 2021, he was in a duo with TINI for her viral streaming song Maldita Foto. The smash hit La Bachata from 2000 was released in 2023. Turizo came from a household of music his mother and older brother have been musicians. He has said in interviews that music was a necessity. In his childhood he was taught how to play the piano, guitar as well as the ukulele. Although his first choice of career was to be a veterinarian, his brother Julian convinced him to take lessons in singing with an Cuban instructor and as a outcome of discovering his talents in the field of singing changed his entire life.