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's made major inroads globally towards Latin pop. Una Lady Como Tu (his smash hit from 2016) received the Colombian Kids Choice Award, the 2017 most popular Song. His debut album ADN was released in 2017 by La Industria Inc., an Medellin-based Sony distribution company. It was atop the Top Latin Albums chart, it ranked no. 8. Vaina Loca, which was one of the Top Five smash hit in 2010 featured him along with Ozuna. He collaborated together with Noriel on Mala Influencia in 2020 and the following year released his sophomore album the charting Dopamina. Later in 2021 he performed the duet for the TINI streaming hit track Maldita Foto. 2000, which featured the smash song La Bachata appeared in 2023. Turizo is from an instrumental background. Both his elder brother and mother are also musicians. In his interviews, he said his participation in music as compulsory. As a child he learned how to play the saxophone, the ukulele, and piano. He initially wanted to be a vet, but after his brother Julian convinced to him take singing lessons from an Cuban musician, he rearranged his the direction of his career.