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 popular music scene has been affected by his global popularity. Una Lady Como Tu, the song that he released in 2016, was awarded the Colombian Kids Choice Award in 2017 for Favorite Song. In Medellin the year of Medellin, the Sony label La Industria Inc. released ADN his first long-player. The album reached number 8 on the Top Latin Albums Chart. The following year, he collaborated with Ozuna to record Vaina Loca which climbed to the top of five on the chart of Top Latin Albums. Mala Influencia is released in 2020 by Noriel and his Dopamina album in the same year. In 2021, he appeared in a duet with TINI on her most streamed track Maldita Foto. He appeared in 2023 with 2000, which featured the huge hit La Bachata. Turizo has an musical family, as both his elder brother and mother also play music. In interviews, he referred to the importance of music as a requirement. When he was a kid, he began learning how to play the saxophone, as well as piano and ukulele. Despite initially wanting to work as a vet, Julian convinced him that learning with a Cuban singing teacher would change the direction of his profession.