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 is a major player within the Latin mainstream. The hit song from 2016 Una Lady Como Tu was the recipient of a Colombian Kids Choice Award for Favorite Song in the year 2017. In Medellin in 2017, Sony's La Industria Inc. released ADN his debut long player. In the Top Latin Albums chart ranked ADN at the 8th spot. The following year, he collaborated with Ozuna to record Vaina Loca that climbed to number five on the Top Latin Albums chart. In 2020, he collaborated with Noriel for Mala Influencia and dropped the album Dopamina that year. The year 2021 was the first time he was in a duet with TINI for her viral stream track Maldita Foto. The smash hit La Bachata from 2000 was published in 2023. Turizo is a renowned musician, born into a musical family. Both his parents also played the guitar. He has said in interviews that music is compulsory. He learned how to play the saxophone, guitar, ukulele, and piano as when he was a child. In spite of initially wanting to work as a vet, Julian convinced him that taking lessons with an Cuban singer would alter the direction of his career.