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 his rise into the mainstream of Latin music. In 2017, his 2016 hit Una Lady Como Tu won the Colombian Kids Choice Award Favorite Song. The album he released as his debut ADN was made available in 2017 by La Industria Inc., an Medellin-based Sony distribution firm. The album peaked at the top of the charts, number 8 on the Top Latin Albums chart. Vaina Loca was one of the Top Five hit for Ozuna as well as him the year following. Mala Influencia was his collaborative effort with Noriel in 2020. Following that year, Dopamina became his second album. Later in 2021, he performed in a duet with TINI on her streaming smash track Maldita Foto. A 2023 release of 2000 with the massively popular La Bachata. Turizo was raised in an musical family. His older brother and mother are each musicians. In interviews, Turizo said that music is an essential part of his life. He learned how to play the saxophone, guitar, the ukulele and piano when he was a young child. While his initial career choice was becoming a vet, the brother Julian encouraged him to enroll in singing lessons with an Cuban teacher. The end outcome of discovering his talents as a singer altered his entire life.