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 global recognition of his music has helped him enter mainstream Latin music. In the year 2017, his 2016 hit Una Lady Como Tu won the Colombian Kids Choice Award Favorite Song. In 2017, he released ADN the first of his long-players to La Industria Inc. in Medellin. The Top Latin Albums chart ranked ADN at the 8th spot. In the following year, he was a part of Ozuna on his Top Five smash Vaina Loca. He released Dopamina which was his top charting sophomore album the year following. Then in 2021 he sang a duet on the TINI streaming hit track Maldita Foto. The 2023 album of 2000 featuring the mega-hit La Bachata. Turizo was raised in a musical environment, because both his mother and younger brother are musicians. He has said in interviews that music was a necessity. As a child, playing the guitar ukulele and piano. While his initial career choice was becoming a vet, His brother Julian encouraged him to enroll in singing lessons with an Cuban instructor and as a outcome of discovering his talents as a singer altered the direction of his life.