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 singer has been able to make major international breakthroughs into the Latin pop culture. The hit song from 2016 Una Lady Como Tu was the recipient of a Colombian Kids Choice Award for Favorite Song in 2017. In Medellin the year of Medellin, Sony's La Industria Inc. released ADN his debut long player. It reached the top 8 spot on the Top Latin Albums Chart. The following year, he joined forces with Ozuna to create Vaina Loca which reached number five on the Top Latin Albums chart. He released Dopamina the chart-topping second album, in the year following. Later in 2021 he performed an duet with TINI's streaming smash track Maldita Foto. The smash hit La Bachata from 2000 was released in 2023. Turizo has an musical family, as both his mother and elder brother also play music. According to him, musicality was a mandatory element of his existence. When he was young, he instructed to play guitar, the piano as well as the ukulele. Although he initially wanted to work as a vet, Julian convinced him that taking lessons with an Cuban music teacher could change the direction of his profession.