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's made major inroads globally to Latin pop. Una Lady Como Tu, the song that he released in 2016, was awarded the Colombian Kids Choice Award in 2017 for Best Song. The album he released as his debut ADN was made available in 2017 by La Industria Inc., which is a Medellin-based Sony distribution company. The album climbed to number 8 in the Top Latin Albums Chart. He then became part of Ozuna to record their Top Five smash Vaina Loca. The group released Dopamina the chart-topping second album, in the years following. In 2021, he performed in a duet with TINI to perform her online track Maldita Foto. 2023 was the year 2000 when the hit song La Bachata was released. Turizo was raised in an musical family. His younger brother and his mother are each musicians. In interviews, Turizo declared that music is a must. In his childhood he was taught to perform on the guitar, piano as well as the ukulele. He initially wanted to be a vet, but after his brother Julian encouraged him to take singing lessons from the help of a Cuban singer, he altered his goals for his future career.