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 him break into mainstream Latin music. Una Lady Como Tu, his hit from 2016, received the Colombian Kids Choice Award in 2017 for Best Song. In Medellin, the Sony label La Industria Inc. released ADN his first long-player. On the Top Latin Albums chart, it ranked no. 8. The following year he was a part of Ozuna to record their Top Five smash Vaina Loca. Mala Influencia is his collaborative effort with Noriel in the year 2020. Following that calendar year Dopamina was his follow-up album. In 2021, he appeared on a duet TINI on her most streamed song Maldita Foto. 2000 also saw the huge record La Bachata appeared in 2023. Turizo was a member of an musical family. His older brother and mother are also musicians. In his interviews, he's talked about playing music as an obligation. While a boy, he studied the guitar and saxophone. While his initial career choice was to be a veterinarian, his brother Julian encouraged him to enroll in lessons in singing with a Cuban instructor and as a consequence of him discovering his gift in the field of singing changed the direction of his life.