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 towards Latin pop. In 2017 the hit song from 2016 Una Lady Como Tu won the Colombian Kids Choice Award Favorite Song. The album he released as his debut ADN was issued by La Industria Inc., an Medellin-based Sony distribution firm. On the Top Latin Albums chart, it reached no. 8. Vaina Loca was an instant Top Five hit for Ozuna as well as him the year following. He dropped Dopamina, his chart-topping sophomore album in the years following. Later, in 2021, He sang a duet 2021 with TINI on her hit song Maldita Foto. He appeared in 2023 with 2000, which featured the hit single La Bachata. Turizo was brought up in a music-oriented environment because both his mother and older brother are professional musicians. In interviews, he referred to music participation as mandatory. As a child he learned how to play the saxophone, ukulele and piano. His initial goal was to become a veterinarian the brother Julian advised him to go for lessons in singing with an Cuban teacher. The end consequence of him discovering his gift as a singer altered his entire life.