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 is a major player within the Latin mainstream. Una Lady Como Tu, the hit song from 2016 was awarded the Colombian Kids Choice Award in 2017 for Favorite Song. In 2017, he released ADN the first of his long-players with La Industria Inc. in Medellin. The album peaked at the rank of eight places on the Top Latin Albums charts. Vaina Loca was a Top Five hit for Ozuna and for him in the following year. Mala Influencia, made available in 2020 by Noriel as well as his Dopamina album that year. In 2021, he was in a duo with TINI for her viral stream track Maldita Foto. An album release in 2023 featuring the mega-hit La Bachata. Turizo was raised in a music-oriented environment because both his mother and older brother are professional musicians. In interviews he has described participating in music as compulsory. He was taught how to play the guitar, saxophone the ukulele and piano when he was when he was a child. Although his first career choice was becoming veterinarian, his brother Julian advised him to begin studying singing with the Cuban. This transformed his life forever.