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 has made major global breakthroughs into the Latin pop mainstream. His 2016 hit Una Lady Como Tu was winner of the Colombian Kids Choice Award for Most Popular Song in 2017. In Medellin, the Sony label La Industria Inc. released ADN his debut long player. The album climbed to number 8 on the Top Latin Albums Chart. Vaina Loca, it was the Top Five hit of Ozuna's Top Five album in 2007 was the album that brought him into Ozuna. Mala Influencia was his collaboration with Noriel in the year 2020. In the following year, Dopamina became his second album. In 2021, he appeared on a duet TINI on her most streamed track Maldita Foto. The smash hit La Bachata from 2000 was released in 2023. Turizo was born into the musical home of his family. Both his younger brother and his mother are each musicians. He has said in interviews that music is a must. As a child was in school, he took saxophone and guitar. At first, he wanted to become a vet, but after his brother Julian convinced to him take lessons in singing with a Cuban singer, he changed the direction of his career.