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. The Latin Pop mainstream has been affected by his international reach. Una Lady Como Tu, the song that he released in 2016, won the Colombian Kids Choice Award in 2017 for Best Song. His debut album was a long-player ADN for the Medellin-based Sony-distributed La Industria Inc. It reached the top 8 spot in the Top Latin Albums Chart. Vaina Loca is the Top Five hit of Ozuna's Top Five album in 2007 was the album that brought him into Ozuna. In 2020, he collaborated with Noriel for Mala Influencia and dropped the album Dopamina the next year. He appeared later in 2021 as a duo with TINI on her streaming smash track Maldita Foto. In 2023, he appeared on 2000, featuring the smash hit La Bachata. Turizo has an instrumental background. Both his elder brother and mother also play music. In interviews, Turizo stated that music is essential. When he was a kid, he began learning to play the saxophone and as well as piano and ukulele. Despite initially wanting to become a veterinarian, Julian convinced him that learning with a Cuban music teacher could change his direction in life.