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, the song that he released in 2016, was awarded the Colombian Kids Choice Award in 2017 for Best Song. The singer released his first long-player ADN with the Sony-owned company based in Medellin, La Industria Inc. On the Top Latin Albums chart, it reached no. 8. Vaina Loca, it was the Top Five hit of Ozuna's Top Five album in 2007, saw him join Ozuna. He worked with Noriel in the song Mala Influencia in the year 2020, and next year, came out with his second album, the chart-topping Dopamina. Then in 2021 he sang the duet for the TINI streaming hit track Maldita Foto. The smash hit La Bachata from 2000 was released in 2023. Turizo came from a family of musicians both his parents have been musicians. In his interviews, he said music participation as mandatory. In his early years, he learned to play saxophone guitar the ukulele, and piano. While his initial career goal was to be a veterinarian for animals, his brother Julian convinced him to try learning to sing with an instructor in Cuban. It changed his entire life.