Manuel Turizo

Manuel Turizo Zapata, better known as Manuel Turizo and by the acronym MTZ, is a Colombian reggaeton singer. Born and raised in Montería, he began making music at age thirteen. He rose to popularity with his single "Una Lady Como Tú" (2016). He released his debut album ADN on August 23, 2019. Turizo's music contains influences from pop music, trap, and vallenato and his vocal range has been classified as baritone.

In September 2018, Turizo achieved his first Billboard Hot 100-charting hit with his collaboration with Ozuna on the single "Vaina Loca". The song peaked at number 94 and stayed on the chart for two weeks. In October 2018, he collaborated with Mau y Ricky on the single "Desconocidos". In March 2019, his song "Sola" became first number one song on the Billboard Latin Airplay chart. He released his debut album, ADN on August 23, 2019, which featured collaborations with Zion & Lennox, Noriel, Ozuna, Darell, Nicky Jam, Sech, and Anuel AA. ADN peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot Latin Albums chart. In September 2019, Turizo was named as the first Latin "global priority artist" by the French streaming service Deezer. He performed a virtual concert with Billboard on March 25, 2020 while in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic to raise money for the non-profit organization MusiCares. The concert consisted of acapella renditions of the songs "Una Lady Como Tú" and "Déjala Que Vuelva".

He is best known for his hit single "Una Lady Como Tú" (2016) which granted him widespread popularity in Latin America, and the music video for the song has, as of July 2019, received over 1.3 billion views on YouTube. Within a year of its release, "Una Lady Como Tú" was streamed more than 225 million times on Spotify. This hit was followed by "Bésame" (2017) in which he collaborated with Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Valentino. The success of these singles led Billboard to include Turizo in the magazine's list of "10 Latin Artists To Watch in 2018".