By Neyken Vegas
Manuel Turizo rose to international stardom after the release of “Una Woman Como Tú” in 2017 and most people saw him as the new figure of the urban genre. However, this 26-year-old has been in charge of demonstrating over the years that he is one of the most versatile Latin artists in the last 10 years and that he cannot be defined with a single style.
Her debut as a singer occurred in 2016, but her name began to make waves in 2017, a success that she has managed to maintain after her extraordinary way of reinventing herself. This after having themes in genres of: reggaeton, romantic pop, bachata, merengue and other tropical rhythms.
Manuel Turizo and the diversity of his successes
The best thing about his case is that it is not an experiment, it is a critical capacity for adaptation to interpret any genre and that can be quickly observed if you check one success per year for Turizo since his jump to international fame.
After his first recognized song, the Colombian surprised with “Culpables” in 2018, a song in ballad rhythm and later “Esclavo de Tus Besos” (2019) would arrive, tropical music in collaboration with Ozuna. There in 2020, he released “La Nota”, a hardcore reggaeton in which he did that contains with Rauw Alejandro and Mike Towers.
“Bad custom” (2021) is another song that you surely remember from Manuel Turizo, returning there to the tropical dance, and then innovating with “La Bachata” in 2022 and thus managing to move the world to the rhythm of the two-step choreography. When it seemed that it could not be tried with another genre, Turizo took out a electronic meringue with Marshmelloprecisely titled “El Merengue” (2023.
In 2024 he released “Vagabundo” with Sebastián Yatrá, in 2025 he came with “Look at me now”, a kind of fusion with the afro and this year his most listened to song is “Por un pendejo no se crio”.
This just makes it clear that no matter what you do, Manuel Turizo is capable of giving it a special touch to every genre he can interpret, although his most common songs are tropical merengues.
There are artists who change their essence to show something different, but they are clear about what their strength is. In the case of Colombians, it is not yet known what gender they are. feel more strengthenedafter looking natural singing from ballads to afros.
Manuel Turizo is entering his first decade of success
Although his most recent album “Apambichao” has not had the reception that was expected, Turizo continues to be among the best and, in fact, is celebrating his first 10 years as artists in 2026, one year away from celebrating his first decade as an international artist.
This is precisely due to that, to their creative capacity and understanding to interpret what their target wants.
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