HOUSTON – Long before the sold-out concerts and hit collaborations with some of Latin music’s biggest stars, Manuel Turizo was a teenager in Montería, Colombia, writing songs in the back of his school ...

Manuel Turizo was in Madrid when Chris Martin called. Coldplay was on tour in South America and the band wanted the Colombian star to join the band in Bogotá to perform his smash hit “La Bachata.” ...

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Manuel Turizo needs no moniker to flex his sweet baritone vocals. It’s a point of pride for the 24-year-old Colombian singer, to be as true as he can to himself.

When Colombian musician Manuel Turizo was just a child, he was dead set on becoming a performing artist. “I really liked watching videos of Wisin & Yandel’s concerts,” Turizo, 24, tells Us Weekly in ...