Manuel Turizo has had a unprecedented 12 months; his Marshmello collaboration “El Merengue” obtained a Latin Grammy nomination, and his checklist of collaborators was expanded due to hit songs like “Copa Vacía” with Shakira, “Vagabundo” with Sebastián Yatra and Beele, “De Lunes a Lunes” with Grupo Frontera and “Los Cachos” with Piso 21.

It’s a musically eclectic and prolific path that the 23-year-old Colombian star started on the age of 16, when he uploaded “Una Woman Como Tú” — a track he co-wrote along with his brother — to streaming companies. “Woman” shortly turned the track that put him on the map and altered his life.

“At first you don’t have any concept about something,” Turizo recalled on Wednesday (Oct. 4) at Billboard Latin Music Week, the place he participated within the Rising Star Q&A panel offered by Delta Air Traces and moderated by Jessica Roiz, assistant editor, Latin at Billboard. “Once we wrote it, we have been attempting to determine how the hell to add a track to Spotify. I requested my cousin, who was higher off financially, for his bank card. It price $9 to add every track,” he added.

On how he seized the momentum to not stay a “one hit marvel,” he mentioned “that’s carried out by stepping into the studio and making music on a regular basis, constructing a path little by little.”

Identified for not pigeonholing himself into any specific style, the “La Bachata” performer enjoys exploring new music types and difficult himself. It’s one thing his personal group didn’t perceive at first; in truth, Turizo mentioned they initially suggested him to not launch a bachata, as a result of it was a Dominican style and never Colombian.

Finally, although, he determined to comply with his intestine. “You will need to hearken to your group, however I’ve the final phrase, I say what I need to report,” he mentioned. “At this time, they get my imaginative and prescient.”

Celebrated for greater than 30 years, the 2023 version of Latin Music Week features a Celebrity Q&A with Shakira; the Legends on Legends chat with Chencho Corleone and Vico C; Making the Hit Reside! with Carin León and Pedro Capó; a panel with RBD’s Christian Chávez, Christopher von Uckermann, and Maite Perroni; Celebrity Songwriter dialogue with Edgar Barrera and Keityn, and, amongst many different periods, Q&As and workshops. See the last word Latin Music Week information right here.

Official companions of the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Week, going down Oct. 2-6, embrace AT&T, Cheetos, CN Financial institution, Delta Air Traces, Lexus, Netflix, Michelob ULTRA and Smirnoff.

Latin Music Week coincides with the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards ceremony, which can broadcast stay from the Watsco Middle in Coral Gables, Fla., on Thursday (Oct. 5) and can air on Telemundo. It’ll additionally broadcast concurrently on Universo, Peacock, the Telemundo App, and all through Latin America and the Caribbean on Telemundo Internacional.