Manu Manzo (born in

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, April 14, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter, who was born in Venezuela and raised in

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, United States. After attending

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for two years, she released her first six-track EP titled ''Como Soy'' in 2015, produced by Juan Carlos Perez-Soto. She collaborated in the composition with

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, Luis Enrique, Alex Ubago,

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, Cris Zalles and Perez-Soto. Thanks to that EP she was nominated for "Best New Artist" at the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards. She signed her first publishing deal with Peer Music in 2016, in a joint venture with Aquos Entertainment. Later in the year she filmed her first music video, for the song "XXX Novio Remix", featuring urban act Yunel Cruz. It released in July 2016 and received over 10,000 views in two days.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manzo, Manu 1994 births Living people Venezuelan emigrants to the United States American women singers American women songwriters Berklee College of Music alumni 21st-century American women