Manu

### Studio Albums

Days Of Youth, Teenage Problems, Daylight, Glad You're Gone, 2007, Disney Hits (Manu's Version), Sonar Despierto, elves in monsoon

***Manu*** is an American singer-songwriter who lives in *Nashville, New York*. He is *32 years old* and recorded and released *9 studio albums* and *1 Extended Play*. Manu was born on *September 11th, 2007* and is currently with *manu records* as label. His discography spans multiple genres, and his narrative songwriting, often about his personal life and experiences, have garnered high critical praise and media coverage.

## The Beginning

Manu began his music career on *September 28th, 2021*, with his debut single titled "**My Kinda World**". The song garnered immense success, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following the release of his debut album, "**Days Of Youth**", Manu was already a global, worldwide-known superstar. His debut album was mainly Country, with very little elements of Pop.

Manu kept releasing hits in his second studio album titled "*Teenage Problems*", all peaking in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, and the album itself at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 and staying there for weeks. The same happened to his third studio album, "*Daylight*". Manu already had 6 singles which peaked at #1 at this point, and all three of his albums were topping charts for weeks. Manu had a quick rise to fame.

## The Immense Breakthrough

Next came the album that differed Manu from other artists, "***Glad You're Gone***". "Glad You're Gone" was and is still Manu's most successful album. "Glad You're Gone" is known as the ***Bible of Pop***, being the most successful album of the industry. All singles on the Standard Version peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album itself stayed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 for a lot of weeks. "Glad You're Gone" is still charting on The Billboard Hot 200 after more than 10 years.

## Tours

Manu embarked on 5 tours till date - ***The Days Of Youth World Tour*** *(Days Of Youth)*, ***The Teenage Problems Stadium Tour*** *(Teenage Problems)*, ***The Glad You're Gone World Tour*** *(Glad You're Gone)*, ***Glad You're Gone: 10 Years Anniversary Concert***, and ***The Daydreaming World Tour*** *(Sonar Despierto)*. All the tours had a high box office, and more than 1 million attendance. Manu is the ***second highest grossing*** artist from tours worldwide.

## Media Issues

Manu faced tons of problems in the music industry, with the media and more. However, he stayed strong and fought all his battles wisely.

### Dating Life

The public and media have been very interested in knowing more about Manu's *dating and love-life*. Manu said in an interview that *'no interviews he did was about his music, it was rather about his personal dating life'.* Manu does not disclose much about his personal life. But what we know about his dating life, he had been dating American singer-songwriter ***Olivia Rodrigo*** for years, but made it official on *March 6th, 2022*. He also announced the break-up on *March 13th, 2022*. This news left the fans devastating, but hopefully everyone will be over this someday.

### Being accused of not writing his own songs, and lying about co-producing and directing

Late 2021, Manu was accused by the public and media on rather major issues. The public stated that Manu *did not write his own songs*, and he was lying about co-producing and co-directing his music. He was also called a *''calculated manipulator''*, and was said to be taking advantage of his producers and directors.

To prove himself innocent and stand up for himself, Manu decided that he would *write, produce, direct and do everything by himself in his 8th studio album, **Sonar Despierto'''***. **He revealed so by an Instagram post and he abid by his words. Sonar Despierto turned out to be a perfect album and highly-acclaimed for its songwriting.**

## Friends

Manu is known for always being kind to everyone in the music industry. However, his best friends as per the public include mainly *Walker, Belka, Robyn, Hema, Jia, Ven and Marie*. This is not official yet, but Manu has his own 'Manu Squad' now, and the members that the media speculate to be part of his personal squad include *Walker, Belka, Robyn, Ven and Hema.*