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Prince Royce
Background information
Birth nameGeoffrey Royce Rojas
GenresLatin pop, bachata, R&B
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician
Years active2009–present
LabelsTop Stop, Atlantic
Websitewww.princeroyce.com

Geoffrey Royce Rojas (born May 11, 1989), known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from New York City, New York. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music and into his teenage years, began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen, Royce met Andrés Hidalgo, who became his manager. Hidalgo later introduced Royce to Sergio George, who immediately signed him to his label after hearing three of his demos.

In March 2010, he released his eponymous debut studio album, which generated two commercially successful singles, "Stand by Me" and "Corazón Sin Cara". Both songs reached number-one on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart while "Corazón Sin Cara" reached number-one the US Hot Latin Songs chart. The album, itself, was a commercial success, reaching number-one on the US Billboard Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts. The album earned Royce three awards at the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, including Tropical Male Artist of the Year. He also received three more at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2011, which included Tropical Album of the Year for Prince Royce.

Life and career

1989–2009: Early life and career beginnings

Geoffrey Royce Rojas was born on May 11, 1989 and raised in The Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York.[1]. He is the second oldest out four children, born to a Dominican father, who was a taxi-cab driver, and a Dominican mother, who worked at a beauty salon. [2] When he was young, he participated in choir in elementary school, competed in talent shows and, at the age of thirteen, began writing poetry which turned into songwriting. Recalling his first time performing before a crowd, he said, "Elementary school, I was singing a Christmas song. I felt really comfortable on stage."[3] At age fifteen, Royce had began making music and at age nineteen, met Andrés Hidalgo, who became his manager.[3][4] Hidalgo began helping Royce work hands-on with bachata music. That was the specific moment in which Royce had decided that pursuing a musical career is what he wanted to do.[3] Hidalgo later introduced Royce to Sergio George, who immediately signed the former to his label, Top Stop Music, after listening to three of his demos.[2]

2010–present: Eponymous debut album

Royce released his eponymous debut studio album on March 2, 2010.[5] The album was produced primarily by Hidalgo and Sergio George, with co-production duties by Royce.[6] Carlos Quintana, of About.com, described the album's musical production as "Bachata with R&B and Pop sounds", while AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier credited Hidalgo for the "crisp production job, which is often spare but adds touches of urban beats here and there."[7][8] Shortly after its release, it debuted on the Billboard Latin Albums chart at number fifteen.[9] The lead single from the album, "Stand by Me", a remake of Ben E. King's 1961 song, peaked at number one on the US Billboard Tropical Songs chart, and also reached number eight on the Hot Latin Songs chart.[10][11] The album's second single, "Corazón Sin Cara", was released in mid-February 2010 and peaked at number one on both the US Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Songs charts.[12] The album itself had eventually reached number one on the US Billboard Latin Albums chart and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[9] In December 2010, Royce recorded a song with Sergio George called "El Campo de Sueños", which is used as the theme song for Domingo de Grandes Ligas on ESPN.[13]

The album had earned Royce a nomination for Best Contemporary Tropical Album at the 2010 Latin Grammy Awards.[14] Later that night, Royce performed the song "Stand by Me" alongside Ben E. King.[15] At the 2011 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, Royce had won three awards in the Tropical genre, including Male Artist of the Year, New Soloist or Group of the Year and Song of the Year for "Stand by Me".[16] Royce was also nominated for 6 awards at the 2011 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Ultimately, he had won three of them, which were Tropical Airplay Solo Artist of the Year, Tropical Album of the Year for Prince Royce, and Tropicals Albums Solo Artist of the Year.[17][18] Royce had collaborated with Daddy Yankee on a song entitled, "Ven Conmigo", which will be included on the latter's album, Prestige.[19] In May 2011, Royce signed on with Atlantic Records to released English-language albums. It is a joint partnership between Sergio George's Top Stop label and Atlantic. Royce is currently working on his second studio album, in which Mike Caren, Executive Vice President of A&R for Atlantic, said will be mostly in English with Latin music influences.[20] It was announced by Enrique Iglesias that he will be touring with Royce and Pitbull as special guests during a leg which began in mid-September 2011.[21]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US Billboard 200
[22] 		US Latin Albums
[23] 		US Tropical
[24]
Prince Royce 77 1 1
  • US: 300,000+

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Latin Songs
[10] 		US Latin Tropical
[26]
"Stand by Me" 2010 8 1 Prince Royce
"Corazón Sin Cara" 1 1
"El Amor Que Perdimos" 2011 16 17
"Mi Ultima Carta" 19 4
"Addicted" - - Phase II
"Las cosas pequeñas" 2012 3 1
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Latin Songs
[10] 		US Latin Tropical
[26]
"Ven Conmigo" (Daddy Yankee featuring Prince Royce) 2011 9 2 Daddy Yankee Prestige
"El Verdadero Amor Perdona" (Bachata version) (Maná featuring Prince Royce) 1 1 Drama y Luz

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Stand by Me" 2010 Danny Hastings[27]
"Corazón Sin Cara" Danny Hastings[28]

Guest appearances

Title Year Album
"Sabes" (Luis Enrique featuring Prince Royce) 2011 Soy y Seré[29]

Awards and Nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Prince Royce

References

  1. ^ Prince Royce onlineseats.com. Retrieved 12-24-2010.
  2. ^ a b (Posted: November 3, 2010) James Keivom, "Prince Royce comes home to Bronx for U.S. concert debut". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved 12-25-2010.
  3. ^ a b c Castillo, Amaris (Posted: January 12, 2010) "Interview with Prince Royce". Nochelatina.com. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  4. ^ Gerardo Ianella, Prince Royce - Biografia planetrecords.it. Retrieved 12-23-2010.
  5. ^ "Amazon.com: Prince Royce: Prince Royce: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  6. ^ Prince Royce (CD liner notes) Prince Royce. 2010 Top Stop Music.
  7. ^ Quintana, Carlos "Prince Royce - 'Prince Royce' CD Review". Latinmusic.about.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  8. ^ Birchmeier, Jason "Prince Royce - Prince Royce Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  9. ^ a b (Posted: April 13, 2011) "Prince Royce is the number one Latin Album in the country, 58 weeks after its debut". princeroyce.com. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  10. ^ a b c "Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History." Billboard Latin Songs for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12-26-10.
  11. ^ "Chart Beat Thursday: Sugarland, Avenged Sevenfold, Usher". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  12. ^ Cobo, Leila (Posted: March 23, 2011) "Label vet George Zamora joins Latin indie Top Stop Music". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  13. ^ (Posted: May 5, 2010) "Hot new latin artist Prince Royce and renown music producer Sergio George perform in ESPN Deportes 'Domingo de Grandes Ligas' theme song". topstopmusic.com. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  14. ^ "Latin Grammy Nominations are in". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  15. ^ Cobo, Leila (Posted: November 12, 2010) "Juan he is very cute Luis Guerra, Gustavo Cerati, Camila win big at 2010 Latin Grammys". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  16. ^ (Posted: February 18, 2011) "Wisin Y Yandel, Camila, Banda El Recodo and Prince Royce are the Night's Biggest Winners in Star-Studded, Spectacular 2011 'Premio Lo Nuestro' Latin Music Awards; Maná, Ricky Martin and Lucero Recognized with Special Awards". Yahoo!/Univision Communications, Inc. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  17. ^ (Posted: February 10, 2011) "Prince Royce receives six 2011 Latin Billboard award nominations ". Princeroyce.com. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  18. ^ (Posted: April 29, 2011) "2011 Billboard Latin Music Award winners". Nochelatina.com. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  19. ^ Lopez, Michael (Posted: April 13, 2011) "Daddy Yankee & Prince Royce team up for 'Ven Conmigo'". MTV Tr3s. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  20. ^ Cobo, Leila (May 16, 2011). "Prince Royce Signs to Atlantic for English-Language Releases". Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  21. ^ Billboard staff (Posted: May 12, 2011) [http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/latin/enrique-iglesias-to-tour-with-pitbull-prince-1005182102.story "Enrique Iglesias
  22. ^ Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History Billboard 200 for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12-26-2010.
  23. ^ Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History Billboard Latin Albums for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12-26-10.
  24. ^ Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History Billboard Tropical Albums for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12-26-2010.
  25. ^ "American certifications – Prince Royce". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  26. ^ a b "Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History." Billboard Tropical Songs for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12-26-10.
  27. ^ (Posted: March 30, 2010) Prince Royce - "Stand by Me". MTV. Retrieved 12-28-2010.
  28. ^ (Posted: June 1, 2010) Prince Royce - "Corazón Sin Cara". MTV. Retrieved 12-28-2010.
  29. ^ "Soy y Seré - Luis Enrique". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

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