Prince Royce
Prince Royce | |
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Royce in May 2012. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Geoffrey Royce Rojas |
Born |
The Bronx, New York, U.S. | May 11, 1989
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Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels |
Top Stop (2010–2012) Sony (2013–present) |
Associated acts | Sergio George |
Website |
princeroyce |
Geoffrey Royce Rojas (born May 11, 1989), known by his stage name Prince Royce, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from The Bronx. 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 on the US Hot Latin Songs chart. The album itself reached number-one on the US Billboard Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts. He also received three awards at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2011, which included Tropical Album of the Year for Prince Royce. Prince Royce was listed as one of the 50 Most Beautiful on the magazine People en Español in 2011. On April 10, 2012, Royce released his second studio album, Phase II. In November 2012, Royce released a compilation album entitled "#1's", a collection of his hits thus far.
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.[1] He is the second oldest out of four children, born to Dominican parents, a taxi-cab driver father and a 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 begun making music with a partner named Jose Chusan better known as "jino". The duo was also known as Jino and Royce, El Duo Real (www.myspace.com/jinoandroyce). At the age of sixteen, Royce started making music with long time friend and producer Donzell Rodriguez, and Vincent Outerbridge known as "L Snipe & Vinny" Ceo of Snipeproductions. The duo eventually had a meeting with Atlantic record in early 2007. With the decline of the reggaeton music Royce made the ultimate decision to focus more on the bachata industry. At age nineteen, Royce met Andrés Hidalgo, who after hearing his previous demo instantly became his manager.[3][4] Hidalgo began helping Royce work hands-on with bachata music. That was the turning point which helped Royce decide 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]
2010–11: Prince Royce and breakthrough
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 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] With the help of Los De La Nazza & Frankie "El Jefe", 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] He was also featured in the 2011 issue of People en Español Magazine as one of the 50 Most beautiful.
2012: Phase II
On April 10, 2012, Prince Royce released his second studio album titled Phase II.[22] The 13-track album incorporates a variety of music styles from Bachata to Mariachi.[23] The album contains songs in both English and Spanish, as well as melodies atypical to traditional Bachata music.[24] Las Cosas Pequeñas debuted at #1 on Billboard's Tropical chart, and eventually reached the #1 position on Billboard's Latin Songs chart.[25]
The week of Phase II's release, Prince Royce attended four autograph signing events in the United States. His appearance at a Chicago, Illinois location of F.Y.E. broke an attendance record for most visitors to an in-store music event.also.[25] Later in 2012, he was in the People en Español Magazene "Sexy Edition" naming him as one of the sexiest men in 2012. His second album "Phase II" was then certified platinum in the US and Puerto Rico 6 months after its release. Soon after going platinum Prince Royce's "Phase II" got nominated for a Latin Grammy for best Tropical Fusion Album, Making him a three time nominated artist.
In November 2012, his label decided to release a collection of Prince Royce's hits thus far. Entitled #1's, released on November 19, 2012, it debuted at #3 on the Hot Latin Albums chart. Included are his hits "Stand By Me", "Corazon Sin Cara", "Las Cosas Pequeñas", "Incondicional", and "Te Me Vas". In 2013 He was honored with the BMI Latin Songwriter of the Year.
2013–present: Soy el Mismo
In April 2013, it was announced that Royce had signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment to release his third Spanish-language studio album under Sony Music Latin and debut English recording under RCA Records. This came after the fizzled relationship between Royce and Top Stop which ended in two lawsuits in which Royce was sued by that label for breach of contract.[26] In a statement, Peter Edge, CEO of RCA Records said "We are thrilled about the opportunity to work with such a dynamic Latin artist on his first English album. Prince Royce's early successes have paved the way for the next generation of Latin music and we are eager to join forces with our partners Sony Music Latin to fully maximize his music and career."[26] Prince Royce was also one of the three coaches on Telemundo's La Voz Kids, a singing competition featuring kids aged 7–15 with a $50,000 prize for their education. He became the winning coach for the first season with his team member Paola Guanche, and again in the second season with Amanda Mena. He was replaced by Daddy Yankee for season three.[27]
On July 15, 2013, the lead single single from Royce's upcoming studio album was released titled, "Darte un Beso". It reached No. 1 on multiple Latin charts and was certified 3× Platinum in the Latin field. His third album, Soy el Mismo, was released on October 8, 2013.[28] On November 24, 2014, Royce released "Stuck on a Feeling" featuring Snoop Dogg as the first single from his upcoming fourth studio album.[29] In March 2015 it was announced that Royce would join Ariana Grande on her world tour The Honeymoon Tour as the opening act for 40 dates in the United States.[30]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
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US [31] |
US Latin [32] |
US Trop [33] |
MEX [34] |
SPA [35] | ||||
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77 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
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Phase II |
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16 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
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Soy el Mismo |
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14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 84 | ||
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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US Latin [10] |
US Tropical [39] |
US Latin Pop [40] |
US | COL [41] |
MEX [42] |
SPA [43] |
VEN [44] | ||||
"Stand By Me"[A] | 2010 | 8 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | Prince Royce | |
"Corazón Sin Cara"[B] | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"El Amor Que Perdimos" | 2011 | 16 | 17 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Mi Última Carta" | 19 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Addicted" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Phase II | ||
"Las Cosas Pequeñas"[C] | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Incondicional"[D] | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Te Me Vas" | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Darte un Beso" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 78 | Soy el Mismo | ||
"Te Robaré" | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Nada" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Soy el Mismo" | 8 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Stuck on a Feeling" (featuring Snoop Dogg) |
— | 38 | 13 | 43 | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||
"Solita" | 2015 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soy el Mismo | |
"Back It Up"[45] (featuring Pitbull) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
- Notes
- A. ^ "Stand By Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- B. ^ "Corazón Sin Cara" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- C. ^ "Las Cosas Pequeñas" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- D. ^ "Incondicional" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
Featured singles
Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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BRA | US Latin | US Tropical | |||
2011 | "Ven Conmigo" (Daddy Yankee featuring Prince Royce) |
– | 9 | 2 | Prestige |
"El Verdadero Amor Perdona" (Bachata version) (Maná featuring Prince Royce) |
– | 1 | 1 | Drama y Luz | |
2013 | "Te Perdiste Mi Amor" (Thalía featuring Prince Royce) |
– | 4 | 7 | Habítame Siempre |
2014 | "Te Dar um Beijo" (Michel Teló featuring Prince Royce) |
5 | – | – | single only |
2015 | "Que Cosas Tiene El Amor" (Antony Santos featuring Prince Royce) |
– | – | 28 | single only |
Music videos
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Corazón Sin Cara" | 2009 | Danny Hastings[46] |
"Stand By Me" | 2010 | |
"Stand By Me" (New Version) | Pablo Croce | |
"Corazón Sin Cara" (New Version) | Danny Hastings | |
"El Amor Que Perdimos" | 2011 | Pablo Croce |
"Ven Conmigo" (Daddy Yankee featuring Prince Royce) | Carlos Perez | |
"El Verdadero Amor Perdona" (Maná featuring Prince Royce) | Pablo Croce | |
"Addicted" | Jack M. Macaluso[47] | |
"Las Cosas Pequeñas" | 2012 | Carlos Perez[48] |
"Incondicional" | Pablo Croce[49] | |
"Te Perdiste Mi Amor" (Thalía featuring Prince Royce) | 2013 | Bruce Gowers |
"Darte un Beso" | Danny Hastings[50] | |
"Te Robare" | 2014 | Benny Boom[51] |
"Nada" | Jon J[52] | |
"Soy el Mismo" | Carlos Perez[53][54] | |
"Soy el Mismo (Versión Banda)" (featuring Roberto Tapia) | ||
"Tu Libertad" (with Wisin) (Not released yet) | Jessy Terrero[55] | |
"Stuck On a Feeling" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | Colin Tilley[56][57] | |
"My Angel" | 2015 |
Non album songs
Title | Year | Album |
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"Triste Realidad" | 2012 | N/A |
"La Ventanita" featuring Prophex | 2012 | N/A |
"Nothing for Christmas" featuring Nashira | 2012 | N/A |
"Even When You Cry" featuring Nasri | 2012 | N/A |
Guest appearances
- El Campo de Sueños, with Sergio George : composed by Leonte Landino (Venezuela), arranged by Guianko Gómez, title song of "Domingo de Grandes Ligas de ESPN". (Spanish version of "Sunday Night Baseball")
Title | Year | Album |
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"Sabes" (Luis Enrique featuring Prince Royce) | 2011 | Soy y Seré[58] |
"No One Compares" (Jessica Sanchez featuring Prince Royce) | 2013 | Me, You & The Music |
"My Angel" | 2015 | Furious 7 |
- Ven Conmigo with Daddy Yankee (2011)
- El Verdadero Amor Perdona with Maná (2011)
- Te Perdiste Mi Amor with Thalía (2012)
- Already Missing You with Selena Gomez (2013)
- Dangerous Ground with Sean Paul (2013)
- Que Cosas Tiene el Amor with Antony Santos (2015)
Awards and nominations
References
- ↑ Prince Royce onlineseats.com. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Posted: November 3, 2010) James Keivom, "Prince Royce comes home to Bronx for U.S. concert debut". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Castillo, Amaris (Posted: January 12, 2010) "Interview with Prince Royce". Nochelatina.com. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ↑ Gerardo Ianella, Prince Royce – Biografia planetrecords.it. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Prince Royce: Prince Royce: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ↑ Prince Royce (CD liner notes) Prince Royce. 2010 Top Stop Music.
- ↑ Quintana, Carlos "Prince Royce – 'Prince Royce' CD Review". Latinmusic.about.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ↑ Birchmeier, Jason "Prince Royce – Prince Royce Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 (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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History." Billboard Latin Songs for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12-26-10.
- ↑ "Chart Beat Thursday: Sugarland, Avenged Sevenfold, Usher". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ↑ Cobo, Leila (Posted: March 23, 2011) "Label vet George Zamora joins Latin indie Top Stop Music". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ↑ (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.
- ↑ "Latin Grammy Nominations are in". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ (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.
- ↑ (Posted: February 10, 2011) "Prince Royce receives six 2011 Latin Billboard award nominations ". Princeroyce.com. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ↑ (Posted: April 29, 2011) "2011 Billboard Latin Music Award winners". Nochelatina.com. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ↑ Lopez, Michael (Posted: April 13, 2011) "Daddy Yankee & Prince Royce team up for 'Ven Conmigo'". MTV Tr3s. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ↑ Cobo, Leila (May 16, 2011). "Prince Royce Signs to Atlantic for English-Language Releases". Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ↑ Billboard staff (Posted: May 12, 2011) "Enrique Iglesias
- ↑ Prince Royce Internet Leaked Songs Not to Appear on Album
- ↑ "Prince Royce Phase II Review - Phase 2 Album on LatinRapper.com". latinrapper.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Prince Royce’s ‘Phase II’: Mixing and matching to expand bachata sound". Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Prince Royce Shares Phase II Release Week with Fans". LatinRapper.com Blogs. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Cobo, Leila (April 1, 2013). "Prince Royce Signs With Sony Music Entertainment". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ Armando Tinoco (January 8, 2015). "Pedro Fernández Joins ’La Voz Kids’ Season 3: Wasn’t He Too Sick To Finish The Telenovela ‘Hasta El Fin Del Mundo’?". Latin Times. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Prince Royce: Soy El Mismo: Music". amazon.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Isaza, Marcela (November 26, 2014). "Latin pop star Prince Royce hopes to cross over". Houston Chronicle (Hearst Corporation). Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ↑ Cobo, Leila (March 30, 2015). "Ariana Grande Adds New Tour Dates With Prince Royce as Special Guest". Billboard.
- ↑ Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History Billboard 200 for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ↑ Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History Billboard Latin Albums for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12-26-10.
- ↑ Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History Billboard Tropical Albums for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ↑ Studio albums of Carlos Vives in Mexican Albums Chart:
- Soy El Mismo: "Top 100 México – Semana Del 21 al 27 de Octubre 2013" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Prince Royce discography – Spain Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ↑ Cobo, Leila (October 8, 2013). "Prince Royce takes major step with "Soy el Mismo"". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 "American certifications – Prince Royce". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ↑ Paul Grein (January 3, 2013). "Chart Watch Extra: Top Albums of 2012". Chart Watch (Yahoo Music). Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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- ↑ "Prince Royce Album & Song Chart History." Billboard Latin Pop Songs for Prince Royce. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 09-12-13.
- ↑ Songs of Prince Royce in National-Report Top 100:
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- ↑ Royce, Prince (April 28, 2015). "Second single #BackltUp Feat @Pitbull ...". Twitter. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ↑ (Posted: March 30, 2010) Prince Royce – "Stand by Me". MTV. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
- ↑ (Posted: February 3, 2012) Prince Royce – "Addicted". Youtube. Retrieved 2011.
- ↑ (Posted: February 3, 2012) Prince Royce – "Las Cosas Pequeñas". Youtube. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
- ↑ (Posted: February 3, 2012) Prince Royce – "Incondicional". Youtube. Retrieved 2012.
- ↑ "Darte un Beso : Prince Royce › Music Videos". Yahoo! Screen. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ (Posted: February 21, 2012) Prince Royce – "Te Robare". Youtube. Retrieved 2012.
- ↑ "Nada : Prince Royce › Music Videos". Yahoo! Screen. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Soy el Mismo : Prince Royce › Music Videos". Yahoo! Screen. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Soy el Mismo (Versión Banda) : Prince Royce (feat. Roberto Tapia) › Music Videos". Yahoo! Screen. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Wisin y Prince Royce juntos en el Choliseo de Puerto Rico". Univision. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Stuck On a Feeling : Prince Royce › Music Videos". Yahoo! Screen. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Furious 7 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) : "My Angel" [Video Premiere]". Josepvinaixa.com. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Soy y Seré – Luis Enrique". Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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