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Geoffrey Royce Rojas (born May 11, 1989), known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music, and in 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 record producer Sergio George, who immediately signed him to his label after hearing three of his demos.
In March 2010, Royce released his eponymous debut studio album, which generated two commercially successful singles, "Stand by Me" and "Corazón Sin Cara". In the United States, both songs reached number-one on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart, while "Corazón Sin Cara" reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The album itself reached number-one on the US Billboard Top Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts. Royce received three awards at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2011, which included Tropical Albums of the Year. In 2012, Royce released his second studio album, Phase II, which reached number-one on both the US Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts. The album featured the singles "Las Cosas Pequeñas" and "Incondicional" and was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album.
His third studio album, Soy el Mismo, was released in 2013, preceded by the single "Darte un Beso". The album earned Royce his second nomination for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album. In 2015, Royce released his fourth studio album, Double Vision, his first primarily in the English language. The album included the singles "Stuck on a Feeling" featuring Snoop Dogg and "Back It Up" featuring Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull, with both charting on the Billboard Hot 100.
Five was released as Royce's fifth studio album in 2017. It became Royce's fourth number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. The album's last single, "Déjà Vu", with Shakira, became its most successful commercially and was certified 9× Platinum (Latin music) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US.
The album earned Royce a nomination for Best Contemporary Tropical Album at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011. At the awards ceremony, Royce performed "Stand by Me" alongside the song's original performer Ben E. King. 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". Royce was also nominated for six awards at the 2011 Latin Billboard Music Awards. Ultimately, he won three of them: Tropical Airplay Solo Artist of the Year, Tropical Album of the Year for Prince Royce, and Tropical Albums Solo Artist of the Year. In April 2011, Royce collaborated with Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee on the song "Ven Conmigo", which was included on the latter's album, Prestige (2012). The song became Royce's third top-ten hit in the US Hot Latin Songs chart, peaking at number nine. In May 2011, Royce signed with Atlantic Records to release English-language albums in a joint partnership with the Top Stop Music label. Royce then began working on his second studio album, which was said to be mostly in English with Latin music influences. That same month, Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias announced that Royce and American rapper Pitbull would be joining him as special guests during a concert leg of his Euphoria Tour, which began in mid-September 2011. Then, in October, Mexican rock band Maná remixed their single "El Verdadero Amor Perdona" into a bachata version with Royce as a featured artist. The song, from the deluxe edition of the band's album Drama y Luz (2011), topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in late 2011, becoming Royce's second number-one single on the ranking. Billboard Top Latin Songs chart info Billboard
In November 2012, Royce's label decided to release a collection of his hits thus far; titled #1's, the compilation album was released on November 19, 2012, and debuted at number three on the Billboard Latin Albums chart. Included on the album are the songs "Stand by Me", "Corazon Sin Cara", "Las Cosas Pequeñas", "Incondicional", and "Te Me Vas". It peaked at number three on the Billboard Latin Albums chart and was certified platinum by RIAA. The album was later nominated for Tropical Album of the Year at the 2014 Latin Billboard Music Awards.
On July 15, 2013, the lead single from Royce's next studio album was released, "Darte un Beso". It reached number-one on multiple Latin charts and was certified three-times platinum in the Latin field. His third album, Soy el Mismo, was released on October 8, 2013, and reached number fourteen on the Billboard 200. The album earned Royce his second nomination for Best Contemporary Tropical Album at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2014. He was then nominated for three awards at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, for Top Latin Artist, Top Latin Album for Soy el Mismo, and Top Latin Song for "Darte un Beso". The latter won the award for Streaming Song of the Year at the 2014 Latin Billboard Music Awards.
On January 29, 2016, the single "Solo Yo" was released as a vocal duet credited to Mexican singer Sofía Reyes and Royce. At the Premios Lo Nuestro 2017 awards ceremony, the song received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year. On March 11, 2016, "Solo Yo", an English version of "Solo Yo", was also released as a single. On March 20, 2016, Royce starred as Saint Peter in the Fox Broadcasting Company live musical production of the Biblical story The Passion. Also in 2016, he had a recurring role as dancing coach Vincent on the fourth season of Hulu's teen drama series East Los High. In July 2016, Royce embarked on a North American concert tour with Pitbull, titled The Bad Man Tour. Also that July, Royce became one of approximately 27 artists to lend their voices to "Hands", a charity single recorded as a tribute to victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting. All of the song's proceeds benefited the families affected during the shooting, and helped cover medical costs and counseling efforts.
Five, Royce's fifth studio album, was released on February 24, 2017, by Sony Music Latin. The album included collaborations with artists such as Shakira, Chris Brown, Zendaya, Farruko, Gerardo Ortíz, Gente de Zona and Arturo Sandoval. Although the album contains some lyrics in English, it was Royce's first mainly Spanish-language album since Soy el Mismo in 2013. Five also became Royce's fourth number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the US. Between 2016 and 2017 four singles were released to promote the album: "La Carretera", "Moneda", "Ganas Locas", and "Déjà Vu". This last single became the album's most successful commercially and was certified 9× Platinum (Latin music) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US.
After promotion for Five ended, Royce released two additional singles in late 2017. The first was "100 Años", a collaboration with American musical duo Ha*Ash. The song served as the first single from the duo's fifth studio album 30 de Febrero (2017). Afterwards, Royce appeared in "Sensualidad" together with producers DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz and rappers Bad Bunny and J Balvin. The single became a new top 10 hit for Royce on the US Hot Latin Songs chart, where it peaked at number eight.
Royce was included as a guest appearance in Pitbull's "I Believe That We Will Win (World Anthem)" official music video, in which all proceeds from the song's sales, streaming and views are being donated to Feeding America and the Anthony Robbins Foundation as relief to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the singles from the album, "Carita de Inocente", spent a record-breaking 29 weeks at number-one on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart. A remix was made for this song which featured Puerto Rican artist Myke Towers.
On February 3, 2022, Royce, along with Farruko and Colombian DJ Alex Sensation, released the single "After Party", which featured Mariah Angeliq and Vincentian soca music singer Kevin Lyttle. On March 3, 2022, he released "Te Espero" with Argentine singer María Becerra. The song was a huge success as it became number 1 on tropical radio stations in United States, Puerto Rico, Chile, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Panama. It was also number 1 overall on the radio in Chile and Ecuador. On the Billboard charts, it peaked at number 33 on the Argentina Hot 100 chart, at number 26 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, and at number 1 on both the Latin Airplay and Tropical Airplay charts. On June 23, 2022, he released "Si Te Preguntan..." with Puerto Rican artists Nicky Jam and Jay Wheeler. On Billboard charts, it peaked at number 26 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, at number 3 on the Latin Airplay chart, and at number 2 on the Tropical Airplay chart. It also peaked at number 1 on the Monitor Latino Dominican Republic Bachata and General charts. In the same year, Royce embarked on a tour based on his greatest hits. He called it the Classic Tour. It started on September 16, in Miami, Florida, and ended on November 19, 2022, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It included two sold out shows at the United Palace in New York City on September 30, and October 1, 2022. On December 8, 2022, Royce released "Otra Vez" as his final single for 2022. On the Billboard charts, it peaked at number 26 on the Latin Airplay chart, and at number 6 on the Tropical Airplay chart. On the Monitor Latino's Dominican Republic charts, it peaked at number 2 on the General chart, and at number 1 on Bachata charts.
On February 9, 2023, he released "Le Doy 20 Mil" with Dominican rapper El Alfa. It peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay chart. It also peaked at number 2 on the Monitor Latino Dominican Republic Urban and General charts. The following month Prince Royce was introduced as a new coach for The Voice Chile, season 4. On April 20, 2023, he released "Me EnRD". The song was released at 6pm of that day. A few hours later, he performed the song live at the 8th Annual Latin American Music Awards of 2023. On the Billboard charts, it peaked at number 4 on the Latin Airplay chart and at number 1 on the Tropical Airplay charts. On Monitor Latino Dominican Republic Dominican Republic charts, it peaked at number 6 on the General chart and at number 1 on the Bachata chart.
On January 16, 2024, he announced the title and released date of his seventh studio album. It is titled Llamada Perdida. One hour later, he released the album's seventh and main single "Cosas de la Peda" with Mexican singer-songwriter Gabito Ballesteros. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay charts. On February 15, 2024, one day before the album's release, he released the music video for the song "Morfina" featuring Chilean-American singer-songwriter Paloma Mami. The album was released the next day. It features collaborations with Ala Jaza, María Becerra, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Luis Miguel del Amargue, Gabito Ballesteros, Paloma Mami, Lenny Tavárez, Nicky Jam, Jay Wheeler, and El Alfa. Three weeks later, Royce, along with Mexican singer Carlos Rivera, released the single Calumnia on March 7, 2024.
On November 28, 2025, Royce released the surprise collaborative album Better Late Than Never with Romeo Santos. The next month, the Mejor Tarde Que Nunca Tour was announced for 2026.
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