| Name |
Prince Royce |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
11-May-1989 |
| Place of Birth |
The Bronx, New York, United States |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Geoffrey Royce Rojas , known by his stage name 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 Andres 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 "Corazon Sin Cara". Both songs reached number-one on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart while "Corazon 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 People En Espanol Magazene 2011 issue. On April 10, 2012, Royce released his second studio album, Phase II.
On April 10, 2012, Prince Royce released his second studio album titled Phase II. The 13-track album incorporates a variety of music styles from Bachata to Mariachi. The album contains songs in both English and Spanish, as well as melodies atypical to traditional Bachata music. Driven by the popularity of its lead single Las Cosas Pequenas, Phase II became the number one selling Latin album on iTunes. Las Cosas Pequeñas debuted at #1 on Billboard's Tropical chart, and eventually reached the #1 position on Billboard's Latin Songs chart.
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. Later in 2012, he was in the People en Espanol Magazene "Sexy Edition" naming him as one of the sexiest men in 2012. His Sophmore 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.
