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Prince RoyceStand By Me
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. 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] 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 will begin
in mid-September 2011.[21] Released: March 2, 2010 77 1 1 US: 300,000+
US: 3× Platinum (Latin)[25] [edit] Singles
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