At an early age, Royce took an interest in music, and in his teenage years began experimenting with music and writing poetry.
39 Facts About Prince Royce
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In March 2010, Prince Royce released his eponymous debut studio album, which generated two commercially successful singles, "Stand by Me" and "Corazon Sin Cara".
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Prince Royce received three awards at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2011, which included Tropical Album of the Year.
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In 2012, Prince Royce released his second studio album, Phase II, which reached number-one on both the US Latin Albums and Tropical Albums charts.
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In 2015, Prince Royce released his fourth studio album, Double Vision, his first primarily in the English language.
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Geoffrey Prince Royce Rojas was born and raised in The Bronx, a borough of New York City.
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Prince Royce is the second oldest of four children, born to Dominican parents.
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When he was young, Prince Royce participated in choir in elementary school, competed in talent shows and, at the age of thirteen, began writing poetry, which turned into songwriting.
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At age fifteen, Prince Royce had begun making music with a partner named Jose Chusan, better known as "Jino".
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At age nineteen, Prince Royce met producer Andres Hidalgo, who after hearing his demos, instantly became his manager.
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That was the turning point that helped Prince Royce decide that he wanted to pursue a musical career.
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Prince Royce released his eponymous debut studio album on March 2,2010.
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In December 2010, Prince Royce recorded a song with Sergio George called "El Campo de los Suenos", which was used as the theme song for the television program Domingo de Grandes Ligas on American TV sports network ESPN in its 2010 season.
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At the awards ceremony, Royce performed "Stand by Me" alongside the song's original performer Ben E King.
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At the 2011 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, Prince 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".
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Prince Royce was nominated for six awards at the 2011 Latin Billboard Music Awards.
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In May 2011, Prince Royce signed with Atlantic Records to release English-language albums in a joint partnership with the Top Stop Music label.
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Prince Royce then began working on his second studio album, which was said to be mostly in English with Latin music influences.
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The week of Phase II release, Prince Royce attended four autograph signing events in the United States.
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Prince Royce became the winning coach for the first season with his team member Paola Guanche, and again in the second season with Amanda Mena.
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Prince Royce was replaced by Daddy Yankee for season three.
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Prince Royce 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".
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On November 24,2014, Prince Royce released "Stuck on a Feeling" featuring Snoop Dogg as the first single from his fourth studio album, Double Vision.
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The single is Prince Royce's best-performing single in the United States to date, having reached number forty-three on the Billboard Hot 100.
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On March 24,2015, Prince Royce released "Que Cosas Tiene el Amor", a co-lead single with Dominican Republic singer Anthony Santos.
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In March 2015, it was announced that Prince Royce would join Ariana Grande's The Honeymoon Tour as the opening act for 40 dates in the United States.
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In November 2015, Prince Royce released the single "Culpa al Corazon", at the time from his forthcoming fifth studio album.
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The music video for the single, which was released in January 2016, featured actress Emeraude Toubia, whom Prince Royce had been romantically linked to since 2011.
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On March 20,2016, Prince Royce starred as Saint Peter in the Fox Broadcasting Company live musical production of the Biblical story The Passion.
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In July 2016, Prince Royce embarked on a North American concert tour with Pitbull, titled The Bad Man Tour.
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Ahead of his forthcoming sixth studio album, Alter Ego, Prince Royce released various singles and collaborated with a number of different artists during 2018 and 2019.
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Prince Royce was included as a guest appearance in Pitbull's "I Believe That We Will Win " 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.
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In 2021, it was confirmed that Prince Royce is working on his seventh studio album.
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Prince Royce released the first single for the album, which is the first single since the Covid 19 pandemic, titled "Lao' a Lao'" on August 12,2021.
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On December 8,2022, Prince Royce released "Otra Vez" as his final single for 2022.
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Prince Royce cites Marc Anthony, Aventura, Usher, and Jay-Z as his greatest musical influences.
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Prince Royce mentioned Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, and Shakira as the artists who influenced American culture with Latin music.
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Prince Royce has been romantically linked to actress Emeraude Toubia since 2011, and in April 2016, the couple publicly confirmed their relationship.
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Prince Royce reportedly became engaged to Toubia in June 2017.