Geoffrey Royce Rojas born May 11, 1989 known professionally as Prince Royce, is a Dominican American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from The Bronx, New York. He debuted in early 2010 with the release of his eponymous studio album, which includes hit singles "Stand by Me" and "Corazón sin cara".
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Music career
* 3 Musical style
* 4 Discography
o 4.1 Studio albums
o 4.2 Singles
o 4.3 Music videos
* 5 Awards and nominations
* 6 References
* 7 External link
Early life
was born Geoffrey Royce Rojas on May 11, 1989 and raised in The Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York He is the second oldest out of four children born to a Dominican father, who was a taxi-cab driver and a Dominican mother who worked at a beauty salon 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 Music career
He started his career when he signed on with Top Stop Music label. His eponymous debut album, Prince Royce, was recorded in 2009 and released in 2010. The album was produced by Sergio George the manager of Top Stop Music.The album became a success, peaking at number one on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart. The lead single from the album, Stand by Me is a cover of a song which was originally composed and performed by Ben E. King. The single reached number one on the Latin Tropical Airplay chart and number eight on the Top Latin Songs chart. His second single, Corazón Sin Cara, also reached number one on the Latin Tropical Airplay chart The album received a Latin Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Tropical Album" Rojas 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
Musical style
Growing up, Rojas listened to various types of musical genres such as pop, techno, rap, hip-hop, rock and bachata and cites Michael Jackson, Usher, Ginuwine, Juan Luis Guerra, Aventura and Antony Santos as his major musical influences Allmusic writer, Jason Birchmeier, called Prince Royce "one of the more promising urban bachata acts to emerge in some tim
Discography
Studio albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US Billboard 200
US Latin Albums
US Tropical
Prince Royce
* Released: March 4, 2010
* Label: Top Stop Music
* Format: CD, digital download
140 3 1
* US: 100,000+
* US: Disco Platin
Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US Latin Songs
US Latin Tropical
US Latin Pop
"Stand by Me" 2010 8 1 9 Prince Royce
"Corazón Sin Cara" 1 1 2
"El Amor Que Perdimos" 2011 20 14 7 denotes releases that did not chart. Music videos
List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Director
"Stand by Me" 2010 Danny Hasting
"Corazón Sin Cara" Danny Hastinprince royce
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