News Americas, MIAMI, FL, Thurs. July 14, 2011: Dominican-American singer, Prince Royce, is set to record his first English-language album.
The singer, born Geoffrey Royce Rojas, says he’s trying to take his music “to another level and try to bring bachata to Americans.”
The New York native’s first English-language production will be released by Atlantic Records and is expected to go on sale later this year.
He told EFE news service it will sound like pop with “a little bit of Latino.”
Prince Royce won fame in English-language radio last year with his bilingual bachata version of the Ben E. King classic “Stand by Me.” That number was on his self-titled debut album, which was certified double-platinum and earned him a Latin Grammy nomination.
Prince Royce is set to sing along with reggaeton star Daddy Yankee at the July 21 Premios Juventud awards gala in Miami. He has eight nominations for that awards.
