Prince Royce Signs Exclusive Deal With Atlantic Records

By Vanessa  Beatriz Soto

Since the release of his self-titled debut album in 2010, the Dominican-American singer/songwriter Prince Royce has been blowing up the charts and bringing his brand of R&B and pop-inflected bachata music to a young urban audience in the U.S.

This week, Atlantic Records announced that Prince Royce has signed an exclusive record deal with the label, as part of the new imprint, Top Stop Music, which is a joint venture between Atlantic Records and well-known Latin music producers Sergio George and Gregory Elias.

According to Sergio George,

“Royce is a true phenomenon who has already achieved unprecedented success in the Latin music industry, and Gregory and I are delighted to be joining with Atlantic Records to take his career to the next level.  With his extraordinary charisma and talent as a singer, songwriter, and performer, he has taken bachata music to a whole new audience and created a style uniquely his own.  Royce is not only inspiring a whole new generation of Hispanic youth, but fans across cultural and social boundaries."

The singer hit the top of the charts last month, becoming the country’s number-one Latin album. With a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Tropical Contemporary Album as well as four Latin Billboard Awards for his debut record, he is already enjoying widespread recognition for his music.

Prince Royce has even more to celebrate. In addition to this recording contract, and a highly anticipated follow-up album, Enrique Iglesias has asked him to join his 2011 North America tour as a featured artist together with Pitbull!

Watch out for more news on this, as the tour will be coming to a city near you this fall.

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