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Prince Royce Dominates At The 2012 Latin Billboard Awards Winning 8 Categories Including Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year & Songwriter Of The Year

April 27, 2012

Prince Royce was the top winner of the night alongside Don Omar, at the 2012 Latin Billboard Awards held in Miami, winning in 8 categories: Artist of the Year; Album of the Year (“Prince Royce”); Songwriter of the Year (Geoffrey Royce Rojas); Digital Album of the Year (“Prince Royce”); Tropical Album of the Year (“Prince Royce”); Tropical Song of the Year (“Corazón Sin Cara”); Tropical Albums Artist of the Year, Solo; and Tropical Songs Artist of the Year, Solo.

The young idol also surprised viewers by singing his brand new single “Incondicional”, a romantic fusion of bachata and mariachi music, for the very first time on television.  “Incondicional” is the second single off the artist’s sophomore album “PHASE II”.

“PHASE II” is the #1 selling Latin album in the country for the second week in a row.  Its first single “Las Cosas Pequenas” reached #1 on the Billboard Latin Songs chart (of Latin music across all genres), #1 on the Pop and # 1 on the Tropical charts.

Prince Royce, is the biggest breakthrough artist the Latin music industry has seen in years.  His self-titled debut album has been certified triple platinum in the US, Puerto Rico and Chile.  In addition to winning a significant number of awards and recognitions in the last two years, Royce recorded hit songs with superstars Maná and Daddy Yankee and toured the US with Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull.  He recently had the honor of performing at the prestigious Viña Del Mar Music Festival where he garnered the top honors – something unprecedented for a young developing artist.

Prince Royce is a two time Latin Grammy nominee and has won 7 Premio Lo Nuestro, 4 Premios Juventud and now 12 Latin Billboards.

“PHASE II” is a production of Top Stop Music, a boutique independent music label founded by Sergio George and Gregory Elias.  The album is distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company. 

For more information on Prince Royce visit: www.princeroyce.com, www.twitter.com/PlanetRoyce, and www.facebook.com/PrinceRoyce.

Source: Atlantic Records