Double Vision (Prince Royce album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Double Vision
| type = studio
| artist = Prince Royce
| cover = Royce double vision.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2015|07|24}}
| recorded = 2014–15
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Pop{{cite magazine|last1=Sheperd|first1=Julianne Escobedo|title=Prince Royce Makes a Play for Pop's Throne With 'Double Vision': Album Review|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6640841/prince-royce-double-vision-album-review|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=July 28, 2015|date=July 21, 2015}}
- R&B
- EDM
}}
| length = {{plainlist|
- 44:04 {{small|(standard edition)}}
- 57:51 {{small|(deluxe edition)}}
- 63:35 {{small|(Japanese edition)}}
}}
| label = RCA
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Jason Evigan
- Robopop
- Ian Kirkpatrick
- Toby Gad
- The Cataracs
- ShonuFF
- Rune Westberg
- RedOne
- T.I Jakke
- Hardwork
- Rob Knox
- Steve Mostyn
- Alex Niceforo
- RoccStar
- Chaz Jackson
- Young Yonny
- Orlando Williamson
- Pop & Oak
- Flippa
- Dominic Gordon
}}
| prev_title = Soy el Mismo
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Five
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Double Vision
| type = studio
| single1 = Stuck on a Feeling
| single1date = November 24, 2014
| single2 = Back It Up
| single2date = May 4, 2015
}}
}}
Double Vision is the fourth studio album by American singer Prince Royce; it was released on July 24, 2015, by RCA Records. It is Royce's first album to be recorded primarily in English.{{cite magazine|last1=Romero|first1=Angie|title=Prince Royce Announces English Album Release Date and Title|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6598000/prince-royce-double-vision-english-album-release-date-title|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=July 22, 2015|date=June 12, 2015}}
Way ahead of the album's release, on November 24, 2014, Royce released "Stuck on a Feeling" (featuring Snoop Dogg) as the first single from the album.{{cite web|last1=Mansfield|first1=Brian|title=Song of the week: Prince Royce's 'Stuck on a Feeling'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/11/24/prince-royce-stuck-on-a-feeling-listen-up-song-of-the-week/19482397/|work=USA Today|date=November 24, 2014}} The single is Royce's best-charting single in the United States to date, having reached number forty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.{{cite web|last1=Isaza|first1=Marcela|title=Latin pop star Prince Royce hopes to cross over|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Latin-pop-star-Prince-Royce-hopes-to-cross-over-5919088.php#/0|accessdate=November 27, 2014|work=Houston Chronicle|publisher=Hearst Corporation|date=November 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205013733/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Latin-pop-star-Prince-Royce-hopes-to-cross-over-5919088.php#/0|archivedate=December 5, 2014|df=mdy-all}}
The album was also preceded by its second single, "Back It Up" (featuring Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull), which was released in May 2015.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6575651/prince-royce-back-it-up-hot-latin-songs-debut|title=Prince Royce's 'Back It Up' Debuts on Hot Latin Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|first1=Amaya|last1=Mendizabal|date=May 21, 2015|accessdate=July 24, 2015}} The single reached number ten on the US Latin Pop Songs chart, number nineteen on the US Hot Latin Songs chart, and number ninety-two on the Billboard Hot 100. The Spanish-language version of the song was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song at the 2015 ceremony, making Royce an eight-time Latin Grammy-nominated performer.{{cite web|url=http://www.peermusic.com/news/12421|title=Prince Royce Garners 2015 Latin GRAMMY Nomination for "Back It Up"|publisher=PeerMusic|date=September 23, 2015}}
Background
While speaking about recording an English only album, Royce said; "It's not impossible, but I think it's unfair sometimes when you see an album that has five songs in English, five songs in Spanish. I think that I prefer to do separate albums for each. Definitely my intention is never to leave Latin music; I have a core audience there. But this English album is something brand new, like getting a new toy for Christmas. I'm getting the same feeling I got when I released my very first album, so I'm kinda just looking forward to having fun and doing both from here on out."{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6641741/prince-royce-double-vision-interview|title= Prince Royce Double Vision interview|publisher=www.billboard.com|author= Gary Graff |date= July 24, 2015|accessdate=July 24, 2015}}
Reception
Dennis Leopold from Rolling Stone gave the album 2.5 out of 5, saying "On his English-language debut, Latin superstar Prince Royce aims to prove himself the crossover heir to Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias... but Double Vision lacks focus, failing to establish a clear identity for Royce: He morphs from a version of Jason Derulo to Drake to Bruno Mars." adding "His voice is malleable enough, but he stands out most when he goes back to his roots. "There for You" floats along a tropical, guitar-laced groove, and "Lucky One" is all bachata sweetness, guaranteed to make the girls swoon."{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/prince-royce-double-vision-20150812|publisher=Rolling Stone|title=Prince Royce: Double Vision|date= 12 August 2015|accessdate=7 April 2017}}
Chuck Campbell of Knox News gave the album 3.5 out of 5, saying; "While Double Vision isn't a bold statement, it seamlessly eases Royce into the wider English-language pop market, a crisply produced modern album with dance songs, ballads and moderate amounts of Latin flavor. His voice is fairly distinctive with a wide enough range to help him navigate acoustic-rooted, swoon-worthy ballads like “Lucky One” and “Extraordinary,” soulful enough for the R&B-inflected cuts such as the sensual “Stuck on a Feeling” and glossy “Dangerous” and exotic enough to straddle the woozy electronic swagger of “Handcuffs” and tropical bluster of “Seal It With a Kiss.” {{cite web|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/knoxville/music/tuned-in-review-prince-royces-vision-targets-expanded-audience_92711261|title='Tuned In' review: Prince Royce's 'Vision' targets expanded audience|author=Chuck Campbell|publisher=www.knoxnews.com|date=July 24, 2015|accessdate=July 24, 2015}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Double Vision{{nobold| – Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 44:04
| title1 = Stuck on a Feeling
| note1 = featuring Snoop Dogg
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jason Evigan|Daniel Omelio|Ross Golan|Sam Martin|Ammar Malik|Daron Jones|Michael Keith|Jason Boyd|Calvin Broadus, Jr.}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Evigan|Robopop{{ref|a|[a]}}|Mitch Allan{{ref|b|[b]}}|Dan Book{{ref|c|[c]}}}}
| length1 = 3:30
| title2 = Handcuffs
| note2 =
| writer2 = {{hlist|Geoffrey Rojas|Evigan|Ian Kirkpatrick|Lindy Robbins}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Evigan|Kirkpatrick{{ref|e|[e]}}}}
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Back It Up
| note3 = featuring Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull
| writer3 = {{hlist|Rojas|Armando Perez|Savan Kotecha|Ilya Salmanzadeh}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Ilya|Noah Passovoy{{ref|b|[b]}}|Rune Westberg{{ref|c|[c]}}}}
| length3 = 3:20
| title4 = Lucky One
| note4 =
| writer4 = {{hlist|Rojas|Nasri Atweh|Toby Gad}}
| extra4 = Gad
| length4 = 3:57
| title5 = Double Vision
| note5 = featuring Tyga
| writer5 = {{hlist|Evigan|Golan|Malik|Jacob Kasher Hindlin|Michael Stevenson}}
| extra5 = Evigan
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Lie to Me
| note6 =
| writer6 = {{hlist|Rojas|Niles Hollowell-Dhar|Taylor Parks|Wayne Hector|Freddy Wexler|Dave Kuncio}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|The Cataracs|Parks{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length6 = 2:46
| title7 = Dangerous
| note7 = featuring Kid Ink
| writer7 = {{hlist|Rojas|Brian Collins|Shomari Wilson|Marc "E. Bassy" Griffin|Murphy Holmes|Yusuf Ali}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|ShonuFF|Oak Felder{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Extraordinary
| note8 =
| writer8 = {{hlist|Rojas|Westberg}}
| extra8 = Westberg
| length8 = 3:24
| title9 = Seal It With a Kiss
| note9 =
| writer9 = {{hlist|Rojas|Nadir Khayat|Talay Riley|Jakob Erixson}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|RedOne|T.I Jakke}}
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = There for You
| note10 =
| writer10 = {{hlist|Rojas|Philip Constable|Brandon Hesson|Dominic Gordon|Jirou Williams}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Hardwork|Hesson{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length10 = 3:44
| title11 = Paris on a Sunny Day
| note11 =
| writer11 = {{hlist|Rojas|Parks|Robin Tadross|Ely Rise}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Rob Knox|Parks{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length11 = 5:07
| title12 = Chemical
| note12 =
| writer12 = {{hlist|Rojas|Bassy|Steve Mostyn|Alex Niceforo|Trevor Case}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Mostyn|Niceforo|Oak{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length12 = 3:34|
| all_writing =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Double Vision{{nobold| – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 57:51
| title13 = Lay You Down
| writer13 = {{hlist|Rojas|Constable|Lindsay Gilbert|Roark Bailey|Víctor Daniel}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Hardwork|Gilbert{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length13 = 3:26
| title14 = With You
| note14 =
| writer14 = {{hlist|Rojas|Leon Youngblood|Chaz Jackson|Orlando Williamson|Kris Stephens|Michael Jiminez|Terence Coles}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|RoccStar|Jackson{{ref|e|[e]}}|Williamson{{ref|e|Tha Aristocrats [e]}}}}
| length14 = 3:14
| title15 = Getaway
| writer15 = {{hlist|Rojas|Mostyn|Kalenna Harper|Andrew "Pop" Wansel|Warren "Oak" Felder|Ronald Colson|Anthony Vick}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Pop & Oak|Flippa|Mostyn}}
| length15 = 3:26
| title16 = End of My World
| writer16 = {{hlist|Rojas|Gordon|Parks|Jamaica Smith}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Gordon|Kahn-Cept{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length16 = 3:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Double Vision{{nobold| – Japanese edition (bonus track)}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 1:03:35
| title17 = Favorite Stranger
| writer17 = {{hlist|Rojas|Mostyn|Parks|Felder|Smith}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Mostyn|Parks{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length17 = 3:16
| title18 = Jukebox
| writer18 = {{hlist|Rojas|Parks|Ronald Ferebee|Earl Johnson}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Yonny|Parks{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length18 = 2:28
}}
;Notes
- {{note|a|[a]}} signifies an additional producer.
- {{note|b|[b]}} signifies a vocal producer.
- {{note|c|[c]}} signifies an additional vocal producer.
- {{note|d|[d]}} signifies an executive producer.
- {{note|e|[e]}} signifies a co-producer.
Charts
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Chart (2015)
! Peak |
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scope="row"|Mexican Albums Chart{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Amprofon/status/400667517015691265 |title=Top 100 México – Semana Del 24 al 30 de Julio 2015 |language=Spanish |publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613221316/https://twitter.com/amprofon/status/400667517015691265 |archivedate=13 June 2015 |accessdate=18 August 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
| style="text-align:center;"|39 |
{{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Prince Royce|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 5, 2015}} |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Double Vision|artist=Prince Royce|award=Platinum|number=2|Spanish=yes|certyear=2025|access-date=May 5, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
Release history
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|+ List of release dates, showing region, versions, formats, labels, and references |
scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |
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scope="row" | Worldwide
| July 24, 2015 | {{hlist|Standard|deluxe}} | rowspan="2" | {{hlist|CD|digital download}} | {{hlist|RCA|Sony Music}} |
scope="row" | Japan
| September 23, 2015 | Deluxe |
References
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{{Prince Royce}}
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