''FIVE'' is the fifth
studio album
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by American singer and songwriter
Prince Royce
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. It was released on February 24, 2017 by
Sony Music Latin. The album includes collaborations with artists such as
Shakira
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,
Chris Brown
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,
Zendaya
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,
Farruko
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,
Gerardo Ortíz
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,
Gente de Zona and
Arturo Sandoval
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.
Although the album contains some lyrics in
English
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, it is Royce's first mainly
Spanish-language
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album since ''
Soy el Mismo'' in 2013. ''FIVE'', predominantly of the
bachata genre, became Royce's fourth number-one album on the
''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the United States.
The album was preceded by the release of its
lead single
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, "
Culpa al Corazón", on November 13, 2015. Four other
singles
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were released to promote the album between 2016 and 2017: "
La Carretera
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", "
Moneda
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", "Ganas Locas", and "
Déjà Vu
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". This last single became the album's most successful commercially and was certified 9× Platinum (
Latin
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) by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA) in the US.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 25 on the
''Billboard'' 200, and sold 19,000
album-equivalent unit
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s (16,000 in pure sales plus 3,000 track equivalent and streaming equivalent albums), during its first week of release in the United States.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Album certifications
See also
*
2017 in Latin music
References
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2017 albums
Prince Royce albums
Spanish-language albums
Sony Music Latin albums