''#1's'' is the first compilation album by American singer

Prince Royce Geoffrey Royce Rojas (born May 11, 1989), known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music, and in his teenage years began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen ...

; it was released on November 19, 2012, by Top Stop Music. The album, mostly a collection of Royce's hits thus far, contains tracks from his first two studio albums, ''

'' (2010) and '' Phase II'' (2012). The release debuted and peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. Among the tracks included on the album are the US

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songs charts hit singles " Stand by Me", "

Corazón Sin Cara "Corazón Sin Cara" (English: "Love is Blind," literally "Heart Without a Face") is a bachata song by American singer-songwriter Prince Royce. It was written and composed by Prince Royce, and produced by Andrés Hidalgo and Sergio George. The so ...

", "

Las Cosas Pequeñas "Las Cosas Pequeñas" (English: "The Little Things") is a Latin pop and bachata song by American recording artist Prince Royce. It was written by Royce, Anthony López and Sergio George, who also produced it. It released as the first single from ...

", "

Incondicional "Incondicional" is a song by Prince Royce on his album Phase ll and is a mixture of Mexican music and Bachata. It was released on June 12, 2012. At the 2012 Latin Grammy Award ceremony, Royce performed the song live with Mexican singer-songwriter ...

", and "

Te Me Vas "Te Me Vas" ( English: "You Are Going") is a 2012 song by American singer Prince Royce. The song was released in December 2012 as the third and final single taken from Royce's second studio album, ''Phase II Phase II, Phase 2 or Phase Two may ref ...

". ''#1's'' was eventually certified Platinum (

field) by

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(RIAA) in the US for certified units of at least 60,000. The album was later nominated for Tropical Album of the Year at the 2014 Latin ''Billboard'' Music Awards.

Review

David Jeffries of

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gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "With only two albums under his belt as of 2012, a year-end Prince Royce compilation might seem a bit premature, but the singer's mix of urban, bachata, and Latin pop flavours had him topping Billboard magazine's Year End Issue's Latin Charts for the second year in a row, so consider this a celebration. Those who passed on his first two full-lengths can consider it a catch-up too as #1's checks off the biggest singles from both his 2010 self-titled debut and its 2012 follow-up Phase II. With his remake of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me," his bachata blockbuster "Corazón Sin Cara," and his plush, romantic favourite "Las Cosas Pequeñas," all on the track list, the usual suspects are accounted for, while collaborative tracks with rock band Mana ("El Verdadero Amor Perdona") and salsa singer Luis Enrique ("Sabes") round out the collection well with some desirable, off-album selections. Strange that "El Amor Que Perdimos" is here, since the track "stalled" on Billboard's Latin charts somewhere in the teens, but forgive the oversight and this—mostly—chart-topping collection offers a convenient, hit-filled overview of the superstar's early work."

Track listing

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