In March 2010, Royce released his eponymous debut studio album, which generated two commercially successful singles, "Stand by Me" and "Corazón Sin Cara".

The album's last single, "Déjà Vu", with Shakira, became its most successful commercially and was certified 9× Platinum (Latin) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US.

[4] When he was young, Royce participated in choir in elementary school, competed in talent shows and, at the age of thirteen, began writing poetry, which turned into songwriting.

[8] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier credited Hidalgo for the "crisp production job, which is often spare but adds touches of urban beats here and there.

[18] In April 2011, Royce collaborated with Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee on the song "Ven Conmigo", which was included on the latter's album, Prestige (2012).

In May 2011, Royce signed with Atlantic Records to release English-language albums in a joint partnership with the Top Stop Music label.

[20] That same month, Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias announced that Royce and American rapper Pitbull would be joining him as special guests during a concert leg of his Euphoria Tour, which began in mid-September 2011.

[21] Then, in October, Mexican rock band Maná remixed their single "El Verdadero Amor Perdona" into a bachata version with Royce as a featured artist.

[30] Included on the album are the songs "Stand by Me", "Corazon Sin Cara", "Las Cosas Pequeñas", "Incondicional", and "Te Me Vas".

[32] In a statement, Peter Edge, the CEO of RCA Records, said: "We are thrilled about the opportunity to work with such a dynamic Latin artist on his first English album.

[33] Royce was also one of the three coaches on Telemundo's La Voz Kids, a singing competition featuring children aged 7–15 with a $50,000 prize for their education.

[31] In April 2014, Royce and Brazilian musician Michel Teló recorded a Portuguese-language version of "Darte un Beso" under the title "Te Dar um Beijo".

On November 24, 2014, Royce released "Stuck on a Feeling" featuring Snoop Dogg as the first single from his fourth studio album, Double Vision.

[40] On March 24, 2015, Royce released "Qué Cosas Tiene el Amor", a co-lead single with Dominican Republic singer Anthony Santos.

[41] In March 2015, it was announced that Royce would join Ariana Grande's The Honeymoon Tour as the opening act for 40 dates in the United States.

[46] The music video for the single, which was released in January 2016, featured actress Emeraude Toubia, whom Royce had been romantically linked to since 2011.

[47] On January 29, 2016, the single "Solo Yo" was released as a vocal duet credited to Mexican singer Sofía Reyes and Royce.

[49] On March 20, 2016, Royce starred as Saint Peter in the Fox Broadcasting Company live musical production of the Biblical story The Passion.

[50] Also in 2016, he had a recurring role as dancing coach Vincent on the fourth season of Hulu's teen drama series East Los High.

[52] Also that July, Royce became one of approximately 27 artists to lend their voices to "Hands", a charity single recorded as a tribute to victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

[2] The album included collaborations with artists such as Shakira, Chris Brown, Zendaya, Farruko, Gerardo Ortíz, Gente de Zona and Arturo Sandoval.

[55] Afterwards, Royce appeared in "Sensualidad" together with producers DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz and rappers Bad Bunny and J Balvin.

[56] Ahead of his forthcoming sixth studio album, Alter Ego, Royce released various singles and collaborated with a number of different artists during 2018 and 2019.

Royce was included as a guest appearance in Pitbull's "I Believe That We Will Win (World Anthem)" official music video, in which all proceeds from the song's sales, streaming and views are being donated to Feeding America and the Anthony Robbins Foundation as relief to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

[57] One of the singles from the album, "Carita de Inocente", spent a record-breaking 29 weeks at number-one on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart.

On February 3, 2022, Royce, along with Farruko and Colombian DJ Alex Sensation, released the single "After Party", which featured Mariah Angeliq and Vincentian soca singer Kevin Lyttle.

[62] The song was a huge success as it became number 1 on tropical radio stations in United States, Puerto Rico, Chile, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Panama.

One hour later, he released the album's seventh and main single "Cosas de la Peda" with Mexican singer-songwriter Gabito Ballesteros.

It features collaborations with Ala Jaza, María Becerra, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Luis Miguel del Amargue, Gabito Ballesteros, Paloma Mami, Lenny Tavárez, Nicky Jam, Jay Wheeler, and El Alfa.

He also mentioned Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, and Shakira as the artists who influenced American culture with Latin music.