Gaby Herrera, Prince Royce and Walter Kolm
Ana Cecilia Tillero*Prince Royce has inked a worldwide management deal with WK Entertainment, Billboard can exclusively reveal.
Helmed by artist manager and industry lead Walter Kolm, a Billboard International Power Player and the 2018 Latin Power Player of the year, WK Entertainment will be in charge of the planning, strategizing, and structuring of Royce's musical career. The deal will also include booking.
"I'm happy to be working with Walter and look forward to continuing to take my bachata around the globe, with the strategic support of a great management group," Royce, who was previously signed to David Sonenberg's DAS Communications, said in an official statement.
Kolm added: "We welcome Prince Royce to the WK Entertainment family with open arms and all of the drive to develop global strategies for the evolution of this bachata music icon."
Royce's longtime manager, Gaby Herrera, will remain part of Royce’s team, handling his day-to-day management alongside Kolm.
"This new chapter and alliance will undoubtedly take Royce’s remarkable career to new heights," Herrera, personal manager at WK Entertainment, said. "I'm excited and honored to work alongside Walter and am ready to continue making history with Royce."
The deal comes on the heels of the bachata superstar acquiring a Guinness World Record for spending 29 consecutive weeks (March 28 - Oct. 17, 2020) at No. 1 on the Tropical Airplay chart with his single “Carita de Inocente.” The title remained a total of 54 weeks on the chart.
Royce stopped working with DAS Communications at the end of 2020. He now joins WK’s roster of top Latin stars, which includes Maluma, Carlos Vives, Wisin, and CNCO, to name a few.
Billboard can confirm that a new album and global tour are already in the works.
Fontaines D.C. have shared the complete tracklist for their eagerly awaited fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, which arrives on 16 October 2026 through XL Recordings. Produced by James Ford, the 11 song project will feature the group’s first guest collaboration, with global pop star ROSALÍA appearing on ‘Where Is Gone?’.
The new record follows their UK platinum certified 2024 album Romance and marks a clear move beyond the guitar focused sound heard throughout much of the Irish five piece’s previous work. Instead, the band explores a more alluring musical direction shaped by electronic elements. Created in London, the English countryside, and Palermo, the album delves into pleasure, danger, and what it means to be human in the modern world. Frontman Grian Chatten called the project a conceptual experiment that draws listeners into an atmosphere designed to alter their mood.
Lead single ‘Marianne’ offers the first taste of the album, which contains 11 original tracks: ‘Six Shot Morning’, ‘Marianne’, ‘Mimesis’, ‘Happy For You’, ‘Demolition’, ‘Tongue’, ‘One Man’, ‘Where Is Gone?’ featuring ROSALÍA, ‘You Miss Me’, ‘Japan’, and ‘Intimate’. Dopamine Chamber will be released on standard and deluxe vinyl, CD, cassette, and all major digital platforms.
News of the album arrives while the Dublin band continues an extensive schedule of shows around the world. After completing sold out arena tours throughout North America, Europe, and the UK in late 2026, including major appearances at London’s O2 Arena and Manchester’s AO Arena, Fontaines D.C. will begin performing at outdoor stadiums during summer 2027.
Their 2027 summer schedule includes two headline concerts at Ireland’s Slane Castle on 26 and 27 June. The band will then play major shows at Cardiff’s Blackweir Fields, Newcastle’s St James’ Park, Manchester’s Heaton Park, Glasgow Green, and London Stadium, where they will headline on 9 July.
Dopamine Chamber can now be preordered, while ‘Marianne’ is available to hear on all leading streaming platforms.
