The Last debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 albums chart and number one Billboard Top Latin Albums on with sales of 47,000 copies in it's first week. According to Nielson SoundScan, the album had the best sales week for a Latin album since 2007 when Wisin & Yandel's Los Extraterrestres sold 53,000 in its first week.[1] The album also debuted at number-one on the US BillboardTop Latin Albums chart, becoming the group's first number-one album on the chart.[2] The album became the top-selling Latin album in 2009.[3] By July 2010, the album had sold 100,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielson SoundScan.[4]
The first single, "Por un Segundo", was released on December 2, 2008.[5] The song became the group's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and their fourth number-one single on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.[6][7] The second single, "All Up 2 You", was released on May 19, 2009.[8] The song peaked at number-four on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and number-two on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.[9][7] The song was also included on Wisin & Yandel's album, La Revolución: Evolution.[10] The third single, "Su Veneno", was released on August 18, 2009.[11] The song peaked number-four on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and number-one on the Billboard Tropical Songs.[12][7] A bolero version was made for the song. The fourth single, "Dile al Amor", was released on December of 2009 and became the group's second number-one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and fifth number-one single on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.[13] "El Desprecio" only peaked at number fourty on Billboard Tropical Songs.[7] The seventh single, "El Malo", was released on May of 2010 where it peaked at number-five on the Billboard Latin Songs chart and number-one on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.[14] "Tu Juegeito" peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.[7] "La Tormenta" peaked at number thirty-two on the Billboard Tropical Songs.[7] "La Curita" peaked at number fourty-two on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs.[7]
John Bush of Allmusic gave the album a somewhat positive review. He called the lead single "Por un Segundo" a "straight bachata, rhythmic and sweet" and noted that the crossovers are put on the latter half of the album.[15] Tijana Ilich of About.com praised the vocals of Anthony "Romeo" Santos and the called song "Soy Hombre" the best on the album. On the other hand, she criticized the lack of diversity on the album as "Basically all-bachata album".[16]
^"Top 100 México"(PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
^ ab"Aventura – The Last". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved May 3, 2011. Cite error: The named reference "latinyearend10" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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