Taken aback by the starkly different musical style, his record label executives felt the song would ruin Martin's career.

Despite this, "María" was chosen as the album's second single and became a breakthrough hit, reaching number one in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Turkey, and the whole of South America.

In an interview with CNN en Español, he emphasized the album was going to "reaffirm the internationalization of my career and I know that it will help me a lot to destroy the stereotypes that may exist with my culture".

[8][9] "Perdido Sin Ti" was written by Porter, Rosa, and Luis Gómez Escolar,[8] and runs for a total of four minutes and ten seconds.

[20] The accompanying music video was directed by Argentine director Gustavo Garzón,[21] and premiered in October 1998 at the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami.

[24][25] A live version of "Perdido Sin Ti" was recorded and taped as part of his MTV Unplugged set in Miami, Florida on August 17, 2006.

[11] Writing for Vista magazine, Carmen Teresa Roiz remarked that the song, along with "Casi un Bolero" and "Corazonado, "reflects the most intimate part of the interpreter".

[28] The Dallas Morning News reviewer Mario Tarradell labeled it "a bedroom staple with a dreamy hook and a simmering feel".

[34][35] In the United States, "Perdido Sin Ti" debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs on the week of September 5, 1998.

[38] The track also reached the top of the Latin Pop Airplay subchart,[39] displacing Martin's own "Vuelve" making him the first artist on the chart's history to replace himself;[40] it spent a total of two weeks in this position.