The Last is the fifth and final studio album by the bachata group Aventura, released on June 9, 2009.

So there will still be Aventura albums to come in the near future, but however in 2011, that was rebuked after Santos announced that the group is breaking up for good.

The New York Times called "The Last", Aventura's surest, catchiest record.

[2] The group collaborated with reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, Akon, Wyclef Jean, and Ludacris.

At the Billboard Latin Music Awards of 2010 in held in San Juan, Puerto Rico Aventura won nine awards including one for Album of the Year for "The Last" "Por Un Segundo" is the first single release from the album, released November 10, 2008.

It also peaked at number 1 on both the Latin Rhythm and Tropical Songs Billboard charts.The music video was released in 2009 and features the winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model, Jaslene Gonzalez.

It also peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart, lasting 15 weeks on that spot.

Initially, the song did not reach same success as the previous singles on the Hot Latin Tracks until it was re-released.

"El Desprecio" was released as the promo single and only peaked number 40 on the Billboard Tropical Songs charts.

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.

[6] Tijana Ilich of About.com praised the vocals of Anthony "Romeo" Santos and the called song "Soy Hombre" the best on the album.