El Malo (song)

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"El Malo"
El Malo (Remix).jpg
Single by Aventura
Remix featuring Sensato.
from the album The Last
ReleasedMarch 11, 2010 (2010-03-11)
Recorded2009
Genre Bachata
Length3:58
Label Premium Latin Music
Songwriter(s) Anthony "Romeo" Santos
Producer(s)
Aventura singles chronology
"Dile al Amor"
(2009)
"El Malo"
(2010)
"El Desprecio"
(2010)
Music video
"El Malo" on YouTube

"El Malo" (English: The Bad Guy) is the fifth single released from Aventura's fifth and final studio album The Last (2009). [1] The single was released on March 11, 2010 and reached #1 on Tropical Airplay. A remix was made with Sensato. [2]

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Chart performance

At the time El Malo was released, the previous single by Aventura, Dile al Amor had dominated the charts in early 2010. El Malo was later re-released in mid-2010 where it peaked #2 on the Latin Tropical Airplay chart twice on July 10 and July 24 where the #1 position was being held off by Juan Luis Guerra's Bachata en Fukuoka. [3] The single finally reached #1 on the Latin Tropical Airplay on the week of August 28, 2010. [4] The single has also reached on the Top 10 on Top Latin Songs peaking at #5. [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [6] 16
US Hot Latin Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 5
US Latin Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 5
US Tropical Airplay ( Billboard ) [9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)Position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) [10] 11
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard) [11] 5
Chart (2011)Position
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard) [12] 27

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