Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos umˈbeɾto sanˈtana βaraˈɣan] ; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas. His comeback in 1999 with the album Supernatural is considered one of the greatest musical comebacks of all time and spawned the hit singles Maria Maria which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks and "Smooth" which topped the charts for 12 weeks and by billboard magazine is the third biggest song of all time in the charts history. At the 2000 Grammy Awards he won a record 8 Grammys for the album tying Michael Jacksons record for the most Grammys won in a single night.
In 2015, Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at No. 20 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists. In 2023, Rolling Stone named him the 11th greatest guitarist of all time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
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