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Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican Rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion.
He is the only musician to reach the top ten on Billboard 200 for four consecutive decades with non-compilation albums. Santana's record sales in the 1990s were very low. However, Arista Records' Clive Davis signed him and encouraged him to record a star-studded album with mostly younger artists.
The result was 1999's Supernatural, which included collaborations with Eric Clapton, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Cee-Lo, Mana, Dave Mathews, K.C. Porter, and others. The lead single that grabbed the attention of both fans and the music industry was "Smooth". Supernatural reached number one on the US album charts and the follow-up single, "Maria Maria, featuring the R&B duo The Product G&B, also hit number one, spending ten weeks there in the spring of 2000.
Supernatural eventually sold over 15 million copies in the United States, making it Santana's biggest sales success by far. In 2000 Supernatural won nine Grammy Awards (eight for Santana personally), including Album of the year, Record of the year for "Smooth", and Song of the year.
Later that year at the Latin Grammy Awards he won three awards including Record of the year. In 2001, Santana's guitar skills were featured in Michael Jackson’s song "Whatever Happens", from the album Invincible. Around the age of 8, Santana "fell under the influence" of blues performers like B.B. King and John Lee Hooker. He also credits Jimi Hendrix as an important influence.
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