Return to commercial success Carlos Santana

santana performing in 2000

santana kicked off 1990s new album spirits dancing in flesh in 1990. followed milagro in 1992, live album sacred fire in 1993 , brothers (a collaboration brother jorge , nephew carlos hernandez) in 1994. sales relatively poor. santana toured on next few years there no further new album releases, , without recording contract. however, arista records clive davis, had worked santana @ columbia records, signed him , encouraged him record star-studded album younger artists. result 1999 s supernatural, included collaborations everlast, rob thomas of matchbox twenty, eric clapton, lauryn hill, wyclef jean, cee lo green, maná, dave matthews, k. c. porter, j. b. eckl, , others.

however, lead single grabbed attention of both fans , music industry. smooth , dynamic cha-cha stop-start number co-written , sung rob thomas of matchbox twenty, laced throughout santana s guitar fills , runs. track s energy apparent on radio, , played on wide variety of station formats. smooth spent twelve weeks @ number 1 on billboard hot 100, becoming in process last #1 single of 1990s. music video, set on hot barrio street, popular. supernatural reached number 1 on album charts , follow-up single, maria maria , featuring r&b duo product g&b, hit number one, spending ten weeks there in spring of 2000. supernatural shipped on 15 million copies in united states, , won 8 grammy awards including album of year, making santana s successful album.

carlos santana, alongside classic santana lineup of first 2 albums, inducted individual, rock , roll hall of fame in 1998. performed black magic woman writer of song, fleetwood mac s founder peter green. green inducted same night.

in 2000, supernatural won 9 grammy awards (eight santana personally), including album of year, record of year smooth , , song of year thomas , itaal shur. santana s acceptance speeches described feelings music s place in 1 s spiritual existence. later year @ latin grammy awards won 3 awards including record of year. in 2001, santana s guitar skills featured in michael jackson s song whatever happens , album invincible.

santana playing in indianapolis in 2010

in 2002, santana released shaman, revisiting supernatural format of guest artists including citizen cope, p.o.d. , seal. although album not runaway success predecessor had been, produced 2 radio-friendly hits. game of love featuring michelle branch, rose number 5 on billboard hot 100 , spent many weeks @ top of billboard adult contemporary chart, , why don t & written , featuring chad kroeger group nickelback (the original , remix alex band group calling combined towards chart performance) reached number 8 on billboard hot 100. game of love went on win grammy award best pop collaboration vocals.

in august 2003, santana named fifteenth on rolling stone magazine s list of 100 greatest guitarists of time .

on april 21, 2005, santana honored bmi icon @ 12th annual bmi latin awards. santana first songwriter designated bmi icon @ company s latin awards. honor given creator has been unique , indelible influence on generations of music makers.

carlos santana during concert in 2005

in 2005, herbie hancock approached santana collaborate on album again using supernatural formula. possibilities released on august 30, 2005, featuring carlos santana , angélique kidjo on safiatou . also, in 2005, fellow latin star shakira invited santana play soft rock guitar ballad illegal on second english-language studio album oral fixation vol. 2.

santana s 2005 album consists of collaborations other artists; first single, peppy m feeling , again michelle branch , wreckers. other musicians joining mix time included steven tyler of aerosmith, kirk hammett metallica, hip-hop artist/songwriter/producer will.i.am , guitarist/songwriter/producer george pajon, hip-hop/reggae star sean paul , r&b singer joss stone. in april , may 2006, santana toured europe, promoted son salvador santana s band opening act.

in 2007, santana appeared, along sheila e. , josé feliciano, on gloria estefan s album 90 millas, on single no llores . teamed again chad kroeger hit single night . played guitar in eros ramazzotti s hit fuoco nel fuoco album e².

in 2008, santana reported working longtime friend, marcelo vieira, on solo album acoustic demos, released @ end of year. features tracks such flavia , across grave , latter said feature heavy melodic riffs santana.

carlos santana performed @ 2009 american idol finale top 13 finalists, starred many acts such kiss, queen , rod stewart. on july 8, 2009, carlos santana appeared @ athens olympic stadium in athens 10-member all-star band part of supernatural santana – trip through hits european tour. on july 10, 2009, appeared @ philip ii stadium in skopje. 2.5-hour long concert , 20 000 people, santana appeared first time in region. supernatural santana – trip through hits played @ hard rock hotel in las vegas, played through 2011.

santana featured playable character in music video game guitar hero 5. live recording of song no 1 depend on included in game, released on september 1, 2009. more recently, in 2011, 3 santana songs offered downloadable content (dlc) guitar learning software rocksmith: oye como va , smooth , , black magic woman/gypsy queen .

santana, since 2007, has opened chain of upscale mexican restaurants called maria maria . combined effort chef roberto santibañez. located in tempe, arizona; mill valley (now closed), walnut creek, danville , san diego; austin, texas; , boca raton, florida.

in 2012, santana released album shape shifter consisting of instrumental tracks.

on february 23, 2013 there public announcement on ultimateclassicrock.com reunion of surviving members (minus jose “chepito” areas) of santana band recorded santana iii in 1971. subsequent album titled santana iv.

on may 6, 2014, first ever spanish language album corazón released.

on september 12, 2015 carlos santana appeared member of grateful dead bassist phil lesh s band phil lesh & friends @ third annual lockn music festival.

in 2016 carlos santana reunited past santana band members gregg rolie, michael carabello, michael shrieve, , neil schon release album: santana iv , band embarked on brief tour. full set lineup filmed @ house of blues in las vegas , released live album , dvd titled live @ house of blues las vegas

in 2017 santana collaborated isley brothers release album power of peace on july 28th 2017.