Santana

Santana is a rock music group originating from the United States, founded in San Francisco in 1966 by guitarist Carlos Santana.The band captured the public's attention with their performance of "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock festival in 1969. This performance helped propel their first album, also titled Santana, followed by the successful Abraxas and Santana III in the two years that followed. The group's lineup changed frequently. The growing collaboration of Carlos Santana with the guru Sri Chinmoy led the group to adopt a more esoteric style, although maintaining its Latin essence.In 1998, Santana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Carlos Santana, José "Chepito" Areas, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello and Michael Shrieve.

The band has received nine Grammy Awards and three Grammy Latino, the last in the year 2000. Carlos Santana received a Grammy as a solo artist in 1988. With over 90 million albums sold worldwide, Santana has become one of the best-selling groups of all time. In 2013, it was announced that the classic lineup would reunite for a new album, Santana IV, which was released in April 2016.In 2019, the band released the album Africa Speaks under the label Concord Records. The single "Los invisibles", with the collaboration of Spanish singer Buika and the production of Rick Rubin, served as a preview.Originally known as Santana Blues Band, the band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California.