The Guitar Masters Collection: Santana

Santana is a Latin music and rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana.

The band came to public attention with their performance of "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock in 1969.This exposure helped propel their first album, also named Santana, into a hit, followed in the next two years by Abraxas and Santana III.Lineup changes were common.Carlos Santana's increasing involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy took the band into more esoteric music, though it never lost its Latin influence. In 1998, the band Santana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Carlos Santana, José "Chepito" Areas, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello, and Michael Shrieve.The band has earned nine Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the latter all in 2000.Carlos Santana won a Grammy Award as a solo artist in 1988.The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time.In 2013, Santana announced a reunion of the classic line-up for a new album, Santana IV, which was released in April 2016.They are tied for having the most won Grammy Awards in one night.

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