1998-2001: Best-selling Album, Grammy Awards, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
In 1998, despite the group still being on hiatus, they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. This proved only to be the start of better things to come for Carlos Santana and his band. Their 1999 release, Supernatural, debuted at number 19 on the Bilboard 200, but the album's appeal began to snowball, and within 18 weeks it topped the US charts. The lead single released from the album, "Smooth", hit the number one spot on the Hot 100, and sparked an unstoppable commercial frenzy, and by October 30th the album peaked at number one, and stayed there for 12 non-consecutive weeks. Not only was the album a hit in the US, it slowly began to spread worldwide, topping charts internationally. The second single released from the album, "Maria Maria" also hit the number one spot on the Hot 100. Eventually the album reached 15x platinum in the US, and sold 30 million copies worldwide. The album came 28 years after their last US number 1, which was Santana in 1971, according to Guinness Book Of World Records, this is the longest gap between US number one albums for the same artist. Musically, the album was possibly the largest musical shift for the group. The album's predecessor, Milagro, contained strong hard rock influences, as well as conventional influences of latin rock. However, Supernatural, while still maintaining a latin and blues rock influenced core, contained heavy influences from many popular genres of the time, most notably alternative rock, and also pop rock and R&B. The album won nine grammy awards, including the award for Album of the Year, and also won three Latin Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year. Also noteworthy was the high amount of collabarations featured on the album, with the lead single containing the lead vocals of the highly popular Matchbox Twenty singer, Rob Thomas. The second number one hit was recorded in collabaration with The Product G&B, and another popular single from the album, "Put Your Lights On", featured hip-hop and alternative rock artist, Everlast. Other guest artists include Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, and Cee-Lo.
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