Carlos Santana discography | |
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Studio albums | 7 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 6 |
Singles | 5 |
Collaboration albums | 12 |
Guest appearances | 50 |
The discography of Carlos Santana, a Mexican-American rock guitarist, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, six compilation albums and five singles.
In his early music career he formed the Latin band Santana, named after his surname. As a solo-artist he released several albums. Two of his earliest studio albums, his debut album Love Devotion Surrender with John McLaughlin and the second album, Illuminations , with Alice Coltrane, were collaborations. He then released four studio albums as a solo artist, two of which were released under his spiritual name "Devadip Carlos Santana". His latest released studio album, Santana Brothers , was a collaboration between his nephew Carlos Hernandez and his brother Jorge Santana.
Only two of his prior released albums, his debut album Love Devotion Surrender , and the live album Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! received a certification from the national American certification. He has also collaborated on twenty-seven albums with numerous artists, such as Chad Kroeger and Steven Tyler, and appeared in forty-nine albums as a guest guitarist. [1]
In February 1976, Santana was presented with fifteen gold disc in Australia, representing sales in excess of 244,000. [2]
Rolling Stone named Santana number fifteen on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. [3]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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US [4] | AUS [5] [6] | AUT [7] | FRA [8] | NLD [9] | NZL [10] | NOR [11] | SWE [12] | SWI [13] | UK [14] | |||
Love Devotion Surrender |
| 14 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | 7 | |
Illuminations |
| 79 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | |
Oneness – Silver Dreams Golden Reality |
| 87 | 39 | — | 12 | — | 43 | — | — | — | 55 | |
The Swing of Delight |
| 65 | 21 | 14 | 22 | — | 20 | 23 | 28 | — | 65 | |
Havana Moon |
| 31 | 32 | 18 | — | 16 | — | 6 | 6 | — | 84 | |
Blues for Salvador |
| 195 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Santana Brothers |
| 191 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||||||||||
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US [4] | AUS [6] | NLD [9] | UK [14] | |||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! |
| 8 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
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Carlos Santana Live |
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Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. |
Title | Album details |
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Magic of Carlos Santana |
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The Latin Sound of Carlos Santana |
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Carlos Santana |
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Very Best of Carlos Santana |
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Carlos Santana |
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Havana Moon/Blues for Salvador |
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Multi-Dimensional Warrior |
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Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper [1] [16] |
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Paths to Greatness [1] [17] |
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In From the Storm, The Music of Jimi Hendrix [1] [18] |
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Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies [1] [19] |
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [1] [20] |
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Eat at Whitey's [1] [21] |
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Invincible [1] [22] |
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Everyday [1] |
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Bring 'Em In [1] [23] |
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Oral Fixation Vol. 2 [1] [24] |
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Cool & Collected [1] [25] |
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Djin Djin [1] [26] |
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Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||||||
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US [4] | NLD [9] | GER [27] | SWI [13] | UK [14] | ||||||||||||||||||
1972 | "Evil Ways" / "Them Changes" | 84 | — | — | — | — | Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! | |||||||||||||||
1983 | "Watch Your Step" | 107 | — | — | — | — | Havana Moon | |||||||||||||||
"They All Went to Mexico" (featuring Willie Nelson and Booker T. Jones) [A] | — | 6 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
"Havana Moon" [A] | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
2002 | "Dirty Dancin'" (The Product G&B featuring Carlos Santana) | — | — | 76 | 53 | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||||
2006 | "Illegal" (Shakira featuring Carlos Santana) | — | 7 | 11 | 10 | 34 | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | |||||||||||||||
2007 | "No Llores" (Gloria Estefan featuring Carlos Santana, José Feliciano and Sheila E.) | 117 | — | — | — | — | 90 Millas | |||||||||||||||
2014 | "Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" (Carlos Santana and Wyclef Jean featuring Avicii and Alexandre Pires) | — | — | — | — | — | One Love, One Rhythm | |||||||||||||||
2019 | "Mamacita" [28] (Tyga featuring YG and Carlos Santana) | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |||||||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
Notes
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s.
Abraxas is the second studio album by Latin rock band Santana. It was released on September 23, 1970, by Columbia Records and became the band's first album to reach number one in the United States.
Santana is the debut studio album by American Latin rock band Santana. It was released on August 22, 1969. Over half of the album's length is composed of instrumental music, recorded by what was originally a purely free-form jam band. At the suggestion of manager Bill Graham, the band took to writing more conventional songs for more impact, but managed to retain the essence of improvisation in the music.
Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.
Gregg Alan Rolie is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Rolie served as lead singer of the bands Santana and Journey – both of which he co-founded. He also helmed rock group The Storm, performed in Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band until 2021, and since 2001 with his Gregg Rolie Band. Rolie is a two-time inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, having been inducted both as a member of Santana in 1998 and as a member of Journey in 2017.
Santana is the third studio album by the American rock band Santana. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as III or Santana III to distinguish it from the band's 1969 debut album. The album was also known as Man with an Outstretched Hand, after its album cover image. It was the third and last album by the Woodstock-era lineup, until their reunion on Santana IV in 2016. It was also considered by many to be the band's peak commercially and musically, as subsequent releases aimed towards more experimental jazz fusion and Latin music. The album also marked the addition of 16-year-old guitarist Neal Schon to the group.
Shangó is the thirteenth studio album by Santana. The album reached #22 on the Billboard 200 album charts. The single "Hold On" from the album reached number 15 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 17 on Billboard's Top Tracks chart. A second single from the album, "Nowhere to Run", peaked at number 66 on the Hot 100 chart and number thirteen on the Mainstream Rock chart and a third single reached number 34 in the Mainstream Rock chart.
Santana's Greatest Hits is a 1974 compilation album by Santana. It offers highlights from the group's first three albums. It is the band's best-selling compilation album, selling over 7 million copies in the U.S.
Live at the Fillmore 1968 is a two-CD live album by the rock band Santana. It was recorded at the Fillmore West in San Francisco from December 19 to 22, 1968 – eight months before their first album came out – and released in 1997.
Moonflower is a double album released in 1977 by Santana. The recording features both studio and live tracks, which are interspersed with one another throughout the album. It is perhaps the group's most popular live album, because the 1974 album Lotus did not receive a U.S. domestic release until 1991. It displays a mix between the fusion of Latin and blues rock styles of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the much more experimental and spiritual jazz fusion sound that characterized the band's mid-1970s work. The live material was recorded during the supporting tour for the Amigos album. This is the first of 5 albums with drummer Graham Lear.
Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by Santana. By this recording, Santana had nine members, some of whom had returned after being with the band in previous versions. Freedom moved away from the more poppy sound of the previous album, Beyond Appearances and back to the band's original Latin rock. However, it failed to revive Santana's commercial fortunes, reaching only ninety-five on the album chart.
Santana is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1966 by American guitarist Carlos Santana. The band has undergone various recording and performing line-ups in its history, with Santana being the only consistent member. After signing with Columbia Records, the band's appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 increased their profile, and they went on to record the commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums Santana (1969), Abraxas (1970), and Santana III (1971). These were recorded by the group's "classic" line-up, featuring Gregg Rolie, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, David Brown, and José "Chepito" Areas. Hit songs of this period include "Evil Ways", "Black Magic Woman", "Oye Como Va", and the instrumental "Samba Pa Ti".
"Samba pa ti" is an instrumental by Latin rock band Santana, from their 1970 album, Abraxas. In English, the title means "Samba for You." It was released as a single in 1973. The song charted at No. 11 in the Netherlands, No. 43 on the German charts, and No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart, Santana's first single to chart in the United Kingdom.
The Essential Santana is a compilation album by Santana, released on October 22, 2002. The collection is part of a series of Essential sets released by Columbia Records.
Ultimate Santana is a compilation by rock band Santana, combining hits from recent albums Supernatural, Shaman and All That I Am with early classics. Amongst the 18 tracks there are three new recordings. This album was made possible when Sony Music Entertainment merged with BMG to form Sony BMG.
"Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" is an instrumental from the Santana album Amigos, written by Carlos Santana and Tom Coster. It is one of Santana's most popular compositions and it reached the top in the Spanish Singles Chart in July 1976.
The discography of the rock band Santana formed by the Mexican-American rock guitarist Carlos Santana consists of 26 studio albums, 8 live albums, 61 singles, and 23 compilation albums.
Santana IV is the twenty-fourth studio album by American rock band Santana, released in April 2016.