Santana III

Shaman spent one week at number one, 56 total weeks on the chart.

Santana 3 from 1970 was at number one for five weeks, spent 39 total weeks on the chart, and All That I Am, which came out in 2005, peaked at number two and spent 20 weeks on the chart.

On the Hot 100 song chart, Smooth spent 12 weeks at number one.

Total of 58 weeks on the chart and was the longest running number one single of 1999.

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Santana's extraordinary run continued in September 1971 with the album Santana III, the band's third album in just over two years.

The record pushed their Latin rock sound in a more African direction, driven by dense percussion, layered rhythms, and a growing cast of musicians.

Guests included the Tower of Power horn section, while singer Rico Riaz took the lead on the Spanish-language track Guajira.

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While the uplifting Everything's Coming Our Way featured Carlos Santana himself on lead vocals, a rare occurrence.

Santana III followed Abraxas all the way to number one on Billboard.

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In 1999, Carlos Santana did something that almost never happens in popular music.

Thirty years after appearing at Woodstock, and nearly three decades after albums like Abraxas and Santana III made him one of the biggest guitar players in the world, Santana suddenly found himself back at the very top of the charts.

And he didn't just have a successful comeback album.

He released one of the biggest selling albums of all time.

Santana was already a legend.

The band's appearance at Woodstock in 1969 had introduced millions of people to this incredible mixture of rock, blues, Latin, percussion, and improvisation.

Albums like Santana, Abraxas, and Santana III became classics, producing songs like Evil Ways, Black Magic Woman, Oya Como Va, and No One to Depend On.

Carlos also spent much of the 70s moving into jazz, fusion, and more experimental music.