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Santana

An American rock band. Founded in the late 1960s in San Francisco by Carlos Santana. He is the lead guitarist and leader of the band. The band started as psychedelic and in that capacity enjoyed great success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, becoming the last successful performer to come out of the San Francisco psychedelic scene. In the early 1970s, as the founding members left, the group's style changed to something more 'thoughtful and jazzy'. The name 'Santana' remained under the full control of Carlos Santana, and under his leadership and with a changing lineup, the group enjoyed steady commercial success for the next 25 years. In the mid-1990s, the popularity of the band's recordings fell, but its concerts around the world still gathered large audiences. In 1999, with the album Supernatural (recorded with a large number of guest stars), the band made a monumental return to the top of the charts, establishing a name for itself among a new generation of listeners. The album not only became the best-selling in the group's history but was also highly praised by the music community, collecting a mass of Grammy awards.