Supernatural (Santana album)

Supernatural
Album cover adapted from a painting by Michael Rios
Studio album by Santana
Released	June 15, 1999 (1999-06-15)
Recorded	1997–1999
Studio	Fantasy, Berkeley, California
Genre	Latin rock
Length	74:59
Label	Arista
Producer	Carlos Santana Clive Davis Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis The Dust Brothers Alex González Charles Goodan Lauryn Hill Art Hodge Wyclef Jean Fher Olvera K.C. Porter Dante Ross Matt Serletic Stephen Harris
Santana chronology
Live at the Fillmore 1968 (1997) Supernatural (1999) The Best of Santana Vol. 2 (2000)
Singles from Supernatural
"Smooth" Released: June 15, 1999 "Put Your Lights On" Released: August 24, 1999 "Maria Maria" Released: September 14, 1999 "Corazón Espinado" Released: May 30, 2000 "Love of My Life" Released: August 7, 2000 "Primavera" Released: 2001

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.

Supernatural was a huge commercial success worldwide, generating renewed interest in Santana's music. It reached No. 1 in eleven countries, including the US for 12 non-consecutive weeks, where it is certified 15× platinum. The first of six singles from the album, "Smooth" featuring Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas, and co-written by Thomas and Itaal Shur, was a number one success worldwide and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 12 weeks. The next, "Maria Maria", featuring the Product G&B, was number one in the US for 10 weeks. Supernatural is Santana’s best-selling album to date, the best-selling album by a Hispanic artist in music history, and one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling an estimated 30 million copies worldwide.

At the 2000 Grammy Awards, Supernatural won nine Grammy Awards, breaking the record held by Michael Jackson's Thriller for the most honored album. These included Album of the Year, making Carlos the first Hispanic to win it, and Best Rock Album. Santana won eight of these, tying Jackson's record for the most awards in one night. Santana also won three Latin Grammy Awards including Record of the Year.^[1]