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Santana

American rock band
MusicGroup rock_band Q873384
Santana
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Summary

Santana is a rock band[1]. Santana ranks in the top 0.81% of rock band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,682 views/month, #7 of 861).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3], Grammy Award for Record of the Year[4], Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals[5], Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year[6], Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[7], Latin Grammy Hall of Fame[8]
  • Genre: music of Latin America[9], Latin rock[10]
  • Record label: Arista Records[11], Columbia Records[12]
  • Discography: Santana discography[13]
  • Commons category: Santana (band)[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Has part(s): Carlos Santana[16], Benjamin Rietveld[17], Karl Perazzo[18], Tommy Anthony[19], Andy Vargas[20], David K. Mathews[21], Paoli Mejías[22], Ray Greene[23]
  • Inception: January 1, 1967[24]
  • Location of formation: San Francisco[25]
  • Official website: http://santana.com[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santana (band)[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:Santana[28]
  • Native label: Santana[29]
  • Start of work period: 1967[30]
  • Has list: Santana (Band)/Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe[31]
  • Name: Santana[32]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[33]

  • Country: US[34]

  • Began / founded: 1966[35]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, latin, latin rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock[36]

  • Community tags: blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock, latin, latin rock, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9a3bf45c-347d-4630-894d-7cf3e8e0b632[38]

Why It Matters

Santana has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Santana is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Santana receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3], Grammy Award for Record of the Year[4], Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals[5], and Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year[6].

Related Entities

Arista Records Carlos Santana Columbia Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0003270-Santana-hudebni-skupina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0003270-Santana-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  2. 22w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, Michael Carabello +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Alex Ligertwood"
  3. 22w ago · Sanremofilo · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Arista Records, Columbia Records
    Location of formation → —
    Award received → Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals +3
    Discography → Santana discography
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Allmusic artist id: mn0000295756"
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