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Carlos Santana

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Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos umˈbeɾto sanˈtana βaraˈɣan] ; born July 20, 1947) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Santana is the 51st most popular musician (up from 83rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Musician.

Carlos Santana is a Mexican and American guitarist who has sold over 100 million albums, won 8 Grammy Awards, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Carlos Santana ranks 51 out of 3,175. Before him are Björn Ulvaeus, Tom Petty, Roger Waters, Bill Haley, Maria Anna Mozart, and Marilyn Manson. After him are Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, Syd Barrett, Frank Zappa, Martha Argerich, and Bruce Springsteen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Carlos Santana ranks 23. Before him are James Hunt, Mario Draghi, Shirin Ebadi, Anwar Ibrahim, Paul Auster, and Mohammad Najibullah. After him are Iggy Pop, Herman Van Rompuy, Glenn Close, Robert Kiyosaki, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Salman Rushdie.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Santana ranks 7 out of 729. Before him are Frida Kahlo (1907), Diego Rivera (1886), Anthony Quinn (1915), Moctezuma II (1466), Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), and Emiliano Zapata (1879). After him are Carlos Slim (1940), Octavio Paz (1914), Pancho Villa (1878), Cuauhtémoc (1495), Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), and Porfirio Díaz (1830).

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Among MUSICIANS In Mexico

Among musicians born in Mexico, Carlos Santana ranks 1. After him are Consuelo Velázquez (1916), Armando Manzanero (1935), José José (1948), Abraham Laboriel (1947), Antonio Sánchez (1971), and Carla Morrison (1986).

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