Carlos Santana discography

The discography of Carlos Santana, a Mexican-American rock guitarist, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, six compilation albums and five singles.

Carlos Santana discography
Carlos Santana during a concert in Cow Palace in Daly City, California near San Francisco
Studio albums	7
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	6
Singles	5
Collaboration albums	12
Guest appearances	50

In his early music career he formed the Latin band Santana, named after his surname. As a solo-artist he released several albums. Two of his earliest studio albums, his debut album Love Devotion Surrender with John McLaughlin and the second album, Illuminations, with Alice Coltrane, were collaborations. He then released four studio albums as a solo artist, two of which were released under his spiritual name "Devadip Carlos Santana". His latest released studio album, Santana Brothers, was a collaboration between his nephew Carlos Hernandez and his brother Jorge Santana.

Only two of his prior released albums, his debut album Love Devotion Surrender, and the live album Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! received a certification from the national American certification. He has also collaborated on twenty-seven albums with numerous artists, such as Chad Kroeger and Steven Tyler, and appeared in forty-nine albums as a guest guitarist.^[1]

In February 1976, Santana was presented with fifteen gold disc in Australia, representing sales in excess of 244,000.^[2]

Rolling Stone named Santana number fifteen on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.^[3]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [4]	AUS [5][6]	AUT [7]	FRA [8]	NLD [9]	NZL [10]	NOR [11]	SWE [12]	SWI [13]	UK [14]
Love Devotion Surrender	Released: July 20, 1973 Label: Columbia Format: LP, CD	14	10	6	—	—	—	19	—	—	7	RIAA: Gold[15]
Illuminations	Released: October 1974 Label: Columbia Format: LP, CD	79	75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40
Oneness – Silver Dreams Golden Reality	Released: 1979 Label: Columbia Format: LP, CD	87	39	—	12	—	43	—	—	—	55
The Swing of Delight	Released: August 1980 Label: Columbia Format: LP, CD	65	21	14	22	—	20	23	28	—	65
Havana Moon	Released: April 1983 Label: CBS Format: LP, CD	31	32	18	—	16	—	6	6	—	84
Blues for Salvador	Released: October 1987 Label: Columbia Format: LP, CD	195	95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Santana Brothers	Released: September 27, 1994 Label: Guts and Grace Format: LP, CD	191	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48	—

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected details, peak chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [4]	AUS [6]	NLD [9]	UK [14]
Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!	Released: June 7, 1972 Label: Columbia Format: LP, CD	8	13	6	29	RIAA: Platinum[15]
Carlos Santana Live	Released: 2004 Label: United Audio Entertainment – unofficial Format: CD	—	—	—	—
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter	Released: 2005 Label: Image Entertainment Format: LP, CD	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected details

Title	Album details
Magic of Carlos Santana	Released: July 6, 2001 Label: Revolver Format: CD
The Latin Sound of Carlos Santana	Released: February 17, 2003 Label: Bellevue Format: CD
Carlos Santana	Released: May 31, 2004 Label: Real Gold Format: CD
Very Best of Carlos Santana	Released: April 4, 2005 Label: Joan Format: CD
Carlos Santana	Released: April 7, 2006 Label: Joan Format: CD
Havana Moon/Blues for Salvador	Released: September 17, 2007 Label: Joan Format: CD
Multi-Dimensional Warrior	Released: October 14, 2008 Label: Sony Format: CD

Collaboration albums

List of albums Carlos Santana collaborated on, with selected details

Title	Album details
Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper[1][16]	Released: 1969 Label: Columbia Format: LP
Paths to Greatness[1][17]	Released: 1992 Label: Rokk Steady Format: CD
In From the Storm, The Music of Jimi Hendrix[1][18]	Released: October 24, 1995 Label: RCA Format: LP, CD
Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies[1][19]	Released: April 2, 1996 Label: Polydor Records/UMGD Format: CD
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill[1][20]	Released: August 25, 1998 Label: Ruffhouse, Columbia Format: CD
Eat at Whitey's[1][21]	Released: October 17, 2000 Label: Tommy Boy, Warner Bros. Format: CD
Invincible[1][22]	Released: October 30, 2001 Label: Epic Format: CD
Everyday[1]	Released: February 27, 2001 Label: RCA Format: CD
Bring 'Em In[1][23]	Released: September 27, 2005 Label: Jive Format: CD
Oral Fixation Vol. 2[1][24]	Released: November 28, 2005 Label: Epic Format: CD
Cool & Collected[1][25]	Released: September 5, 2006 Label: Columbia/Legacy Format: CD
Djin Djin[1][26]	Released: April 27, 2007 Label: Razor & Tie Format: CD

Singles

List of singles, with selected peak chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Album
		US [4]	NLD [9]	GER [27]	SWI [13]	UK [14]
1972	"Evil Ways" / "Them Changes"	84	—	—	—	—	Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!
1983	"Watch Your Step"	107	—	—	—	—	Havana Moon
	"They All Went to Mexico" (featuring Willie Nelson and Booker T. Jones)[A]	—	6	—	—	—
	"Havana Moon"[A]	—	—	—	—	—
2002	"Dirty Dancin'" (The Product G&B featuring Carlos Santana)	—	—	76	53	—	Non-album single
2006	"Illegal" (Shakira featuring Carlos Santana)	—	7	11	10	34	Oral Fixation Vol. 2
2007	"No Llores" (Gloria Estefan featuring Carlos Santana, José Feliciano and Sheila E.)	117	—	—	—	—	90 Millas
2014	"Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" (Carlos Santana and Wyclef Jean featuring Avicii and Alexandre Pires)	—	—	—	—	—	One Love, One Rhythm
2019	"Mamacita"[28] (Tyga featuring YG and Carlos Santana)	—	—	—	—	—	TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Notes

• A ^ : This track is an instrumental or a non-single, but it did chart.

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances on albums

Year	Album	Footnotes
1969	Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper	[29]
1971	For Those Who Chant	[30]
	Papa John Creach	[31]
	Bark	[32]
1974	Stories to Tell	[33]
1976	Eternity	[34]
	Garden of Love Light	[35]
1978	Tropico	[36]
	Electric Guitarist	[37]
	Awakening	[1]
1980	Middle Man	[38]
	Monster	[39]
1982	Looking Out	[40]
	Let Me Know You	[41]
	I'll Never Stop Loving You	[1]
	Escenas de Amor	[42]
1984	One Man Mission	[43]
	Real Live	[44]
1985	Gregg Rollie	[45]
	Who's Zoomin' Who?	[46]
1986	Dance to the Beat of My Drum	[47]
	This Is This!	[48]
1987	Uptown	[49]
	Gringo	[50]
1988	Old Friends New Friends	[51]
1989	Real Life Story	[1]
	The Healer	[52]
	Thinking of You	[53]
1991	Mystic Jazz	[54]
	Amen	[55]
	Touma	[56]
	Mr. Lucky	[57]
1992	Solo Para Ti	[58]
	Tramaine Hawkins: Live	[1]
1995	Everybody's Gettin' Some	[59]
	Chill Out	[60]
1996	Fifa	[1]
	Mystic Man	[61]
1997	Cuando Tú No Estás	[62]
2002	Revolución de Amor	[63]
2003	Seguimos	[1]
	State of Grace II	[1]
	The Preacher's Son	[64]
2004	The Montreux Concerts	[1]
	Timeless Journey	[65]
	The Clarence Greenwood Recordings	[66]
	Live Trax Vol. 2	[1]
2007	Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival	[1]
2009	Time Flies When You're Having Fun	[1]
2010	Living Proof	[67]
2013	Lickety Split	[68]
2014	Formula, Vol. 2	[69]
2015	Vivir es hoy	[70]
2018	Mi Luz Mayor

Other appearances

• 1969: Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper: The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper on "Sonny Boy Williamson"
• 1978: John McLaughlin: Electric Guitarist on "Friendship"
• 1979: Narada Michael Walden: Awakening on "Awakening Suite Part 1" and "The Awakening"
• 1980: Herbie Hancock: Monster on "Saturday Night"
• 1981: Masayoshi Takanaka: On 2 August 1981, Carlos Santana played with Takanaka during the Super Live Summer Session at the Yokohama Stadium
• 1984: Bob Dylan: Real Live on "Tombstone Blues"
• 1984: Jim Capaldi: One Man Mission on "Lost Inside Your Love" and "Nobody Loves You"
• 1985: Gregg Rolie: Gregg Rolie on "Marianne"
• 1986: Weather Report: This Is This! on "This Is This" and "Man with the Copper Fingers"
• 1987: Gregg Rolie: Gringo on "Too Late, Too Late" and "Fire at Night"
• 1989: John Lee Hooker: Chill Out on "Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)"
• 1991: John Lee Hooker: Mr Lucky – Santana co-produced with Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers and Mike Kappus. Santana also played on the album
• 1996: Eric Clapton: Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies on five songs
• 1998: Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on "To Zion"
• 2000: Everlast: Eat at Whitey's on "Babylon Feeling"
• 2001: Michael Jackson: Invincible on "Whatever Happens"
• 2001: Dave Matthews Band: Everyday on "Mother Father"
• 2004: Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival on "Jingo"
• 2004: Cheb Khaled: "Love to the People" single
• 2004: Dora the Explorer: "Oye Como Va" single
• 2005: Buddy Guy: Bring 'Em In on "I Put a Spell on You"
• 2005: Herbie Hancock: Possibilities on "Safiatou"
• 2005: Shakira: Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 on "Illegal"
• 2005: Miles Davis: Cool & Collected on "It's About That Time" (Remix)
• 2007: Angélique Kidjo: Djin Djin on "Pearls"
• 2018: Eddie Palmieri: Mi Luz Mayor on "Mi Congo"
• 2022: FKJ: "Greener" single

See also

• Santana (band) discography
• Santana videography