Mexican-American rock guitarist, Carlos Santana has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
Born in Mexico, songwriter and guitarist Carlos Santana has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards. He popularized the latin-fusion sound, a mixture of rock, salsa, and jazz in the late 60’s and 70’s with his band, Santana. He has released seven studio albums as a solo artist and twenty-one albums with his band.
Santana is the primary exponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to its combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc.) with bandleader Carlos Santana’s distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. The group was the last major act to emerge from the psychedelic San Francisco music scene of the 1960s and it enjoyed massive success at the end of the decade and into the early ’70s. The musical direction then changed to a more contemplative and jazzy style as the band’s early personnel gradually departed, leaving the name in the hands of Carlos Santana, who guided the group to consistent commercial success over the next quarter-century. By the mid-’90s, Santana seemed spent as a commercial force on records, though the group continued to attract audiences for its concerts worldwide. But the band made a surprising and monumental comeback in 1999 with Supernatural, an album featuring many guest stars that became Santana’s best-selling release and won a raft of Grammy Awards.
Mexican-native Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947, in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico) moved to San Francisco in the early ’60s, by which time he was already playing the guitar professionally. In 1966, he formed the Santana Blues Band with keyboard player and singer Gregg Rolie (born June 17, 1947, in Seattle, WA) and other musicians, the personnel changing frequently. The group was given its name due to a musicians union requirement that a single person be named a band’s leader and it did not at first indicate that Carlos was in charge.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Corazón with the rock band Santana (certified platinum by RIAA in Latin) |
$120,000 |
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Ultimate Santana with the rock band Santana (certified platinum by ARIA and RMNZ, and gold by RIAA and IFPI-SWI) |
$616,000 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album All That I Am with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA, iFPI-AUT and IFPI-SWI) |
$550,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Essential Santana with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
2001 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Shaman with the rock band Santana (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and IFPI-SWI, platinum by ARIA, IFPI-AUT, RMNZ, SNEP, gold by IFPI-GRE, IFPI-NOR, NVPI, and silver by BPI) |
$4,547,000 |
|
1998 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Supernatural with the rock band Santana (certified diamond by Music Canada, 15x platinum by RIAA, 4x platinum by ARIA, RMNZ, IFPI-SWI, 2x platinum by IFPI-AUT, SNEP, NVPI and BPI, and platinum by IFPI-SWE) |
$18,950,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Summer Dreams – The Best Ballads of Santana with the rock band Santana (certified gold by IFPI-NOR) |
$15,000 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Ultimate Collection with the rock band Santana (certified platinum by NVPI, 2x gold by SNEP, and gold by BPI) |
$425,000 |
|
1991 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Definitive Collection with the rock band Santana (certified gold by NVPI) |
$20,000 |
|
1990 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Best of Santana with the rock band Santana (certified platinum by RIAA and SNEP) |
$1,740,000 |
|
1987 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Viva Santana! with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Shangó with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Marathon with the rock band Santana (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by SNEP) |
$1,100,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Marathon with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA and SNEP, and silver by BPI) |
$650,000 |
|
1977 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Inner Secrets with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA, Music Canada, BPI and SNEP) |
$750,000 |
|
1977 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album 25 Hits with the rock band Santana (certified gold by SNEP) |
$50,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Festival with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA and SNEP, and silver by BPI) |
$675,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Moonflower with the rock band Santana (certified 2x platinum by RIAA, platinum by France and NVPI, and gold by Music Canada and BPI) |
$2,600,000 |
|
1975 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Amigos with the rock band Santana (certified 2x gold by SNEP, gold by RIAA and Music Canada, and silver by BPIZ) |
$810,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the compilation album Santana’s Greatest Hits with the rock band Santana (certified 7x platinum by RIAA, platinum by Music Canada and BVMI, 2x gold by SNEP, and gold by BPI) |
$7,950,000 |
|
1973 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Welcome with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA and silver by BPI) |
$510,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Love Devotion Surrender (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Welcome with the rock band Santana (certified gold by RIAA and Music Canada, and silver by BPI) |
$610,000 |
|
1971 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his live album Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1971 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Caravanserai with the rock band Santana (certified platinum by RIAA, and gold by Music Canada and SNEP) |
$1,150,000 |
|
1970 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Santana III with the rock band Santana (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) |
$2,000,000 |
|
1969 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Abraxas with the rock band Santana (certified 5x platinum by RIAA, 3x platinum by Music Canada, platinum by SNEP, and gold by BPI) |
$5,700,000 |
|
1968 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Santana with the rock band Santana (certified 2x platinum by RIAA) |
$2,000,000 |