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"Smooth" is a song performed by American rock band Santana and Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, who sings the lead vocals. It was released to radio on June 15, 1999, as the lead single from Santana's 1999 studio album, Supernatural .
Latin rock band Santana had a strong showing, taking positions two and three with "Smooth" and "Maria Maria" from the Supernatural album. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 2000. [1]
He is the lead vocalist for the Florida-based alternative rock band Matchbox Twenty, which he formed in 1995 and with whom he has released five studio albums. As a solo act, he is best known for his guest performance on Santana 's 1999 single " Smooth ", which won three Grammy Awards , peaked the Billboard Hot 100 and in 2018, was named the ...
While Santana's "Smooth" featuring Rob Thomas topped the chart in the first two weeks of 2000, it was not counted as a number-one single of the 2000s decade by Billboard because it had topped the chart in October 1999, and thus was counted as a number-one single of the 1990s decade only. [4]
"Smooth" was the album's lead single and became a hit in 1999. Thomas won three Grammy Awards for writing and performing on "Smooth": Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Popular Music Collaboration with Vocals. In 2000, Matchbox 20 adopted the spelling "Matchbox Twenty" and released their second album, Mad Season.
The 2000s in rock radio in the United States saw a continued blurring of the playlists among mainstream rock and alternative rock stations. Every track that was ranked by Billboard as the number-one song of the year on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart during the decade was also a top-five hit on the Alternative Songs chart, most of which topped both charts.
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 2000 which peaked in 1999 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten September 4 "Smooth" Santana featuring Rob Thomas: 1 October 23 30 October 2 "I Need to Know" Marc Anthony: 3 November 27 19 November 6 "Back At One" Brian McKnight: 2 November 20 15 November 20
Santana formed in 1967 in San Francisco and was originally known as the Carlos Santana Blues Band. The first members were Carlos Santana (lead guitar), Tom Fraser (rhythm guitar), Sergio "Gus" Rodriguez (bass guitar), Gregg Rolie ( Hammond organ , lead vocals), Michael Carabello (percussion) and Danny Haro (drums).