Maria Maria

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"Maria Maria"
Single by Santana featuring The Product G&B
from the album Supernatural
Released January 25, 2000
Format CD, 7"
Recorded 1999
Genre Latin, R&B
Length 4:23
Label Arista Records
Writer(s) Carlos Santana
Producer Wyclef Jean, Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis
Certification Platinum (US)
Santana singles chronology
"Smooth"
(1999)
"Maria Maria"
(2000)
"The Game of Love"
(2002)
The Product G&B singles chronology
- "Maria Maria"
(1999)
"Cluck, Cluck"
(2000)

"Maria Maria" is a song by Santana featuring The Product G&B.[1] It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for ten weeks on April 8, 2000.[2] At the 2000 Grammy Awards, the song won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[3]

In 2008, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100 chart, Billboard compiled its list of the top 100 songs since the inception of the chart in various categories. "Maria Maria" came in at #96 on the list of Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs,[4] and #2 on the list of Top Billboard Hot 100 Latin Songs of All Time.[5]

[edit] Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1
U.K. Singles Chart 6
Australian Singles Chart 49
New Zealand Singles Chart 49
Norwegian Singles Chart 7
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Belgium Flanders Singles Chart 6
Belgium Walonia Singles Chart 2
Dutch Singles Chart 2
French Singles Chart 1
Austrian Singles Chart 3
Swiss Singles Chart 1


[edit] References

  1. ^ Santana - Sights & Sounds: Discography - Maria Maria
  2. ^ Eminem Hangs On At No. 1, Billboard.com, June 8, 2000
  3. ^ Grammy Winners Search - Maria Maria, Grammy.com, retrieved October 24, 2008
  4. ^ The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (100-91), Billboard.com, retrieved October 24, 2008
  5. ^ Hits Don't Lie: Top Billboard Hot 100 Latin Songs, Billboard.com, retrieved October 24, 2008
Preceded by
"Say My Name" by Destiny's Child
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
April 8, 2000June 10, 2000 (10 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Try Again" by Aaliyah
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single
April 8, 2000 - April 22, 2000
Succeeded by
"He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton


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