"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 the Billboard: All-Time Hot 100 Top Songs,^[4] and #2 on the list of Top Billboard Hot 100 Latin Songs of All Time.^[5] Later, it was named the 14th most successful song from 2000 to 2009, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.^[6]

Carlos Santana has collaborated with Chef Roberto Santibañez to open five restaurants named Maria Maria, after the song. The majority are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, other locations include Arizona and Texas.

[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
German Singles Chart	1

[edit] References

Preceded by "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single April 8, 2000 – June 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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