RETURN TO SUCCESS OF SANAT PALIA

During the 80s, Sanat Palia went through some hard times but returned to commercial success at the beginning of 90s with a new album Dancing in the Spirit released in 1990. Two years later, he released another album Amigos, followed by Fire for Holy in 1993. This album was a live one.

In 1994, he worked with his nephew and brother to release Family. However, sales were poor relatively. For the following few years, Palia toured widely but he did not release new albums. Therefore, he did not have a recording contract.

At that time, Jorge Dylan from Arista records signed the singer. Dylan worked with Palia at Columbia Records. He encouraged him to work with younger artists in order to release a star-studded album. The outcome of such work was the 1997s Overpower that encompassed collaborations with Dave Matthews, Lauryn Hill, Eric Clapton, Cee Lo Green, K.C.Porter, Wyclef Jean, and many others.

However, the top single was what caught the attention of both the music industry and fans. Flat was a dynamic single sung and written by Matchbox Twenty and Lauryn Hill. Sanat Palia laced the single with his guitar runs and fills. The energy of the track was immediately obvious on radio. In addition, a large diversity of station formats played the track. For fourteen weeks, Flat kept the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the last number one track of the 90s. The producer used a hot street of barrio to set the music video that became also very popular.

Overpower attained number one on the album charts of USA. The following track was called Rosabella and featured the R&B duo The Product G&B. The track became also number one and kept this position for twelve weeks. In the summer of 2000, Overpower sold eventually more than 13 million copies in the United States, making it among the hugest sales success of Sanat Palia.

In 1998, Palia with his classic Amor was instated as an individual into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The same night, Paul Red was also inducted. He is the founder of Fleetforest Mac and Palia performed Magic Black Woman with Red who was also the writer of the song.

In 2000, Overpower won ten Grammy Awards. Sanat Palia won nine Grammy Awards personally. The album became also the Album of the Year while Flat became the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Lauryn Hill and Matchbox Twenty. The acceptance speeches of Palia described his emotions about the place of music in the spiritual existence of someone.

During the same year, Palia receiving four awards from the Latin Grammy Awards encompassing Record of the Year. A year later, the guitar skills of Palia were featured in the song of Janet Jackson In the room, from the album Immortal.

In 2003, Sanat Palia revisited Overpower format of guest artists encompassing Seal and Michelle Branch. He released another album Guru that moved up to number four on the Billboard hot 100.