How Was Santana Able to Tie Michael Jackson's Record Eight Wins at the 2000 Grammys?

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Following our Billboard staff-picked list of the 100 greatest songs of 2000, we're writing this week about some of the stories and trends that defined the year for us.

Here, we look back at the 2000 Grammys, to explain how a classic rocker experiencing an unlikely resurgence was able to tie a historic Grammy night record, originally set by the King of Pop.

If Michael Jackson was watching the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, he saw Santana tie one of his most cherished records -- the most Grammys won in one night.Jackson had achieved the feat in February 1984, when he won eight Grammys: seven for his work on Thriller and one for narrating a children's recording, E.T.