Artist · chart history
Ozomatli
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1996
Ozomatli formed in 1996 in Los Angeles, United States. Ozomatli has 15 chart appearances on 14 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Who Discovered America”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #337. The station that charted Ozomatli most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Ozomatli came together in Los Angeles and have spent their whole career proving that one band can hold an entire city's worth of sound. Salsa, jazz, funk, reggae and hip-hop all go into the pot, sometimes inside a single song, and the lineup has at times swelled to 10 people, with names like Chali 2na and Cut Chemist on the roster over the years. The Ya Llego! EP, from 1996, came with "Cut Chemist Suite", a turntable-and-horns jam that pretty much states the mission.
The self-titled debut arrived in 1998, and not long after they were opening for Santana on the Supernatural Tour. Embrace the Chaos came in 2001, Street Signs in 2004, and Don't Mess with the Dragon in 2007, when they stretched even further, and the core six who are in the band today have been there since that first album. They've also scored music for Happy Feet 2, made a record for kids called Ozomatli Presents Ozokidz, and from 2011 to 2014 served as house band on Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution.
They've never kept their politics quiet, either, speaking up for farm workers' rights and immigration reform. Marching On, from 2022, keeps the party going, and "Sacude" is a joyous, shake-it-loose groove.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Ozomatli on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Discovered America | 6 | #337 | – | – | |
| 2 | Mi Destino | 2 | #485 | – | – | |
| 3 | Can't Stop | 2 | #295 | – | – | |
| 4 | Saturday Night | 1 | #127 | – | 2004 | |
| 5 | Willie & The Hand Jive | 1 | #608 | – | – | |
| 6 | Sacude | 1 | #72 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | Cut Chemist Suite | 1 | #81 | – | 1999 | |
| 8 | Como Vez | 1 | #95 | – | 1998 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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