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Coldplay at the Barclays Arena in 2017. British rock band Coldplay have written or co-written every song in their discography, with the exception of several covers. They were formed in London by Chris Martin (vocals, piano), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar), Will Champion (drums, percussion) and Phil Harvey (management). [1]
Coldplay performed the song live for the first time at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards on 1 June. [97] "Viva la Vida" became iTunes' best-selling song of 2008. [98] Upon release, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends topped the album charts worldwide and was the world's best-selling album of 2008. [99]
Coldplay also became the first British band to debut atop Billboard Hot 100, with "My Universe". [25] Their tenth album, Moon Music (2024), was the fastest seller of the 2020s decade by group on the UK Albums Chart, [26] extending their streak of most number-one albums without missing the top (10). [27]
13 years after “Viva La Vida” became Coldplay’s first #1 song in both the U.S. and the U.K., the band returned to the top of the Hot 100 in the most calculated way possible – by ...
"Clocks" is considered to be one of Coldplay's signature songs, and is often ranked among the greatest songs of the 2000s and of all time. In 2010, the single was placed at 490th on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2011, NME placed it amongst the "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
"Speed of Sound" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2006 Grammy Awards. [28] It won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song as well. [29] In December 2005, the track appeared at number nine on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Tracks of the Year". [30]
In 2018, the same magazine placed the track at #50 in their "100 Greatest Songs of the Century" list. [29] In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number five on their list of the 50 greatest Coldplay songs, [30] and in 2021, American Songwriter ranked the song number six on their list of the 10 greatest Coldplay songs. [31]
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