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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]
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 ...
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]
In May 2008, Coldplay featured in an advertisement for Apple's iTunes with the song "Viva la Vida". The band's official website was updated in late April to reveal the official Viva la Vida artwork as well as a free release of the single "Violet Hill", which became available for download for one week from 29 April 2008. [ 41 ]
Go, Johnny, go! Coldplay brought Michael J. Fox onto the Glastonbury stage on Saturday night to play guitar during the group’s headlining set. Before launching into “Humankind,” Martin ...
In June 2008, "Viva la Vida" became the first song by a British artist to rule the UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 100 rankings simultaneously since "Maggie May" (1971) by Rod Stewart. [216] The latter publication listed Coldplay as the most successful Britons of the 2000s decade on their charts and the sixth-most-successful of the 2010s ...
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and his opening act, Maggie Rogers, performed Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” in Vienna two weeks after she was forced to cancel her Eras Tour concerts there. On ...