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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. [98] "Viva la Vida" became iTunes' best-selling song of 2008. [99] 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. [100]
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 ...
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 ...
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
The song reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 list, and the music video became a cultural phenomenon, staying in first place on "Total Request Live" for 25 days. It was even nominated for video ...
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