COLDPLAY
Coldplay are a British musical group created in London in 1997.
The band is made up of Chris Martin (vocals, piano, acoustic guitar), Jonny Buckland (electric guitar), Guy Berryman (bass) and Will Champion (drums).
The four musicians met at University College London and founded the group, which changed several names between 1996 and 1998, first in Pectoralz, then Starfish and finally Coldplay. The creative director, Phil Harvey, is known to be the fifth member of the lineup.
Coldplay achieved worldwide fame with their single Yellow, contained in their debut album Parachutes (2000). The song immediately became a hit and, in July 2000, reached the fourth position of the British singles chart.
Their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won an NME Awards as album of the year and therefore marks their consecration, allowing the band to gain notoriety all over the world. The album went directly to 1st place on the Official Albums Chart and 5th place on the Billboard 200.
Their next release, X&Y (2005), received positive reviews but also worse reviews than the previous album; despite this he managed to keep up with the sales rhythms of the previous albums, resulting in the best-selling album of 2005.
With their fourth studio album Viva la vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), produced by Brian Eno, the group obtained numerous favorable reviews with sales of over 10 million copies, as well as winning three Grammy Awards.
Mylo Xyloto, the fifth album, was released in October 2011 and entered the top ten in over 30 countries, selling more than 8 million copies and becoming the best-selling album in the United Kingdom.
In 2014, the sixth album Ghost Stories was released, which reached the top position of the iTunes Store in over 100 countries, with sales of 3.7 million copies. 2015 was the year of the seventh studio album A Head Full of Dreams, which sold 5 million copies worldwide.
Worldwide, Coldplay have sold an estimated 100 million copies, making them the most successful music artists of all time.
During their career, they have won 107 awards, including nine BRIT Awards (all-time record), seven Grammy Awards, seven MTV Europe Music Awards, six Q Awards and seven MTV Video Music Awards; thanks to these successes, they are the sixth most awarded group in the history of music.
With the extensive A Head Full of Dreams Tour they confirmed themselves among the most important artists of all time, being the most watched tour of all time, able to gather over 5.5 million fans all over the world.
The band is also known for its support of numerous charitable and social initiatives: supporters of Oxfam since the very beginning, in 2004 the group joined the Band Aid 20 project, conceived by Martin, and the following year they performed at the Live 8.
The band is made up of Chris Martin (vocals, piano, acoustic guitar), Jonny Buckland (electric guitar), Guy Berryman (bass) and Will Champion (drums).
The four musicians met at University College London and founded the group, which changed several names between 1996 and 1998, first in Pectoralz, then Starfish and finally Coldplay. The creative director, Phil Harvey, is known to be the fifth member of the lineup.
Coldplay achieved worldwide fame with their single Yellow, contained in their debut album Parachutes (2000). The song immediately became a hit and, in July 2000, reached the fourth position of the British singles chart.
Their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won an NME Awards as album of the year and therefore marks their consecration, allowing the band to gain notoriety all over the world. The album went directly to 1st place on the Official Albums Chart and 5th place on the Billboard 200.
Their next release, X&Y (2005), received positive reviews but also worse reviews than the previous album; despite this he managed to keep up with the sales rhythms of the previous albums, resulting in the best-selling album of 2005.
With their fourth studio album Viva la vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), produced by Brian Eno, the group obtained numerous favorable reviews with sales of over 10 million copies, as well as winning three Grammy Awards.
Mylo Xyloto, the fifth album, was released in October 2011 and entered the top ten in over 30 countries, selling more than 8 million copies and becoming the best-selling album in the United Kingdom.
In 2014, the sixth album Ghost Stories was released, which reached the top position of the iTunes Store in over 100 countries, with sales of 3.7 million copies. 2015 was the year of the seventh studio album A Head Full of Dreams, which sold 5 million copies worldwide.
Worldwide, Coldplay have sold an estimated 100 million copies, making them the most successful music artists of all time.
During their career, they have won 107 awards, including nine BRIT Awards (all-time record), seven Grammy Awards, seven MTV Europe Music Awards, six Q Awards and seven MTV Video Music Awards; thanks to these successes, they are the sixth most awarded group in the history of music.
With the extensive A Head Full of Dreams Tour they confirmed themselves among the most important artists of all time, being the most watched tour of all time, able to gather over 5.5 million fans all over the world.
The band is also known for its support of numerous charitable and social initiatives: supporters of Oxfam since the very beginning, in 2004 the group joined the Band Aid 20 project, conceived by Martin, and the following year they performed at the Live 8.