Coldplay

British rock band Coldplay broke out on to the world stage in 2000 with their hit single "Yellow", from their debut album Parachutes.  The band is fronted by lead singer Chris Martin, who would marry American actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Rounding out the quartet are Jon Buckland (guitar), Guy Berryman (bass), and Will Champion (drums).

If Parachutes put the band on the map, 2002's A Rush Of Blood To The Head made Coldplay full-fledged international stars.   The album won Grammy Awards and sold more than 4 million copies in the United States.  "Clocks," "The Scientist," and "In My Place" all got considerable airplay on worldwide radio.

The band followed A Rush Of Blood with X&Y three years later in 2005.  The song produced the worldwide hit "Fix You."  That song would be featured in advertisements to Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong.

In 2008, the band released Viva La Vida.  It was produced by Brian Eno, who is famous for his work with David Bowie in the 1970s and U2 in the 1980s and '90s.

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• Rolling Stone names top albums of decade

  
  MuchMusic.com | Blog — Authority: 444
  Rolling Stone has named Radiohead’s Kid A the top album of the decade. A panel of judges including Coldplay, Lil’ Wayne and M.I.A. picked the top albums. Also in the top five are The Strokes’ debut Is This It , Blueprint by Jay-Z and Elephant by the White Stripes. “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley was ...
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• Coldplay begins work on “more acoustic” new album

  
  Consequence of Sound — Authority: 640
  Since basically the release of 2008’s Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends , Coldplay has been discussing its followup. 2009 was the original target , but thanks to a global tour, some plagiarism charges , and a new side-project called Apparatjik , those plans were delayed a bit. However, as The ...
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• Beyonce Throws Big Scarface Themed Party for Jay-Z’s 40th Birthday Party in the Dominican Republic

  
  GOSSIPONTHIS.COM — Authority: 552
  Jay-Z turned 40 last Friday (Dec 4) and celebrated the occasion with a really big (but VERY private) party in the Dominican Republic, thrown by his wife Beyonce and attended by big name celebrities like Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Diddy, Ne-Yo, Oprah Winfrey, Lil Wayne and more. Troubled golfer ...
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• Coldplay’s Recording LP5 In A Church

  
  We All Want Someone To Shout For — Authority: 522
  The Sun , has posted an article (creatively titled Coldpray) that gives us some news on Coldplay’s eventual 5th album. The article reports that they are in a chruch recording the studio with Brian Eno, who also produced Viva La Vida. Chris Martin does not want to become “a huge stadium act”, since it may ...
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• Emergency Family Meeting

  
  Posy — Authority: 113
   Can you guess what has got us all in a stew? What has caused such HUGE stress, panic and hysteria that Matthew came down from Winchester for the weekend to attend the Emergency Family Meeting? You cant?? Well, who has the power to turn my life upside down and inside out at the very thought of seeing and hearing him? ...
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• Billboard Names The Best Selling Artist Of The Decade…And Its A Rapper!

  
  iHipHop — Authority: 151
  The Artist that sold the most albums of the decade is…none other than Eminem on Tuesday (December 8), Nielsen SoundScan — which tabulates the Billboard charts — released their lists of the best-selling artists, albums and songs of the ’00s. And Em sold more than 32.2 million albums in the 2000s, edging out the ...
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• Best of the Decade – Music Edition (61-70)

  
  Words of Wisdom — Authority: 131
  Today we continue our voyage through the past decade of music, this time taking on those ranked 61-70. You can click the links below for our past entries: 91-100 81-90 71-80 70. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha (2007) Armed with a college degree in violin performance and proficiencies in a number of ...
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• Alicia Keys Performs Clocks With Coldplay

  
  My Mood Is Music.com — Authority: 144
  Check out this video of Alicia Keys performing Clocks with Coldplay. Their set is amazing and they I must say they mesh well together. Let MMIM know what you think.
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• Coldplay seek divine inspiration

  
  Hot Music Beat — Authority: 134
  Coldplay has taken some divine inspiration – and acoustics – from a church for the recording of an album it wants to use to get back in touch with its core fan base. Fearful of becoming mass-produced and too large-venue, the band fronted by Chris Martin (pictured) is hard at work in a run-down church in North ...
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• Coldplay Working On New Album – Released In 2010?

  
  Brit Music Scene — Authority: 427
  Coldplay are reportedly already working on their next album, and it could be released as early as next year. They may have only just finished their huge world tour in support of Viva La Vida in September but the band almost immediately went back to work. But it could be a different sound this time around . ...
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• Coldplay are back with Brian Eno

  
  Forgotten Journal — Authority: 135
  Apparently Chris Martin is a bit worried about Coldplay’s fans so they’ve decided to work with Brian Eno in order to make a new album that will be pleasing to all of the band’s fans. A source said the following about Coldplay’s new move: “Chris is determined not to be seen as a huge commercial rock ...
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• My 50 Favorite Albums of the 00s

  
  Don't Cross The Streams — Authority: 122
  This was much harder than the “ My 50 Favorite Television Shows of the 00s ” list. When I started the television list, I singled out 70 shows or so and cut it down to 50. It took me three days to come up with a first draft of albums and I ended up with 185! I was going to just do a list of 100 but I like ...
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• List: Best Albums of the Decade 110-101

  
  Swear I'm not Paul — Authority: 506
  I had planned a top 100 albums of the naughties/noughties/00s, but that got a little out of hand, so its now a 110 albums list. The more the merrier though, right? 110. Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005) With his second album as Gorillaz, Damon Albarn really stepped out of Blurs shadow. He showed that while ...
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• Gordon in the morning: Coldplay go to church

  
  No Rock And Roll Fun — Authority: 149
  This morning - under the crunching Coldpray headline - Gordon reports that Coldplay are recording in a church . Theyre not, theyre recording in a deconsecrated building, but its near enough: COLDPLAY are holed up in a dilapidated north London church crafting a new album. The fellas only finished their latest leg of ...
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• Chris Martin to Join Sir Paul McCartney and George Michael on X Factor?

  
  Spinner — Authority: 738
  Filed under: News , Television , UK A triumvirate of some of the biggest music stars on the planet is reportedly set to make live appearances on this weekends X Factor live final. According to a report in the Daily Mirror , Sir Paul McCartney and George Michael will sing live duets with the remaining ...
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• Best British Albums of the Decade

  
  Spinner — Authority: 738
  Filed under: The Hit List , UK The album was dead, they tried to tell us this decade. Downloading and the microscopic attention span of music buyers meant there just wasnt a future in making albums like the days of old. People wanted hits, and they wanted them without the filler. Well, heres 20 home-grown ...
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• Coldplay To Rock For Mencap

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 514
  Written by Tim Saunders Coldplay have confirmed that they will play a charity concert benefiting Mencap on December 19 as part of the charity’s Big Noise Sessions. “We’re proud to support Mencap and, for me, it’s exciting to play my hometown,” said singer Chris Martin . “We haven’t played ...
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• The Temper Trap Perform Live on the Interface

  
  Spinner — Authority: 738
  Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video , Exclusive Australian-bred anthemic rockers the Temper Trap didnt always go by their current moniker. "We were called Temper Temper, which we thought at the time was a much better name," drummer Toby Dundas told Spinner during a recent Interface taping. The ...
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• Paul McCartney, George Michael lining up for X Factor final?

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  London, December 04 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney and George Michael may give a special performance at the final of talent show ‘X Factor’.The show’s boss and media mogul, Simon Cowell, is also negotiating with rock band ‘Coldplay’ to hit the stage.Seemingly, Cowell wants the final to be the biggest show ever, ...
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• Hometown Charity Fundraiser Announced by Coldplay

  
  Spinner — Authority: 738
  Filed under: Concerts and Tours , UK Details have emerged of a very special and intimate charity gig by the global colossus that is Coldplay . And whats more, the location has been named as singer Chris Martin s hometown of Exeter. Scheduled to take place on Dec. 19 at Exeter Castle, Coldplay will headline a ...
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