According to Fuse, they are also the sixth-most awarded group in history. With 100 million albums sold worldwide, Coldplay are the most successful band of the 21st century and one of the best-selling music acts of all time. To celebrate their 20th anniversary, they released previously unseen footages in 2018 through a career-spanning documentary directed by long-time collaborator Mat Whitecross. They have also been noted for dazzling, euphoric live performances, with critics stating that it is where the band "come alive and make the most sense". Each one presented a specific theme and added new musical styles to the band's original repertoire, including electronica, ambient, pop, R&B, funk, classical, jazz fusion, and progressive rock. Since then, Coldplay further diversified their sound with subsequent albums Mylo Xyloto (2011), Ghost Stories (2014), A Head Full of Dreams (2015), Everyday Life (2019) and Music of the Spheres (2021). It earned them a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and their first Album of the Year nomination, while title track "Viva la Vida" went number-one in both the United Kingdom and United States, marking the first time a British group did so in the 21st century. On their fourth record, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), Coldplay achieved the distinction once again and explored new musical territory following the completion of what they considered a trilogy. The band's third album, X&Y (2005), was the best-selling of the year worldwide, topping the charts of over 30 countries.
Their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won the same accolades while also spawning the singles "Clocks" and "The Scientist", with the former winning a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Their debut album, Parachutes (2000), included the breakthrough hit "Yellow" and received a Brit Award for British Album of the Year, a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, as well as a Mercury Prize nomination. They met at the University College London and began playing music together from 1996 to 1998, first calling themselves Pectoralz and then Starfish.Īfter releasing Safety EP independently in 1998, the band signed with Parlophone during the next year. They are consisted of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey.
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1996.
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