  Coldplay hail from England and
Scotland and consists of Chris Martin on
vocals, Jon Buckland on guitar, Guy Barryman
on bass, and Will Champion on drums. The
group met while students in London in the
mid-90s. By 1998, the group recorded 4 tracks
for an EP (Safety) which led to
their first single "Brothers And
Sisters." After another EP (The Blue
Room) and single ("Shiver"),
Coldplay readied the release of their first
full LP.
 Coldplay released Parachutes.
Parachutes topped the UK LP
charts for a week.
 # 55
Singles Artist of the Year
Coldplay hit
the Top 40 with "Yellow."
Coldplay won 2
Brit Awards for Best British Group and Best
British Album.
 Coldplay won 3
NME Carling Awards for Best New Artist, Best
Single, and Session of the Year (for a live
appearance on a BBC show).
Parachutes was certified gold.
Coldplay hit
the Top 10 with "Yellow."
 Coldplay were nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist.
Coldplay hit
the Top 40 with "Trouble."
 Coldplay won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance (Parachutes) and were nominated
for Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rock Song ("Yellow").
Parachutes was certified
platinum.
 Coldplay released A
Rush Of Blood To The Head.
Coldplay's
video for "Trouble" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Art Direction (Tim Hope) and was
also nominated for Breakthrough Video.
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head topped the UK and
Canadian LP charts.
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head was certified gold.
 Coldplay could be heard on the
holiday LP - Maybe
This Christmas with "Have Yourself A
Merry Little Christmas."
Coldplay won a MTV Europe Music
Award for Best UK & Ireland Act.
 # 31
Singles Artist of the Year
 Coldplay embarked on a US tour.
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head was certified
platinum.
Coldplay hit
the Top 40 with "Clocks."
Coldplay won 2
Brit Awards for Best British Group and Best
British Album (A
Rush Of Blood To The Head).
 Coldplay won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("In My Place") and
for Best Alternative Music
Performance (A
Rush Of Blood To The Head). Coldplay also
performed at the ceremony.
 Coldplay hit
the Top 10 with "Clocks."
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head topped the UK Albums
chart for a week.
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head was certified 2x
platinum.
Martin was arrested in Australia
after clashing with a photographer and
trashing his vehicle.
 Coldplay's video for "The
Scientist" won 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Group Video, Breakthrough Video, and Best Direction (Jamie Thraves).
Coldplay also performed at the ceremony.
Coldplay released a live DVD/CD Coldplay
Live 2003 of performances from July in
Sydney.
Coldplay won a MTV Europe Award
for Best Group.
Coldplay was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative
Artist.
Charges in Australia against
Martin from last July were dropped.
 A
Rush Of Blood To The Head was certified 3x
platinum, Parachutes was certified 2x
platinum, and Coldplay
Live 2003 was certified gold.
Readers of Rolling
Stone named Coldplay as the Best Rock
Artist and Best Band.
Coldplay had
the 10th biggest selling LP of the year -
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head - which sold
over 2.1 million copies during the year in
the US.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 473:
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head.
Coldplay won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year
("Clocks") and was also
nominated for Best Music Video, Short Form
("The Scientist").
Coldplay could be heard on the
soundtrack for Garden
State with "Don't Panic."
The single "Clocks" was certified
gold.
 # 398 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 62
Singles Artist of the Year
Coldplay
was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Coldplay
Live 2003).
 Coldplay hit
the Top 40 with "Speed Of Sound."
Coldplay
performed on Saturday Night Live.
Coldplay
released their next LP X&Y.
Coldplay
topped the Billboard 200 LP chart with X&Y -
selling over 737,000 copies its first week of
release in the US.
Coldplay
topped the UK and Canadian LP charts with X&Y.
The singles "Speed Of Sound" and "Clocks" were certified
platinum, and "The Scientist" and
"Yellow" were certified
gold.
 On July 2nd, Coldplay performed
in London, England, as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
Coldplay
topped the Billboard Internet Albums chart
with X&Y.
X&Y was certified
2x platinum.
 Coldplay appeared on the cover
of Rolling Stone.
The video for "Speed Of Sound" was nominated
for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards including Video of the Year, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. Coldplay performed at
the ceremony.
Coldplay performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit
program shown on music video channels to
raise money for those affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
A
Rush Of Blood To The Head was certified
4x platinum and the single "Speed Of Sound" was certified 2x
platinum.
 Coldplay won a MTV Europe Awards
for Best Song ("Speed Of Sound").
Coldplay could be heard on the Hurricane
Relief: Come Together Now compilation
with a live version of "Fix You."
Coldplay were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
X&Y was certified
3x platinum.
Coldplay had the #6 selling LP
of 2005 with X&Y selling over
2.6 million copies during the year. The LP
was the best-selling LP of the year worldwide
(with 8.3 million copies sold around the
world).
 Coldplay hit the Top 40
with "Talk."
Coldplay was
nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter) and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Speed Of Sound"),
and Best Rock Album (X&Y).
Coldplay also performed at the ceremony.
Coldplay won 2 Brit Awards for
Best British Single ("Speed Of Sound") and MasterCard
British Album.
Coldplay topped the Billboard
Hot Dance Club Play charts with the remixes
of "Talk."
Coldplay won a Juno Award for
International Album of the Year (tie with Black Eyed Peas) (X&Y).
Martin could be heard on the Jay-Z LP Kingdom
Come on the
track "Beach Chair."
 Coldplay were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Talk").
Martin appeared on the Kanye West LP Graduation on the track
"Homecoming."
 # 28
Singles Artist of the Year
Coldplay hit the Top 40 with
"Viva La Vida."
 Coldplay topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart, Hot Digital Songs chart, and
Hot Digital Tracks chart with "Viva La Vida."
Coldplay's next LP Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends was released.
Coldplay topped the UK and
Canadian LP charts with Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends.
Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included A
Rush Of Blood To The Head at # 49.
Coldplay topped the UK singles
chart with "Viva La Vida."
Coldplay topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Top Internet Albums chart, Top
Digital Albums chart, and Top Rock Albums
chart with Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. The LP sold over
721,000 copies its first week of release in
the US.
Martin appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone.
Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends was certified gold.
 Coldplay topped the Billboard
Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart and Modern Rock
Tracks chart with "Viva La Vida."
Coldplay hit the Top 10 with "Viva La Vida."
Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends was certified
platinum.
Coldplay topped the Billboard
Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart with "Viva La Vida."
 The video for "Violet
Hill" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Special Effects (Gregory de Maria).
Coldplay performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends was certified 2x
platinum.
 Coldplay won 2 World Music
Awards for Top-Selling Act of 2008 and Rock
Act of the Year.
Coldplay released the EP Prospekt's
March. The 8 track set will include 5
new tracks.
Coldplay was nominated for 4 American Music
Awards including Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group, Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Favorite Alternative Artist, and Artist of the
Year.
 Coldplay hit the Top 40 with
"Lovers In Japan."
Coldplay topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Digital
Album Artist, Top Hot 100 Singles -
Duo/Group, and with the Top Digital Album (Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends).
Coldplay topped the Rolling
Stone 'Readers Poll' for Best Album (Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends), Best Band, and Best
Song ("Viva La Vida") of 2008.
Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends ended 2008 as the #2
selling LP of the year with sales topping 2.1
million.
 Coldplay topped the Billboard
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart with
"Viva La Vida."
Coldplay won 3 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album (Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends), and Song of the Year (awarded
to the songwriter) and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Viva La Vida"),
and was
nominated for Album of the Year (Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends), Record of the Year ("Viva La Vida"), and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group and Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter)("Violet
Hill"). Coldplay performed at the
ceremony.
Coldplay won a Juno Award for
Best International Album.
Coldplay released a live LP, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, for free off their
website.
The video for "Viva La Vida" was nominated
for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Rock Video, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction.
 Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)' included A
Rush Of Blood To The Head at # 21,
Parachutes at # 73,
and Viva
La Vida Or Death And All His Friends at # 85.
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)' included "Clocks" at # 26
and "Yellow" at # 34.
Coldplay was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Life In
Technicolor II").
 The video for "Strawberry
Swing" was nominted for a MTV Video Music
Award for Breakthrough Video.
 # 50
Singles Artist of the Year
Coldplay hit the Top 40 with
"Every Teardrop Is A
Waterfall."
 Coldplay released their next LP Mylo
Xyloto.
Coldplay hit the Top 40 with
"Paradise."
Coldplay topped the Billboard
200 chart, Rock Albums chart, Digital Albums
chart, and Alternative Albums chart with Mylo
Xyloto. The LP sold over 447,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Coldplay topped the LP charts in
the UK with Mylo
Xyloto.
Coldplay performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Mylo
Xyloto was certified platinum.
Coldplay topped the Billboard
Alternative Songs chart with "Paradise."
 # 47
Singles Artist of the Year
 Coldplay hit the Top 40 with
help from Rihanna with
"Princess Of China."
Coldplay topped the singles
charts in the UK with "Paradise."
Coldplay was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ("Paradise") and Best Rock Song and Best Rock
Performance ("Every Teardrop Is A
Waterfall").
Coldplay re-entered the Top 40
with "Paradise."
 The video for "Paradise" won MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video and the video for
"Princess Of China" with Rihanna was nominated for Best Direction and Best Cinematography.
Coldplay released the live
CD/DVD set Live
2012.
Coldplay were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rock
Performance ("Charlie Brown") and Best Rock Album (Mylo
Xyloto).
Coldplay won a Brit Award for
Best Live Act.
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Viva La
Vida
from the LP Viva La Vida Or Death
And All His Friends
ARC Chart Run: 39 - 36 - 32 - 31 - 30 - 27 - 24 - 22 - 20 - 17 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 12 - 12 - 10 - 13 - 16 - 18 - 22 - 26 - 28 - 29 - 31 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 30
Grammy Winner: Song of the Year, Best Pop Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group
Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rock Video, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction |
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2008 |
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Clocks
from A Rush Of Blood To The
Head
ARC Chart Run: 38 - 35 - 32 - 29 - 25 - 22 - 17 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 11 - 15 - 24 - 27 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 30
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
Grammy Winner: Record of the Year
Rolling Stone: '100 Best Songs of
the Decade (2000-2009)': # 26 |
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Yellow
from Parachutes
ARC Chart Run: 40 - 38 - 36 - 32 - 30 - 28 - 27 - 23 - 20 - 15 - 13 - 11 - 9 - 12 - 18 - 24 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 65
RIAA Certification: Gold
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Rock Song
Rolling Stone: '100 Best Songs of
the Decade (2000-2009)': # 34 |
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2001 |
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Speed Of
Sound
from X&Y
ARC Chart Run: 34 - 33 - off - 37 - 32 - 23 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 15 - 14 - 23 - 28 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 71
RIAA Certification: 2x
Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Video of the Year, Best Special
Effects, Best Editing, Best Cinematography |
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2005 |
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Princess Of
China
[Coldplay featuring Rihanna]
from the LP Mylo Xyloto
ARC Chart Run: 40 - 38 - 38 - 37 - 30 - 27 - 27 - 26 - 29 - 30 - 30 - 28 - 29 - 38 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 78
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Direction, Best Cinematography |
26 |
14 |
2012 |
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Paradise
from the LP Mylo Xyloto
2011 ARC Chart Run: 38 - 32 - 31 - 37 - 39 - off
2011 Year-End Chart Position:
# 118
2012 ARC Chart Run:
37 - 36 - 35 - 34 - 33 - 33 - 33 - off
2012
Year-End Chart Position: # 117
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Duo/Group
Performance
MTV VMA Winner: Best Rock Video |
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2012 |
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Lovers In
Japan
from the LP Viva La Vida Or Death
And All His Friends
ARC Chart Run: 40 - 39 - 38 - 38 - 40 - off
2008 Year-End Chart Position:
# 122 |
38 |
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Trouble
from Parachutes
ARC Chart Run: 37 - 32 - 29 - 26 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 145
MTV VMA Winner: Best Art Direction
MTV VMA Nominee: Breakthrough Video |
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5 |
2002 |
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Talk
from X&Y
ARC Chart Run: 40- 36 - 34 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 145
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group |
34 |
4 |
2006 |
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Every
Teardrop Is A Waterfall
from the LP Mylo Xyloto
ARC Chart Run: 37 - 30 - 27 - 26 - 26 - 23 - 22 - 25 - 29 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 92
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Song, Best Rock
Performance |
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2011 |
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 Shiver
from Parachutes |
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2001 |
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Don't Panic
from Parachutes |
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2001 |
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In My Place
from A Rush Of Blood To The
Head
Grammy Winner: Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group |
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** |
2002 |
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The
Scientist
from A Rush Of Blood To The
Head
RIAA Certification: Gold
Grammy Nominee: Best Music Video,
Short Form
MTV VMA Winner: Best Group Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction |
** |
** |
2003 |
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God Put A
Smile Upon Your Face
from A Rush Of Blood To The
Head |
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2003 |
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Fix You
from X&Y |
** |
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2005 |
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The World
Turned Upside Down
from "Fix You" cd
single |
** |
** |
2005 |
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Violet Hill
from the LP Viva La Vida Or Death
And All His Friends
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Rock Song
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Special
Effects |
** |
** |
2008 |
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Lost!
from the LP Viva La Vida Or Death
And All His Friends |
** |
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2009 |
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Life In
Technicolor II
from the LP Prospekt''s March (EP)
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group, Best Music Video,
Short Form |
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2009 |
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