C O L D P L A Y !

Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996, main members of group are Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Chris Martin and Will Champion.

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Group’s first name was Starfish and then they changed the name to Coldplay, their genre is classified as post-Britpop by some magazines but their songs are classifying in Alternative Rock section. They earned lots of awards like Grammy and today group’s songs are staying on top charts of 34 countries.

How many albums of Coldplay are there? Coldplay released 5 studio albums, also they have 29 singles.

Their debut album “Parachutes” is released in 10 July 2000, group took 2002 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, also album became 12th most selling album in England and it sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Album released 4 singles as “Shiver”, “Yellow”, “Trouble” and “Don’t Panic”.

After group released “A Rush of Blood to the Head” in 26 August 2002, album sold 15 million copies worldwide, released 5 singles as “In My Place”, “Clocks”, “The Scientist” and “God Put a Smile upon Your Face”.

“X&Y” is the 2005 album of Coldplay, album took 5 stars from Q Magazine and 4 stars from Allmusic. “Speed of Sound” became the leading song of album, also “White Shadows” and “The Hardest Part” became hits of period.“Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends” is released on 11 June 2008, album is the strongest one on lyrical conception of Coldplay discography. Album released five singles as “Violet Hill”, “Viva la Vida”, “Lovers in Japan”, “Lost!” and “Strawberry Swing” and also became most selling one of the year.

Mylo Xyloto is released in 24 October 2011. Actually, group again worked with producer Brian Eno after successful work on former album. Album became a worldwide hit in first week and reached top of the lists in thirty-four countries and sold 6 million copies worldwide.

The official website of the British band is this: www.coldplay.com