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- The members of the band are Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland & Will Champion
- Their career album sales are approaching 10m copies
- The biggest single for the group is 'Viva La Vida'. Their only No1 has sold over 400,000 in the UK
- Since their debut single 'Shiver' was released in 2000, the band have sold over 2m singles in the UK
Parachutes album - by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages (Dec 2000)
"Singer Chris Martin sings with that reassuring university-boy timbre, a big dark mahogany plangency that makes him a distant relation of Nick Drake and even Colin Blunstone. Most of Parachutes is semi-acoustic, the folky comedown from all those pulsating dance beats and pumped-up nu-metal riffology. What the Radiohead/Jeff Buckley school really portends is a return to reassuring four-piece rockism, comforting guitar/bass/drums conformity when everything around you is splintered, fractured, inorganic. It’s rock as worship, as doomed troubadourism – in Chris Martin’s leaden formula: 'Music that’s quite soulful and emotive. Real. Timeless.'"
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Singles
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/03/2000 |
SHIVERCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR 6536) |
35 | 3 | 0 |
| 08/07/2000 |
YELLOWCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR 6538) |
4 | 11 | 0 |
| 04/11/2000 |
TROUBLECOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDRS 6549) |
10 | 9 | 0 |
| 17/08/2002 |
IN MY PLACECOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR 6579) |
2 | 10 | 0 |
| 23/11/2002 |
THE SCIENTISTCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR 6588) |
10 | 9 | 0 |
| 05/04/2003 |
CLOCKSCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR 6594) |
9 | 8 | 0 |
| 04/06/2005 |
SPEED OF SOUNDCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR6664) |
2 | 17 | 0 |
| 17/09/2005 |
FIX YOUCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDRS6671) |
4 | 25 | 0 |
| 31/12/2005 |
TALKCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR6679) |
10 | 10 | 0 |
| 17/05/2008 |
VIOLET HILLCOLDPLAY (EMI GBAYE0800269) |
8 | 15 | 0 |
| 21/06/2008 |
LOSTCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0800255) |
55 | 2 | 0 |
| 28/06/2008 |
VIVA LA VIDACOLDPLAY (Parlophone CATCO138291476) |
1 | 43 | 1 |
| 28/06/2008 |
FIX YOUCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDRS6671) |
61 | 1 | 0 |
| 22/11/2008 |
LOSTCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0800255) |
54 | 2 | 0 |
| 07/02/2009 |
LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR IICOLDPLAY (Parlophone R6766) |
28 | 4 | 0 |
| 24/10/2009 |
THE SCIENTISTCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CDR 6588) |
59 | 1 | 0 |
| 23/10/2010 |
VIVA LA VIDACOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0800265) |
42 | 2 | 0 |
| 11/12/2010 |
CHRISTMAS LIGHTSCOLDPLAY (Parlophone CATCO171058581) |
13 | 4 | 0 |
| 12/02/2011 |
FIX YOUCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0500605) |
72 | 1 | 0 |
| 18/06/2011 |
EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALLCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE1100774) |
6 | 14 | 0 |
| 09/07/2011 |
IN MY PLACECOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0200606) |
40 | 1 | 0 |
| 09/07/2011 |
FIX YOUCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0500605) |
42 | 9 | 0 |
| 09/07/2011 |
VIVA LA VIDACOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0800265) |
51 | 1 | 0 |
| 09/07/2011 |
YELLOWCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0000267) |
59 | 1 | 0 |
| 09/07/2011 |
THE SCIENTISTCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBCAD0606235) |
65 | 3 | 0 |
| 05/11/2011 |
PARADISECOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE1101143) |
1 | 48 | 1 |
| 05/11/2011 |
PRINCESS OF CHINACOLDPLAY & RIHANNA (Parlophone GBAYE1101184) |
33 | 2 | 0 |
| 17/12/2011 |
CHRISTMAS LIGHTSCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GB0401000197) |
65 | 3 | 0 |
| 24/12/2011 |
CHARLIE BROWNCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE1101163) |
55 | 1 | 0 |
| 03/03/2012 |
CHARLIE BROWNCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE1101163) |
22 | 10 | 0 |
| 19/05/2012 |
PRINCESS OF CHINACOLDPLAY & RIHANNA (Parlophone GBAYE1101184) |
4 | 23 | 0 |
| 22/09/2012 |
VIVA LA VIDACOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0800265) |
63 | 1 | 0 |
| 17/11/2012 |
FIX YOUCOLDPLAY (Parlophone GBAYE0500605) |
50 | 2 | 0 |
Albums
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/07/2000 |
PARACHUTESCOLDPLAY (Parlophone 5277832) |
1 | 142 | 1 |
| 07/09/2002 |
A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEADCOLDPLAY (Parlophone 5405042) |
1 | 118 | 3 |
| 18/06/2005 |
X & YCOLDPLAY (Parlophone 4747862) |
1 | 78 | 4 |
| 07/06/2008 |
LIVE 2003COLDPLAY (Parlophone 2269199) |
46 | 5 | 0 |
| 21/06/2008 |
VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDSCOLDPLAY (Parlophone 2121140) |
1 | 70 | 6 |
| 06/12/2008 |
PROSPECKT'S MARCHCOLDPLAY (Parlophone 2647371) |
38 | 2 | 0 |
| 05/11/2011 |
MYLO XYLOTOCOLDPLAY (Parlophone 0875531) |
1 | 72 | 1 |
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