Wednesday, October 15, 2008

A Rising Star: Coldplay


As you were all following, the winner of the blog's poll is Coldplay. Accordingly, I thougt you'd all want to read a bit about Coldplay and their legendary song "Viva La Vida" today.


Coldplay is an alternative rock band from London, that was formed in 1998. The group is formed by vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Will Champion. Coldplay has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Furhermore, the band is well-known with its hit singles like "Yellow", "The Scientist", "Speed of Sound", "Fix You", "Viva la Vida" and the Grammy Award-winning "Clocks". Coldplay achieved worldwide recognition after releasing their first single "Yellow“.,The following-up album “A Rush of Blood to the Head “(2002) won various awards such as NME’s Album of the Year. Their next release, “X&Y” (2005) hasn’T got as much attention as the previous albums.The band's fourth studio album, “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends” (2008), was Coldplay’s most successful album and the song “Viva La Vida” is a nominee of MTV EMA 2008.