
Four years later, in November 2019, they released their eighth album, Everyday Life, which received mainly positive reviews.Ĭoldplay have won numerous awards throughout their career, including nine Brit Awards, six MTV Video Music Awards, seven MTV Europe Music Awards and seven Grammy Awards from 29 nominations. The following year the band released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, which reached the top two in most major markets, but received generally mixed reviews. Their sixth album, Ghost Stories, released in 2014, received mixed reviews and topped several national album charts. In October 2011, Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, which topped the charts in over 34 countries, was the UK's best-selling rock album of 2011, and received moderately positive reviews. Their fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), the best-selling album worldwide of 2008, was produced by Brian Eno and released to largely positive reviews, earning three Grammy Awards. Their next release, X&Y, the best-selling album worldwide in 2005, received mostly positive reviews, though some critics felt it was inferior to its predecessor.


The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), was released to critical acclaim and won many awards, including NME's Album of the Year. The latter was their first release on a major record label, after signing to Parlophone.Ĭoldplay achieved worldwide fame with the release of the song "Yellow" in 2000, followed in the same year by their debut album Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. After changing their name to Coldplay, they recorded and released two EPs: Safety in 1998 and The Blue Room in 1999. Creative director and former manager Phil Harvey is often referred to as the fifth member by the band.

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