COLDPLAY (FREE)

An icon I am interested in could be one of my favourite groups : Coldplay.

A general public may know Coldplay for their big hits such us ‘Yellow’, ‘Paradise’,

‘Clocks’or ‘Fix You’. But what this group make so special is that despite of their

worldwide popularity, the band has remained protective of how their music is in the

media. So I want to show you a bit more of this band and how they make music with

meaning and emotion.

Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland

under the name of Pectoralz at the University College of London. After that, Guy

Berryman joined the group and they decided to change their group name as Starfish.

Finally, Will Champion completed the line-up. The band renamed themselves

‘Coldplay’ in 1998.

This group has since released six albums: Parachutes in 2000; A Rush of Blood to the

Head in 2002; X&Y in 2005; Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends in 2008; Mylo

Xyloto in 2011 and finally Ghost Stories and A Head full of Dreams in 2014.

Coldplay has received 43 awards from 117 nominations and they also receive eight

MTV awards. They have also won five Q and received the award for best album by

three of their four albums.

Today Coldplay continue being one of the most popular band in the world. Maybe it is

because how their four complemented personalities show the music they created

together.

From my point of view Coldplay’s music is so amazing and it is one of the few bands

that can make me cry instantly when I am depressed or not and nowadays there are few

bands that can do this.