When singer, pianist and guitarist Chris Martin formed a band with a few other students at University College London in 1997, the quartet chose the ill-fitting name Big Fat Noises. Soon, bassist Guy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head climbs to a new peak of No.

The British band hasn't had a chart-topping album in a decade, but it pulled out all the stops to promote its latest, Moon Music, including... Coldplay tops album chart, thanks to old-fashioned sales ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty Images The biggest misconception about Coldplay is that they are boring. Chris Martin, Jonny ...