Coldplay have sold more than 60 million records worldwide.

The band has won a number of music awards throughout their career, including eight Brit Awards-winning Best British Group three times, five MTV Video Music Awards and seven Grammy Awards from twenty five nominations. On 24 October 2011, they released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, which received mixed to positive reviews, topped the charts in over 34 countries, and was the UK's best-selling rock album of 2011. The band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to largely positive reviews, earning several Grammy nominations and wins at the 51st Grammy Awards. Their next release, X&Y, the best-selling album worldwide in 2005, was met with mostly positive reviews upon its release, though some critics felt that it was inferior to its predecessor. They have also come top of the BBC Radio 2 poll of the favourite album of all time. The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), was released to critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including NME's Album of the Year. They achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single ' Yellow' in 2000, followed by their debut album released in the same year, Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The latter was their first release on a major label, after signing to Parlophone. The band renamed themselves 'Coldplay' in 1998, before recording and releasing three EPs Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The Blue Room in the same year. Manager Phil Harvey is often considered an unofficial fifth member. Will Champion joined as a drummer, backing vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, completing the line-up. After they formed under the name Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London (UCL).

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