Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida' Made History as UK's First Digital-Only No. 1 Hit 18 Years Ago

Monday, June 22 marks 18 years since the beloved group landed its first-ever No. 1 hit in the U.K. thanks to the alternative ...
Forbes

Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ Is Back–And Bigger Than Ever

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 10: Chris Martin of Coldplay ...
The Cheat Sheet

How The Beatles Inspired Coldplay’s ‘Viva la Vida’ Album

Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends' has a reference to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ that’s a little obscure. A classic rock icon produced the album. Martin revealed the title of ...
Stereogum

Coldplay Promote New Album On QVC, Say Label Originally Wanted To Cut “Viva La Vida”

Coldplay's 10th album Moon Music releases Friday (Oct. 4), and they'll apparently only make two more after that. To celebrate, Chris Martin talked with Rolling Stone about some of the band's defining ...
American Songwriter

The Meaning Behind French Revolution Roused “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay

In Spanish, “Viva La Vida” means “Long Live Life” and is tied to the Delacroix-like painting portraying the revolutionaries as heroes there are underlying themes of life and death, regrets, and ...
Forbes

Coldplay’s Global Chart Comeback Includes Multiple Hit Songs

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Five Coldplay songs reach Billboard's global charts, with two — ...
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Singing a nostalgic tune: Coldplay vibes

A cute girl covers "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay. #coldplay #vivalavida #singing #cover ...