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.

COLDPLAY: (Singing) And so we pray, for someone to come and show me the way. And so we pray, for some shelter and some records to play. And so we pray. We'll be singing "Baraye." SCHMITZ: That's the ...

Coldplay surges on U.K. charts as its Music of the Spheres World Tour nears its end, with four albums — including Parachutes — reentering or climbing. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Chris ...

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 ...