How did Coldplay become the biggest band in the world?

[KiwiCoromandel]

You are a bit perplexed. You know the song Yellow and that other one, the slow, sad one with the bit where the vocalist goes all high and vulnerable as he sings about a scientist. Or something. You're pretty sure there's a celebrity actor connection and maybe an oddly named child, too.

Coldplay ­- that's it. Yeah, you think, I like them. Like about 20 million others who've bought their albums. Their third, X&Y, was the world's best-selling album last year, with more than 8 million copies sold in the six months after its June release. The first single from that album, Speed of Sound, became the first British single to debut in the American Top 10 since Hey Jude in 1968. They are huge. Globe-straddlingly huge.

How did Coldplay become the biggest band in the world while you weren't looking?

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[bmc]

i wonder the same thing, because i cannot stand coldplay.

[Potato]

Chris Martin has a whiney voice.

And he strikes me as a big egotistical ass. Something about calling his band the biggest band in the world.....

[Shawn]

They're bigger than Jesus Jones.

[KiwiCoromandel]

i wonder the same thing, because i cannot stand coldplay.

me either mate....highly overrated (in my opinion)...you can only listen to so much R.E.M type music....and then i find i`m reaching for the downers.... :)

[method77]

why don't we say that for all pop bands that became huge all these years? Compared to some real crap, Coldplay are ok

for fooks sake, Meatloaf was huge once. Whitesnake? Alice Cooper? Many examples of crap that becomes big.

Arctic Monkeys suddenly became everyone's favorite band and sold more than any band in history.

[bmc]

Arctic Monkeys suddenly became everyone's favorite band and sold more than any band in history.

um no, not me, they suck also. :D

[KiwiCoromandel]

why don't we say that for all pop bands that became huge all these years?

ok..i`ve never liked whitesnake either.....

[Shawn]

for fooks sake, Meatloaf was huge once.

What are you saying, Meatloaf-hater?

[DudeAsInCool]

I dont think Cold Play are the best band in the world, but there are certainly a lot of worse bands to listen to.

[KiwiCoromandel]

What are you saying, Meatloaf-hater?

he`s so insensitive...sob,sniff..... :(

[Shawn]

Just know that even right now he's planning your demise.

[Shawn]

Seriously for a second, he's probably one of the most talented actors out of the singers that try.