Coldplay and Neil Young have had very different careers, however, Coldplay’s “Yellow” might not exist without Young. Specifically, Coldplay’s Chris Martin took inspiration from one aspect of Young’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Coldplay scores three top 40 singles in the U.K. as “Yellow,” “Viva ...

Chris Martin, the frontman of Coldplay, was messing around on the guitar with a bunch of folk guitar chords, trying to channel Neil Young and mumbling the word “stars.” He looked across the room and ...

Oh man, "Yellow," remember that? Chris Martin running down the beach talking about "look at the stars, look how they shine for you"? Coldplay have certainly had some cheesy moments over the years. You ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the end of the 1990s, homegrown British guitar music had fallen well out of favour with the nation's youth. An era defined by ...

Not all megahits reach the top of the charts, as proved by new data released by Spotify. On May 23, in honor of its 20th anniversary, the streaming platform released a series of lists that detailed ...

IDLES have shared the video for “Grace,” the poppiest moment on their great fifth album, TANGK. If the video looks familiar, it’s because it’s Coldplay‘s video for their 2000 breakthrough hit “Yellow, ...

If you found yourself sobbing at the end of director Jon M. Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians, you’re probably already familiar with the final song on the movie’s soundtrack, a Mandarin cover of Coldplay’s ...

More than two decades ago, Coldplay were one more group of mellow, falsetto-happy British wimp-rockers attempting to move into the territory that Radiohead had vacated. But Coldplay had something that ...

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 — ...