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 ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Coldplay have ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

When the 21st century came around and serialized pop music was the new primary genre, protest songs seemingly became a thing of the past. Now, of course, there were still artists out there writing ...