Ghost Stories (Coldplay album)

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Ghost Stories
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Studio album by
Coldplay
Released16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)
RecordedApril–November 2013
Studio
Genre
Length42:37
Label
Producer
Coldplay chronology
Live 2012
(2012)		Ghost Stories
(2014)		 Ghost Stories Live 2014
(2014)
Singles from Ghost Stories
  1. "Magic"
    Released: 3 March 2014
  2. "A Sky Full of Stars"
    Released: 2 May 2014
  3. "True Love"
    Released: 14 August 2014
  4. "Ink"
    Released: 13 October 2014

Ghost Stories is the sixth studio album by British rock band Coldplay. Co-produced by the band with Paul Epworth along with returning Mylo Xyloto producers Dan Green and Rik Simpson, it was released by Parlophone on 16 May 2014. The album was released by Atlantic Records in North America on 19 May 2014. It is the first album by the band in North America under Atlantic, after Coldplay were transferred from Capitol Records in 2013, following the purchase of EMI and its assets by the Universal Music Group in 2012, which required the sale of Parlophone to Warner Music Group.

Contents

The album was recorded by the band throughout 2013 at the band's purpose-built home studios in London, England, and in Los Angeles. It features guest producers Avicii, Timbaland and Madeon, and the band's frequent collaborator Jon Hopkins. It was promoted by the band with an accompanying prime time TV special, a visual album, and a special six-date promotional tour of the album, as well as various appearances on television and radio. The album was promoted by four singles: "Magic", the lead single, released in March; "A Sky Full of Stars", released in May; "True Love", released in August; and "Ink", released in October. "Midnight" was released in April as a promotional single for Record Store Day as well. The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 57th Grammy Awards and named Top Rock Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.

The album received generally positive reviews, with many critics praising the band's return to the more somber and melancholy style of their earlier music, though some found the album repetitive and lacking direction. Several media outlets reported that Chris Martin has said the album was inspired by his divorce from Gwyneth Paltrow in 2014. [1]

Background

In 2011, Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto . Originally conceived by the band as a "stripped-down, more acoustic collection", [2] it became one of Coldplay's most experimental and pop-oriented records to date, being described as "luxuriously colourful" [3] where "the choruses are bigger, the textures grander [and] the optimism more optimistic." [4] Produced by Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Rik Simpson and Dan Green, the album peaked at number one on 18 national album charts and was certified Platinum in 16 countries. Mylo Xyloto had also sold 8 million copies within the first year of release. [5] Coldplay's 2011 single, "Paradise", became the band's second UK number-one single after 2008's "Viva la Vida". Coldplay's subsequent world tour in promotion of Mylo Xyloto visited North America, Europe, Australia and Africa, raising $99.7 million in revenue. [6]

Going into the creative process for their sixth studio album, the band wanted to return to the "stripped-down, more acoustic collection" they had stated their fifth album would be, returning to the original idea of an acoustic-orientated album, with less of the production and sound that made Mylo Xyloto. At the 2013 Brit Awards, drummer Will Champion spoke to Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 2 fame, saying in response to a question about Coldplay's sixth album being more stripped-back: "Yeah, that might be nice, actually. There's only so far you can go without becoming pompous and a bit overblown, so we'll tread that line very carefully. Reset. Recalibrate." [7] [8]

Composition

Ghost Stories has been described as featuring electronica [9] [10] and synth-pop [11] throughout. It is a spiritually driven album that revolves around two major themes mentioned by lead singer Chris Martin. The album explores the idea of past actions, and the effects they can have on your future and one's capacity for unconditional love. To him, Ghost Stories represents "a journey learning about unconditional love" (as said in the televised Making Ghost Stories with Fearne Cotton).

The idea of Ghost Stories, for me, was "how do you let the things that happen to you in the past – your ghosts – how do you let them affect your present and your future?" Because there was a time when I was feeling like they were going to drag me down and ruin my life, and the lives of those around me. I was very lucky to meet a very good sufi teacher who started to introduce the idea of "if you sit with your experiences and the things you've been through, they alchemize." At the time he said that, I didn't really know what that meant, but I trusted that it would work, and the more that I was learning about that, the more music just started flowing through.

—  Chris Martin to Zane Lowe

Recording

The creative process and recording sessions for the band's sixth studio album took place between 2013 and early 2014, at their purpose-built studios The Bakery and The Beehive in North London, England, then in Los Angeles for the final process. The creation of the album actually started at Guy Berryman's house in London in early 2013 where he had settled a little studio where everyone gathered to jam and try some new music during a break after the band's big tour for Mylo Xyloto. The band took a different approach for their sixth studio album in contrast to their previous studio albums. [12] Lead singer Chris Martin invited the band to contribute original songwriting material for the album, as opposed to building songs off Martin's ideas as they had done during previous recording sessions. For example, "Magic" was built off a bass riff originally conceived by bassist Guy Berryman in the studio. [13]

For a long, long time I've been begging the band, "Please could someone else start a song!" I've been given that gift from the universe, or from God or whatever you want to believe in that ideas for songs get sent through wherever they get sent from, and then I take them to the rest of the band and then we layer it up and that's how we do it. I was so grateful. It made me so happy and that was kind of a sample of the album as a whole, "We'll help each other out here". There were lots of songs but that was the first point where I thought, "Everyone is invested in this, everyone knows what we're trying to do; go a bit more personal".

— Chris Martin

According to producer Paul Epworth, the band recorded the album mostly on their own, while his direction helped in "trying to avoid going for any of their obvious clichés". [14] He also added his main influence was that Ghost Stories needed to be recorded solely with electronic drums. [14]

Packaging

An example of Mila Furstova's work, which are inspired by mythology, a central theme also depicted in the artwork for Ghost Stories. (Pictured: "Other Skies I" by Furstova, 2011) Mila Furstova - Other Skies I + Detail.jpg
An example of Mila Fürstová's work, which are inspired by mythology, a central theme also depicted in the artwork for Ghost Stories. (Pictured: "Other Skies I" by Fürstová, 2011)

The album artwork for Ghost Stories was etched by British-based Czech etching artist Mila Fürstová. [15] The medieval art-driven artwork, measuring 100 by 100 cm, features a pair of angel wings imposed onto a painting of an ocean under a sky at night. The angel wings resemble a broken heart, representing the album's somber theme of melancholic breakups. The wings themselves also feature cryptic imagery of medieval-style drawings of fairly contemporary objects and concepts. The images include a couple in love, a man facing a mirror, a flight of white doves, a circular maze, a girl by candlelight, a window looking out onto an incoming tornado and a garden plant with a ladder, amongst other imagery depicted in the artwork. A larger, digital version of the artwork is available on Coldplay's official website, with the ability to zoom into the artwork with a screen magnifier. [16]

Fürstová had etched the artworks for all of the releases in the Ghost Stories album cycle, including the artwork for singles "Magic" and "Midnight", which all use the same motif of a scenario taking place in a larger body. Fürstová, whose work has been described as "dazzling images [that] are both contemporary and personal, searching in the surreality of dreams, tales and fables that can map the framework of our consciousness", [17] and has won numerous awards, including the Royal College of Art Society Award in 2001 and becoming the youngest academician at the Royal West of England Academy in 2009, [18] was invited by Coldplay to etch artwork for their new album in January 2013. She described the collaboration between her and the band as "a most inspiring journey and a truly humbling experience to cooperate with such talented people". [19]

There are plans for an exhibition of Fürstová's Ghost Stories artworks in the Autumn of 2014 in central London. 25 original etchings and 100 high-quality digital prints of the artwork, all hand-signed by Fürstová, are also set to go on sale on 19 May 2014, the same day Ghost Stories releases in the United Kingdom and the United States. [20]

Promotion

Coldplay performing at the televised 2014 iTunes Festival at SXSW where four Ghost Stories tracks were premiered live. Coldplay - iTunes Festival 2014 (Screenshot).jpg
Coldplay performing at the televised 2014 iTunes Festival at SXSW where four Ghost Stories tracks were premiered live.

Coldplay performed on the opening night of the televised 2014 iTunes Festival at SXSW on 11 March 2014 at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. In addition to performing "Magic" and "Midnight", the band performed "Always in My Head" and "Another's Arms"; the first live performances of the four songs. [21] The band also performed "Magic" in a pre-recorded segment of Sport Relief 2014 , which aired on BBC One on 21 March 2014. [22]

In April 2014, Coldplay announced an international scavenger hunt for sheets containing lyrics to the nine songs on the album. The notes, handwritten by Martin, were placed in ghost story books in libraries around the world, with the band tweeting clues leading to their locations. One of the hidden envelopes also contained a special Golden Ticket, allowing its finder and their guest to go to London for the Coldplay concert at the Royal Albert Hall in July. [23] [24] The lyric sheets were found in libraries in Mexico City, Singapore, Helsinki, Barcelona, Dartford, New York City, Tauranga, Dublin and Johannesburg. [25]

A TV special titled Coldplay: Ghost Stories was filmed 21–23 March 2014 [26] by the Grammy-nominated director Paul Dugdale (Adele, The Rolling Stones) on a custom-built stage in a Sony Pictures movie soundstage in Los Angeles. [27] Coldplay performed material from the album in its entirety for the first time. The show, which included cinematic vignettes and 360-degree projections, was attended by an audience of 800 fans and press, and was broadcast in prime time in several countries in May and June 2014. [28] [29] [30] The special was then sold on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2014. Additional footage was shot at Paradise Cove in Malibu, California, and at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California, for the film. [31] Chris Martin said, "The Ghost Stories show at Sony Studios was a very special moment for our band ... This film is basically our original vision for the Ghost Stories album." [32] Coldplay was also the musical act for 3 May airing of NBC late-night sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and performed "Magic" and "A Sky Full of Stars". It was the band's fifth appearance on the show. [33]

On 12 May 2014, seven days before its release date, the album became available to stream in full via iTunes, accompanied by an animated video revolving around Fürstová's album artwork, [34] but the band refused to allow Spotify, Beats Music, Deezer, and Rdio to stream the album until 22 September 2014, which they had previously done on their last album, Mylo Xyloto . [35] [36] [37]

Singles

A music video for "Midnight", the fifth track on the album, was released as a teaser for the band's sixth studio album on 25 February 2014. Ghost Stories was officially unveiled by Coldplay and Parlophone a week later on 3 March 2014, along with its artwork and track listing. [38] "Magic" was released on the same day, being the album's lead single. It was made available to download through iTunes and Amazon.com by pre-ordering the album, with the track working as an "instant-grat" download. [39] [40] Following the release of the song, it charted on 25 national record charts, peaking within the top ten on 18 of them. "Midnight" was then released as a promotional single by Parlophone on 17 April 2014 with a one-sided 7-inch vinyl for Record Store Day, which was limited to 3000 copies. [41] [42]

"A Sky Full of Stars" was released digitally as the second official single on 2 May 2014. Within 24 hours from its iTunes release, the track had sold 121,690 units worldwide, [43] peaking at number one in 86 countries on the iTunes Store Charts. [44] The song reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their third top 10 hit and first since "Viva la Vida" in 2008. [45] It also became their first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart. On 4 August 2014, the band announced that "True Love" would be the third effort from the album. [46] A music video directed by Jonas Åkerlund was released on 22 August 2014, Chris Martin and Jessica Lucas stars as lovers in it. [47]

On 13 October 2014, "Ink" was served as the fourth and final single to Italian contemporary hit radio. [48] On 18 November, the track was sent to modern rock stations in the United States. [49] The music video was written, directed and animated by Blind, which worked with a company by the name "Interlude" to create over 300 possible journeys. [50]

A video for "All Your Friends" was released on 7 November 2014 for the commemoration of the first World War. [51] Although the track is not available on the standard edition of Ghost Stories, it is available on the A Sky Full of Stars EP worldwide – except for the United States where it is included on the deluxe version of Ghost Stories sold by Target. An official music video for "Ghost Story" was released as a part of the Ghost Stories Live 2014 DVD on 24 November 2014; [52] it was uploaded on the band's official YouTube channel on 9 March 2015. [53] The video was shot in black and white, and shows the band performing the song during their Ghost Stories Tour. Similar to "All Your Friends", the song is available on the A Sky Full of Stars EP and on the Target deluxe edition of the album is the U.S.

Critical reception

Reviews

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.1/10 [54]
Metacritic 61/100 [55]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [56]
The A.V. Club B− [57]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [58]
Entertainment Weekly B [59]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [60]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [61]
NME 7/10 [9]
Pitchfork 4.4/10 [62]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [63]
Spin 7/10 [11]

Ghost Stories received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 61, based on 31 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [55] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard wrote the magazine's track-by-track review of the album, praising it as the band's "most listenable album in years" and describing it as "an evocative concoction of sullen phrases, sparse arrangements and powerful themes." [64] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly commented that Ghost Stories "will likely be remembered as a transitional album" and noted that "while being solid, it feels like a prequel to something better". [59] Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork wrote that the album is a "subdued work that finds Chris Martin and his band crisply moping through mid-tempo soundscapes and fuzzy electronic touches that have the visceral impact of a down comforter tumbling down a flight of stairs." [62] Nick Hasted of The Independent wrote that Martin "accepts his loss too meekly to approach the anguish of a great break-up album", but concluded that the band's "step away from grand platitudes is still one in the right direction". [61] Stephanie Benson of Spin wrote that "its deep sea of synth-encrusted pop glistens under a halo of angelic ambient touches and Martin’s ever-rosy perspective." [11]

Jerry Shriver of USA Today felt that "within the realm of memorable breakup albums", Ghost Stories lacked "the confessional gut-punch of Dylan's Blood on the Tracks , the acrimony of Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights and the irresistible sonic appeal of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours ", ultimately describing it as "not even a particularly memorable Coldplay album". [65] While noting that Ghost Stories "should be applauded for scaling back the gaudy excesses of their previous albums", Consequence of Sound's Josh Terry opined that its songs "suffer from a lack of direction" and "could use the vitality that launched them to the top in the first place". [66] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "The nine songs on Ghost Stories hum gently, cultivating an effective sense of intimacy. As always, there's a lot going on in the music, sculpted by the band along with various collaborators." He added, "Coldplay's new album, 'Ghost Stories,' finds the British band setting aside its trademark grandiosity." [67]

Year-end lists

Ghost Stories on select year-end lists
PublisherListicleRankRef.
AbsolutePunk Top Albums of 201421 [68]
AllMusic Favorite Rock Albums 2014Placed [69]
GAFFA Denmark Album of the Year 2014 – Editor's Choice18 [70]
NBHAP Emily Schennach's Favourite Albums of 20145 [71]
Panorama The 15 Best Albums of 20146 [72]
Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 201448 [73]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2014 So Far35 [74]
The Telegraph Best 50 Albums of 201441 [75]
Radio X The 25 Best Albums of 201412 [76]
Yahoo! Paul Grein's Best Albums of 20144 [77]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for Ghost Stories
YearAward ceremonyCategoryResultRef.
2014 UK Music Video Awards Best Live Coverage [lower-alpha 1] Nominated [79]
2015 Billboard Music Awards Top Rock Album Won [80]
Broadcast Awards Best Music Programme [lower-alpha 1] Won [81]
Grammy Awards Best Pop Vocal Album Nominated [82]
Hungarian Music Awards Modern Pop/Rock Album of the YearNominated [83]
People's Choice Awards Favorite AlbumNominated [84]
Swiss Music Awards Best International AlbumWon [85]
TEC Awards Record Production / AlbumNominated [86]

Commercial performance

Ghost Stories went number-one in over 100 countries on iTunes. [87] In the UK Albums Chart, the album sold 168,048 copies during its opening week, becoming the second biggest debut of the year and Coldplay's sixth consecutive number-one album. [88] With 375,000 copies sold by July, it became the best-selling album of the first half of 2014. [89] In the United States, the album opened with 383,000 copies and earned the band's fourth number-one on Billboard 200. It has sold 853,500 copies on the country as of November 2015. [90] Meanwhile, on the Canadian Albums Chart, Ghost Stories sold 49,000 copies during its first week, [91] becoming the fifth-best-selling album of 2014 by selling 117,000 throughout the year. [92] As of August 2017, it has sold over 160,000 copies on the country. [93] Worldwide, the album sold over 3.7 million copies, being the best-selling project of 2014 by a group. [94]

Track listing

Coldplay's songwriting members are Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.

Ghost Stories
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Always in My Head"
  • Coldplay
3:36
2."Magic"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
  • Simpson
4:45
3."Ink"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
  • Simpson
3:48
4."True Love"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
  • Simpson
4:05
5."Midnight"
4:54
6."Another's Arms"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
  • Simpson
3:54
7."Oceans"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
  • Simpson
5:21
8."A Sky Full of Stars"
4:28
9."O" (Includes a hidden song, "Fly On")
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
  • Simpson
7:47
Total length:42:47
Ghost Stories – Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."Midnight" (Jon Hopkins remix)
  • Coldplay
  • Hopkins
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
  • Simpson
  • Hopkins
10:05
Total length:52:42
Ghost Stories – Target edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."All Your Friends"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Green
  • Simpson
3:32
11."Ghost Story"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Green
  • Simpson
4:17
12."O (Reprise)"
  • Coldplay
  • Coldplay
  • Epworth
  • Green
1:37
Total length:50:54

Notes [95]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Ghost Stories liner notes. [95]

Additional musicians

Design

Technical

Charts

Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for Ghost Stories
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [171] 4× Platinum280,000 [172]
Austria (IFPI Austria) [173] Platinum15,000*
Belgium (BEA) [174] Platinum30,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [175] 2× Platinum160,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [176] Platinum20,000‡
France (SNEP) [177] 3× Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [178] 3× Gold300,000‡
Hungary (MAHASZ) [179] 2× Platinum4,000^
Italy (FIMI) [180] 3× Platinum150,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [181] Gold30,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [182] Gold7,500^
Poland (ZPAV) [183] 2× Platinum40,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [184] Gold7,500^
Singapore (RIAS) [185] Platinum10,000*
South Korea—6,127 [186]
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [187] Gold20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [188] 2× Platinum40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [189] 2× Platinum733,000 [190]
United States (RIAA) [191] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [192] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalog no.
Australia [193] 16 May 2014 Digital download Parlophone none
Austria [194]
Belgium [195]
Finland [196]
Germany [197]
India [198]
Ireland [199]
Netherlands [200] [201] CD 0825646305919
Digital downloadnone
New Zealand [202] none
Canada [203] 19 May 2014CD Atlantic Records 2-305919
Digital downloadnone
France [204] Digital downloadParlophone
Greece [205]
Poland [206] [207] [208] CD Warner Music 0825646305919
LP 0825646298815
Digital downloadnone
United Kingdom [209] [210] [211] CDParlophoneB00IQE4NUK (ASIN)
LPB00J0H0YN2 (ASIN)
Digital downloadnone
United States [212] [213] CDAtlantic RecordsB00IQE4NUK (ASIN)
LP542279-1
Digital downloadnone
Mexico [214] [215] CDParlophoneunknown
20 May 2014Digital downloadnone
Brazil [216]
Italy [217]
Spain [218]
Japan [219] 21 May 2014
Deluxe Edition
RegionDateFormatLabelCatalog no.
United States [220] 19 May 2014CDAtlantic Records542280-2

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 For Coldplay: Ghost Stories, a special Sky Arts premiere of the album which included an exclusive programme, interview and performance. [78]

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"True Love" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay for their sixth studio album Ghost Stories, where it appears as the fourth track. It was released by Parlophone as the album's third single on 14 August 2014. The band co-produced the track with Paul Epworth, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, while American record producer Timbaland provided additional drums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A Sky Full of Stars</span> 2014 single by Coldplay

"A Sky Full of Stars" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. It was released in May 2014 as the second single from their sixth album, Ghost Stories (2014). An exclusive digital EP version of it, with the B-sides "All Your Friends", "Ghost Story" and "O (Reprise)", came out in the following weeks, being considered the band's eleventh extended play.

<i>Ghost Stories Live 2014</i> 2014 live album by Coldplay

Ghost Stories Live 2014 is the fourth live album by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. It is a live recorded version of the band's sixth studio effort Ghost Stories, being released by Parlophone in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2014. A DVD from one of the concerts that was filmed at Sony Studios, Los Angeles in March 2014, is included in the package.

<i>Coming Up for Air</i> (Kodaline album) 2015 studio album by Kodaline

Coming Up for Air is the second studio album by Irish rock band Kodaline. It was released on 9 February 2015 by Sony Music Entertainment.

<i>A Head Full of Dreams</i> 2015 album by Coldplay

A Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 4 December 2015, by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and by Atlantic Records in the United States. Coldplay recorded the album from early to mid 2015, right after the completion of their previous album Ghost Stories, with a markedly different style and sound from its predecessors. For various songs, Coldplay collaborated with Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo, Khatia Buniatishvili and Merry Clayton. The album was produced by Rik Simpson and Stargate. The album also features a sample of President Barack Obama singing "Amazing Grace" at Clementa C. Pinckney's funeral on the song "Kaleidoscope".

<i>Music of the Spheres</i> (Coldplay album) 2021 studio album by Coldplay

Music of the Spheres is the ninth studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 15 October 2021 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in the United States. The album was produced by Max Martin, who is a new producer to the band's discography. It features guest appearances from Selena Gomez, We Are King, Jacob Collier and BTS, as well as returning contributions from electronic producer Jon Hopkins.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coldplay videography</span>

British rock band Coldplay have released 64 music videos, five video albums and five films, appearing on numerous television shows throughout their career as well. They were formed in London by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion and Phil Harvey (management). Before their recording contract with Parlophone in 1999, a music video for "Bigger Stronger" was shot and directed by Mat Whitecross, who ultimately became one of the long-time collaborators of the band. It was followed by the singles "Shiver", "Yellow", "Trouble" and "Don't Panic" from Parachutes (2000), with the third earning a MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction.

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