Coldplay discography

British rock band Coldplay have released 10 studio albums, 18 extended plays, 6 live albums, 12 compilation albums, 43 singles, 14 promotional singles and 5 charity singles. They are considered the most successful group of the 21st century and one of the best-selling acts of all time,^[1] with estimated sales of 160 million records.^[2] According to Luminate, they have shifted 18.2 million albums and 33.6 million songs in the United States, based on physical and digital copies.^[3] Moreover, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) claimed that their international success contributed to British music export rates several times.^[4] Other milestones for the band include more than 40 billion streams on Spotify and 20 billion views on YouTube.^[5]

After launching their extended plays Safety (1998) and The Blue Room (1999), Coldplay entered the UK Singles Chart for the first time with "Brothers & Sisters", at number 92.^[6] It was followed by "Shiver" and "Yellow", which became their first Top 40 and Top 10 entries, respectively. With the release of Parachutes (2000), A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), and X&Y (2005), they scored three of the 50 best-selling albums in the United Kingdom.^[7] The former included Top 10 singles such as "In My Place", "Clocks" and "The Scientist", while the latter secured one of the fastest sales week in the country.^[8] Coldplay were the first British act since the Beatles to spend three weeks atop the Billboard 200 as well.^[9]

Globally, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has confirmed that X&Y (2005),^[10] Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008),^[11] Mylo Xyloto (2011),^[12] and Ghost Stories (2014) were the most successful albums made available by a group in their corresponding years, with the first two being the overall best-sellers.^[13] Similarly, the first three have topped the charts in over 30 countries each.^[14] Regarding singles, "Viva la Vida" marked the first time a British act peaked at number one in the United States and United Kingdom simultaneously in nearly four decades;^[15] "Paradise" became the highest-selling rock song of 2011 in the latter region;^[16] and "A Sky Full of Stars" was an iTunes chart-topper in more than 70 markets.^[17]

Coldplay then released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams (2015), which was mostly kept from number one around the world by Adele's 25.^[18] However, the record enjoyed a sales resurgence after the band performed at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show,^[19] eventually reaching six million copies.^[20] Its accompanying piece, Kaleidoscope EP, featured a live version of "Something Just Like This", ranked by the IFPI as the third-best-selling track of 2017.^[21] The group's eighth album, Everyday Life, arrived in 2019 and reached number one in 12 countries.^[22] Its successor, Music of the Spheres (2021), had the biggest first-week sales of the year in the United Kingdom when made available.^[23] MusicWeek reported that the record boosted CD sales in the country.^[24] Coldplay also became the first British band to debut atop Billboard Hot 100, with "My Universe".^[25] Their tenth album, Moon Music (2024), had the fastest sales of the 2020s decade by a group on the UK Albums Chart,^[26] extending their streak of most number-ones without missing the top (10).^[27]