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, with estimated sales of 160 million records. 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. Moreover, the British Phonographic Industry claimed that their international success contributed to British music export rates several times. Other milestones for the band include more than 40 billion streams on Spotify and 20 billion views on YouTube.
After launching their extended plays Safety and The Blue Room, Coldplay entered the UK Singles Chart for the first time with "Brothers & Sisters", at number 92. It was followed by "Shiver" and "Yellow", which became their first Top 40 and Top 10 entries, respectively. With the release of Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, and X&Y, they scored three of the 50 best-selling albums in the United Kingdom. The former included Top 10 singles such as "In My Place", "Clocks" and "The Scientist", while the latter achieved one of the largest sales week in the country. Coldplay were also the first British act to spend three weeks atop Billboard 200 since the Beatles in 2000 and 2001.
Globally, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has confirmed that X&Y, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Mylo Xyloto, and Ghost Stories were the most successful albums made available by a band in their respective years, with the first two becoming the overall best-sellers. Similarly, all four have topped the charts in over 30 countries each. In terms of singles, "Viva la Vida" heralded the first time British musicians peaked at number one in the United States and United Kingdom simultaneously in nearly four decades; "Paradise" became the highest-selling rock song of 2011 in the latter region; and "A Sky Full of Stars" was an iTunes chart-topper in more than 90 markets.
Coldplay then released their seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, which was mostly kept from number one around the world by Adele's 25. However, the record enjoyed a sales resurgence after the band performed at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, eventually reaching six million copies. 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. The group's eighth album, Everyday Life, arrived in 2019 and reached number one in 12 countries. Its successor, Music of the Spheres, had the biggest first-week sales of the year in the United Kingdom when made available. MusicWeek reported that the record boosted CD sales in the country. Coldplay also became the first British band to debut atop Billboard Hot 100, with "My Universe". Their tenth album, Moon Music, was the fastest-selling release of the 2020s by a group on the UK Albums Chart, extending their streak of most number-ones without missing the top.