Coldplay single downloaded by 600,000 people In First Day, 2 Million In Week

[busybeeburns]

 

'Violet Hill' is a huge success digitally - now get it physically

 

Coldplay’s new single 'Violet Hill' was downloaded for free by over 600,000 people in the 24 hours since it was made available at 12.15pm on Tuesday (April 29).

 

In the first 12 hours it was downloaded by 300,000. This figure doubled overnight as other countries logged on to Coldplay.com, the source of the free download.

 

The single will be available free for a week and will then be released as a paid-for digital single on May 6.

 

The group’s album 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends' will be released on June 12.

 

A free Coldplay 7-inch vinyl single will be given away with the issue of NME that comes out on May 7. The vinyl will include the first physical release of 'Violet Hill' and 'A Spell A Rebel Yell', a song that wll not be released anywhere else.

 

To ensure you get your copy of the exclusive Coldplay vinyl you can pre-order your issue from NME.COM through the NME Store now.

 

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/36320

[johnnymax865]

very good!

let's hope the album sales will have the same success

[Rivers of Avalon]

wow 600 000 people... its incredible...

[Chavi]

:dance:

yeah ! I hope they'll do that great with album sales, even though we all know they dont care that much!

[Jpw48]

Thats actually amazing!

I wonder if it'll pass the million mark after a full week?

[costello]

:dance:

yeah ! I hope they'll do that great with album sales, even though we all know they dont care that much!

 

lol

[Jpw48]

:dance:

yeah ! I hope they'll do that great with album sales, even though we all know they dont care that much!

 

I bet EMI care :P

[Chavi]

EMI's a bunch of assholes ! :rolleyes:

[gus]

all the bands recieve much money for their concerts not for their sales.

[Jpw48]

all the bands recieve much money for their concerts not for their sales.

 

But EMI are going to be in serious financial problems if Coldplay don't make some serious sales with this album. From EMI's financial plans, everything seems to be penned on this release. :confused:

[snowshine]

Lol it might've been twice that number if people could've figured out how to get past the "password" screen. :lol:

[Jpw48]

Lol it might've been twice that number if people could've figured out how to get past the "password" screen. :lol:

 

Yeah, whats all this about a password screen? I don't remember any of that. Although I was in a bit of a rush, trying to get back to my graphics exam with the track ;)

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

ahh, 600,000 in the first day! that's amazing. absolutely amazing. i think it'll hit a million by 11:59PM next monday. and this isn't counting all the times it's been unofficially shared by people that got it early and then sent it to people because they couldn't get the email because the site was so backed up. i bet that's another 5,000 or so right there, probably more.

 

ooh, i bet EMI is piiiiiiissed that they let coldplay do this for free!

[Irregular Joe]

ahh, 600,000 in the first day! that's amazing. absolutely amazing. i think it'll hit a million by 11:59PM next monday. and this isn't counting all the times it's been unofficially shared by people that got it early and then sent it to people because they couldn't get the email because the site was so backed up. i bet that's another 5,000 or so right there, probably more.

 

ooh, i bet EMI is piiiiiiissed that they let coldplay do this for free!

 

I don't necessarily think that EMI thinks this is a bad idea. What better way to boost interest in the upcoming album?

[ApproximatelyInfinite]

^well that is true, which is why i assume they let them do it this way in the first place. but i bet those greedy execs are just sobbing at the thought of all the money they could have made if they made coldplay charge for this. i mean, they obviously saw it coming, but i'm just imagining them really wringing their hands when making the decision.

[Mig-El]

yeah well we all know the song would be downloaded ilegally like 100 times more than legally if you had to pay for it, so it's ok, it's free and you know it's right

[snowshine]

Yeah, whats all this about a password screen? I don't remember any of that. Although I was in a bit of a rush, trying to get back to my graphics exam with the track ;)

 

Well, many people, after clicking on the email from Coldplay.com, got a screen asking for a username and password before they could download the song, but no one knows what it was lol.

 

I got about 6 emails before I got one that didn't ask for the password lol. :laugh3:

[Jpw48]

Well, many people, after clicking on the email from Coldplay.com, got a screen asking for a username and password before they could download the song, but no one knows what it was lol.

 

I got about 6 emails before I got one that didn't ask for the password lol. :laugh3:

 

well thats pretty strange! I must have got it first time lucky then! :D

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

go Coldplay!

[Giuly2E]

that's umbelievable!...600.000 :o

[gvargas]

They never sent me an e-mail. :(

 

I hope I find something in my inbox today. Luckily my sister was able to download it off this site! Thanks to that! :)

[Mimixxx]

600, 000? Impressive! :D

[Guest kmm1482]

As far as the password and username thing. After like the 10th try I saw that the blue link didn't cover the whole entire link. So when you click on the blue link it was leaving off like 3 or 4 characters. what you had to do was copy and paste the ENTIRE link to get it to work. It was pissing me off too!

As for actually GETTING the link, I never got a link with my AOL account until later that NIGHT!!!! I had to setup a brand new hotmail account and do it that way.

[TraceOddity]

Ian, is there a way to tell how often it was downloaded from...er...elsewhere?;) (MM)

[ricardo]

600 000, that's insane I bet it will reach 1 million by the end of the week