MrMagpie Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 http://www.last.fm/bestof/2008/album/1 It's probably not a stretch to say that Coldplay are the biggest band in the world today. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was hugely anticipated, and saw the band under even more pressure to deliver the goods financially. Despite poor sales across the board for record labels, it took just three days for it to gain platinum ranking, and now the band have sold around 40 million albums worldwide: They've come a long long way from the rainy beach they shot 'Yellow' on eight years ago. With Brian Eno at the helm, an announcement that shocked many haughty music purists, Viva la Vida... became a spacious, ethereal creature, decked with choirs and church bells as well as an off-kilter orchestra that did more than just underscore the sad bits. Singles and album tracks share space on the band's most played top ten, proving that the Last.fm listeners responded to more than just iPod adverts and clever videos: there was a depth to the album that demanded repeat plays. Coldplay recently released the Prospekt's March EP, containing unreleased unreleased tracks from the Viva la Vida... sessions. They will be touring in support of the EP and the album well into 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooTelevision Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Win for Coldplay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 They also had a tonne of songs in the top 10 songs of the year on last.fm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudy_o Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Last.fm is owned by Coldplay :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notlost92 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 And 6 out of the top 10 songs... VLV is #1, of course :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
but a dream Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yay :dance: I contributed a bit to the win too :nice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudy_o Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 ^ So do I! Thus don't listen to other bands songs :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki0012 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yeah before i got the album which was like 3 weeks ago......... I listened to the albums short tracks on last.fm....and I kept playing it because it kept me hypnotized like i wanted to listen to uplifting beats and strings that have never heard b4.......so thats why i think coldplay topped...last.fm .viva is just mysterious and amazing in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainloafers Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabelle Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thanks for the info! :) That's great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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