July 17, 20215 yr 20 minutes ago, thegreatone2003uk said: Where do you find this list too? For M5 and ID sales I've used Chartmasters, but Coldplay selling 100M albums is already confirmed by Parlophone and BPI. As for the other list, it's from the Acclaimed Music website, they gather year end, decade end and all time lists to rank artists. It's not 100% accurate but you can definitely put things into perspective. Edited July 17, 20215 yr by gustavothehuman
July 17, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, gustavothehuman said: Best Selling Artists of All Time #45. Coldplay - 100,879,000 #71. Maroon 5 - 72,446,000 #115. Imagine Dragons - 34,074,000 Most Acclaimed Artists of All Time* #133. Coldplay #2973. Maroon 5 #OUT. Imagine Dragons There's no complex, they're factually superior in nearly every front. The few 21st century bands that are more acclaimed don't have half of Coldplay's impact and influence. It's insane how while most fans celebrate their favorite artist's legacy y'all are so quick to dismiss it. Sometimes I see more praise for the band coming from the outside, and that's not normal. *Beyoncé sits at #77 on this list and she's the most awarded female artist ever, overall only Michael Jackson is ranking higher. If you think collaborating with her is joke worthy, then with all due respect, I'm afraid you don't know much about the music industry outside of your own stuff. Awards and Spotify success don't equate to great musical craftsmanship. Just look at Anathema or Porcupine Tree. Their genius and prowess is leagues ahead of Coldplay but they're hardly ever recognized and their sales aren't exactly chart topping. I can guarantee you if Pink Floyd were releasing music today the vast majority of people would write them off. Coldplay are making terrible decisions by following the wrong crowd at the wrong time. Just look at Keane's latest album. They too embraced some of the current popular trends but they handled it masterfully and when you listen to the album the signature sound and feel of the band is all over it. The lackluster reaction to Higher Power despite the band's efforts to constantly bash it in our ears is a sign not to be ignored.
July 17, 20215 yr 5 minutes ago, nvdmm said: Awards and Spotify success don't equate to great musical craftsmanship. Just look at Anathema or Porcupine Tree. Their genius and prowess is leagues ahead of Coldplay but they're hardly ever recognized and their sales aren't exactly chart topping. I can guarantee you if Pink Floyd were releasing music today the vast majority of people would write them off. Coldplay are making terrible decisions by following the wrong crowd at the wrong time. Just look at Keane's latest album. They too embraced some of the current popular trends but they handled it masterfully and when you listen to the album the signature sound and feel of the band is all over it. The lackluster reaction to Higher Power despite the band's efforts to constantly bash it in our ears is a sign not to be ignored. I didn't even mentioned Spotify. And the list of most acclaimed artists is not based on awards, it's based on reviews from critics, they listen to all sorts of non-mainstream stuff and you can find multiple acts that are not known by the general public. The "lackluster reaction" to Higher Power is honestly coming more from "fans" like you than the public, it's been charting better than Orphans everywhere around the world. It might not be smashing like previous singles but that was expected given how the band is just getting out of Everyday Life. It's pretty obvious by now that Coldplay is following a direction that goes alternative album > commercial album > alternative album again, just respect their decision, it's not that deep. Trashing the band and their collaborators everytime they're on the era that you don't enjoy is not going to achieve anything.
July 17, 20215 yr 10 hours ago, nvdmm said: I've been listening to M83 for years and it sounds nothing like them. I don't understand where the comparison is coming from. I wish some Coldplay fans didn't suffer from a superiority complex when people compare the band to the likes of Maroon 5 and Imagine Dragons. I wonder what the defense will be now! We used to joke around on here when VLV came out about how they'll one day collaborate with Beyonce and Pitbull. I'm staggered it all came true, except its only worse! 58 minutes ago, nvdmm said: Awards and Spotify success don't equate to great musical craftsmanship. Just look at Anathema or Porcupine Tree. Their genius and prowess is leagues ahead of Coldplay but they're hardly ever recognized and their sales aren't exactly chart topping. I can guarantee you if Pink Floyd were releasing music today the vast majority of people would write them off. Coldplay are making terrible decisions by following the wrong crowd at the wrong time. Just look at Keane's latest album. They too embraced some of the current popular trends but they handled it masterfully and when you listen to the album the signature sound and feel of the band is all over it. The lackluster reaction to Higher Power despite the band's efforts to constantly bash it in our ears is a sign not to be ignored. Sorry for the long post. Using some posts as reference to begin with. For the start, I guess you read something too literally. I listened one snippet just once and there was some classic synth pop spacy drumfill. That kind drum sound has never before occurred in Coldplay's music and for me it's something, which is classic for M83, but also is just general classic synth pop drum sound. These are just small elements, which can have different reference points for different people. Of course there is no way to compare Coldplay with M83, they are very different acts. Not much point of bringing in prog rock bands like Anathema and Porcupine Tree (which, although inactive now, is one of my favourite bands btw). They have been massively talented and all the musicians are just on another level, but they never achieved the mainstream status, although they really flirted with the idea of it at some point. The concept of Pink Floydish bands is kind of outdated in mainstream for now, sadly. Coldplay truly is a mainstream pop/rock act compared to these bands and they acknowledge it. There is generally not that much depth in their music, but they have their x-factor and you can count them as the last worldwide successful band for now. It doesn't seem like any of the bands these days are achieving that big stadium band status and bands hardly get into any charts now. Also I guess over the 20 years music industry has changed a lot and to still be successful band really takes a lot of work. For Coldplay, I feel like musically very much changed after Mylo Xyloto. Since Ghost Stories and Chris going through some difficulties, their songwriting has become very different. We can't tell for sure, if this is conscious decision or that's just what's really coming through for Chris these days. At least from interviews it seems like they create what comes to them naturally and that's what matters to me at least. In this case it's more of a matter of taste and it's impossible to please everyone at each step. All I can see, they really enjoy giving these massive stadium concerts, while trying to continue being relevant in music industry, but at the same time remember their roots and also enjoy making some low-key alternative albums, like Everyday Life. Although it's controversial, I would like to say they have succeeded with all of it until now, but it gets more and more difficult to be successful on all of these fronts. I guess there isn't much point of comparing bands and artists, because all of them are unique and trying to progress in this world, having some more difficult times and some more successful times. Overall we can say that Coldplay has been certainly the most successful band worldwide in 21st century. Being together for so long, staying relevant, collaborating with so many different artists, developing their sound, while still maintaining the Coldplay feel to it and achieving the stadium band status leaves no room for saying their decisions have been wrong, because they seemingly achieved, what they dreamed of. Charts and reviews are just noise compared to all of this. That kind of success understandably sets the bar very high for each step in future, but the amount of opinions and criticism these days shows, that Coldplay still continues to matter and this is also a sign of success.
July 18, 20215 yr 5 hours ago, stepstr said: I really think we are getting something by the end of next week. With the Sept. 17th album date.
July 18, 20215 yr 11 minutes ago, Sonic85 said: With the Sept. 17th album date. My fiance birthday it's destiny
July 18, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, harrisonrules said: How can I react with a laugh and a sad face at the same time? ?
July 18, 20215 yr saw someone on discord post about this read the numbers backwards Translates to July 19th 2021 thats tomorrow
July 18, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, harrisonrules said: saw someone on discord post about this read the numbers backwards Translates to July 19th 2021 thats tomorrow when did you see it, I like to see it
July 18, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, harrisonrules said: saw someone on discord post about this read the numbers backwards Translates to July 19th 2021 thats tomorrow I'd think September 17 is a better guess. September 17 = Friday = new music? 12 could be the number of tracks as far as we know. Also might want to take a look at another number Chris mentioned: 917 or 9/17? That's the more reasonable guess. Edited July 18, 20215 yr by TheBigBadBono
July 18, 20215 yr Anyone spotted this? Or just an error on Spotify? Edited July 18, 20215 yr by JustSomeone
July 18, 20215 yr 36 minutes ago, JustSomeone said: Anyone spotted this? Or just an error on Spotify? It’s supposedly the alien and radio emojis. ?? so https://www.alienradio.fm
July 18, 20215 yr On 7/16/2021 at 5:43 PM, gustavothehuman said: I'm really interested in the Korean lyrics because I feel like those are the ones that will give the song more depth. Omg there are Korean lyrics ???
July 18, 20215 yr On 7/16/2021 at 7:24 PM, valentinpauls said: Can someone send me the snippets? Thank youuu! ? Me to plz
July 18, 20215 yr On 7/16/2021 at 8:06 PM, auroraa_4 said: Same here I'd really appreciate if someone could send me the snippets ! Thanks !! Can you send me to plz
July 18, 20215 yr On 7/16/2021 at 6:19 AM, IcebatofvalikinRRBZ8 said: Wow! Btw do you have all 6 snippets? Can I have them? If you have U can send me plz
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July 18, 20215 yr On 7/16/2021 at 8:45 AM, gustavothehuman said: @Till @tb_abc @maeli @Dexynboy Just added all of you on my snippet link DM, am I missing anyone else? Me too plz
July 18, 20215 yr On 7/16/2021 at 2:37 PM, Famous_Old_Painter said: This can't be real, right? ? https://youtu.be/3Ewb8zSKbQ0 Omg what is that ??? It s deleted
July 18, 20215 yr 33 minutes ago, Jjk1 said: Plz me I've added you to the DMs! Can you please hide some of your comments though? Not to be rude but it's flooding the thread ?
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