Editing Chris Martin (section)

== Career ==
=== Coldplay ===
{{Main|Coldplay}}
[[File:Chris Martin-viva-cropped.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|Martin performing with Coldplay in 2010 during the [[Viva la Vida Tour]]]]
Martin was responsible for co-founding the band along with Buckland; they met each other during [[University College London|UCL]]'s [[Student orientation|orientation week]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=25 August 2005 |title=Coldplay's Quiet Storm |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplays-quiet-storm-77262/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220204022830/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplays-quiet-storm-77262/ |archive-date=4 February 2022 |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref> The pair spent the rest of the year planning a band and started to write their first songs together in early 1997, practising every night as well.<ref name="LITBC">{{harv|Wild|Croft|2018|pp=110–113}}</ref> Berryman joined the group in the following months and they recorded numerous demos without a drummer.<ref name="BFN">{{harv|Wild|Croft|2018|pp=13–16}}</ref> By November, the trio was known as Big Fat Noises.<ref name="BFN" /> In 1998, they became Starfish "in a panic", as Champion scheduled their debut live performance at The Laurel Tree only a few days after he joined the line-up.<ref name="TLTS">{{Cite web |date=16 January 1998 |title=The Live Debut |url=https://timeline.coldplay.com/article/first-show-the-laurel-tree-camden-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415144136/https://timeline.coldplay.com/article/first-show-the-laurel-tree-camden-2/ |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=20 January 2022 |website=Coldplay Timeline}}</ref> Weeks later, the band settled on the name Coldplay,<ref name="TLTS" /> which came from UCL friend Tim Crompton.<ref name="BFN" /> He originally considered it for his own band after finding a copy of Philip Horky's ''Child's Reflections, Cold Play'' (1997), but the idea was ultimately discarded.<ref name="BFN" />

Since the release of their debut album, ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]'', in 2000, the band have achieved internationally recognised fame and success. Their song "Yellow", from ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]'', entered the charts at number four and began the group's enduring popularity.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/coldplay-s-official-top-20-best-selling-singles-revealed-__4117/ |title=Coldplay's Official Top 20 biggest selling songs revealed! |website=www.officialcharts.com |access-date=25 February 2016 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810180536/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/coldplay-s-official-top-20-best-selling-singles-revealed-__4117/ |url-status=live}}</ref> To date, they have released ten studio albums in total including ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]],'' ''[[A Rush of Blood to the Head]]'', ''[[X&Y]]'', ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'', ''[[Mylo Xyloto]]'', ''[[Ghost Stories (Coldplay album)|Ghost Stories]]'', ''[[A Head Full of Dreams]]'', ''[[Everyday Life (Coldplay album)|Everyday Life]]'', ''[[Music of the Spheres (Coldplay album)|Music of the Spheres]], and [[Moon Music]]''.

=== Solo work ===
Martin has written songs for a variety of acts including [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]] ("[[Gravity (Embrace song)|Gravity]]") and [[Jamelia]] ("[[See It in a Boy's Eyes]]", co-written with Coldplay producer [[Rik Simpson]]). Martin has also collaborated with [[Ron Sexsmith]], [[Faultline (musician)|Faultline]], [[the Streets]], and [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]]. He also sang a part of the vocals for the [[Band Aid 20]] single "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" at the end of 2004. In 2005, Martin collaborated with [[Nelly Furtado]] on the track "[[All Good Things (Come to an End)]]", for her 2006 album, ''[[Loose (Nelly Furtado album)|Loose]]''. The two were once rumoured to be a couple, after they both performed at [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]] in 2002. Furtado joked about it, saying, "Yeah, he's my boyfriend — he just doesn't know it yet".<ref name="chartattack">{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Chart (magazine)|Chart]] |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/29676/compilation-brings-nelly-furtado-and-chris-martin-together-forever |date=5 September 2001 |title=Compilation Brings Nelly Furtado and Chris Martin Together Forever |access-date=8 October 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=Jennica |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

[[File:Coldplay Music Midtown.jpg|thumb|right|Martin performing at [[Music Midtown]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, on 24 September 2011]]
Martin's fascination with [[hip hop music|hip hop]] was shown in mid-2006 when he collaborated with rapper [[Jay-Z]] for the rapper's comeback album, ''[[Kingdom Come (Jay-Z album)|Kingdom Come]]'', after the two met earlier in the year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=They're Friends?! 20 Celebrity Pals That Might Surprise You|url=http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/35513447/image/35514678/Jay-Z-Chris-Martin|website=Popsugar.com|date=19 August 2014|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915234542/http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/35513447/image/35514678/Jay-Z-Chris-Martin|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin put some chords together for a song known as "[[Beach Chair (song)|Beach Chair]]" and sent them to Jay-Z who enlisted the help of hip-hop producer [[Dr. Dre]] to mix it. Coldplay producer [[Rik Simpson]] conceived and performed the drum beats. The song was performed on 27 September 2006 by the two during Jay-Z's European tour at [[Royal Albert Hall]]. Martin has also worked on a solo collaboration with [[Kanye West]], with whom he shared an impromptu [[jam session]] during a 2006 concert at [[Abbey Road Studios]].<ref name="NME">[https://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/22246 "Chris Martin to release solo collaboration"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202535/http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/22246 |date=3 March 2016}} ''NME'' magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2006.</ref> He performed the chorus of "[[Homecoming (Kanye West song)|Homecoming]]", from Kanye West's album ''[[Graduation (album)|Graduation]]''.

In 2015, Martin collaborated with DJ [[Avicii]] to work on two new tracks for his album ''[[Stories (Avicii album)|Stories]]''. Their first collaboration was officially named "Heaven". Martin wrote the lyrics, Avicii did the production, and Simon Aldred of [[Cherry Ghost]] was the vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/03/avicii-chris-martin-coldplay-stories-heaven-stream/|title=Avicii And Chris Martin Dance in 'Heaven' on Their New Song {{!}} SPIN|website=Spin|date=2 March 2015|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415055824/http://www.spin.com/2015/03/avicii-chris-martin-coldplay-stories-heaven-stream/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also provided the vocals for Avicii's True Believer, also in ''Stories''. In February 2017, Martin performed "[[A Different Corner]]" at the [[2017 Brit Awards]] in tribute to [[George Michael]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7701362/the-chainsmokers-chris-martin-something-just-like-this-brit-awards-performance-video|title=The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Deliver Live Debut of 'Something Just Like This' at 2017 Brit Awards|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=20 April 2019|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=9 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309203313/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7701362/the-chainsmokers-chris-martin-something-just-like-this-brit-awards-performance-video|url-status=live}}</ref>

A song he co-wrote called "Homesick" appears on [[Dua Lipa]]'s [[Dua Lipa (album)|self-titled debut album]], which was released in June 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cantor|first1=Brian|title=Dua Lipa Confirms She Wrote A Song With Chris Martin|url=https://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/04/13/dua-lipa-confirms-wrote-song-chris-martin/|website=HeadlinePlanet.com|access-date=17 April 2017|date=13 April 2017|archive-date=17 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417120634/http://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/04/13/dua-lipa-confirms-wrote-song-chris-martin|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Martin was featured on [[Avicii]]'s posthumous album ''[[Tim (Avicii album)|Tim]].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/arts/music/avicii-tim-bergling-new-music.html|title=Avicii's Death Left Many Questions. Will His New Music Provide Answers?|last=Farber|first=Jim|date=5 April 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 May 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219050730/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/arts/music/avicii-tim-bergling-new-music.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The song "[[Heaven (Avicii song)|Heaven]]" features vocals by Martin and was written by Avicii and Martin prior to Avicii's death.<ref>{{Citation|title={{lrm}}アヴィーチーの「TIM」|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/tim/1462628887|language=ja-jp|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>

=== Philanthropy ===
On 12 December 2012, Martin performed three songs, including "[[Losing My Religion]]" with [[Michael Stipe]], as a part of the "12/12/12 Concert" which was held as a fundraiser for [[Hurricane Sandy]] relief.<ref>[https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/13/sprinsteen-jagger-clapton-sandy-concert/ "12 Unforgettable Photos from the Epic 12-12-12 Sandy Benefit Concert"], entertainment.time.com; retrieved 15 December 2012.</ref> On 15 November 2014, Martin joined charity group [[Band Aid 30]], performing alongside British and Irish pop acts on the latest version of the track "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" at [[Sarm West Studios]] in [[Notting Hill]], London to raise money for the [[2014 Ebola outbreaks|2014 Ebola crisis]] in Western Africa — this was the second time Martin has contributed to a Band Aid recording having performed in the 2004 version.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=10 November 2014 |title=Band Aid 30: One Direction among celebrity line-up |newspaper=Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> Martin became the creative director of the newly established [[Global Citizen Festival]] in 2015, a role he plans to fulfil for 15 years.<ref name="Martin">{{Cite magazine |date=20 September 2015 |title=Chris Martin Talks New 15-Year Gig as Curator of Global Citizen Festival |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6472907/chris-martin-global-citizen-festival-interview |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229152449/http://www.billboard.com/articles/6472907/chris-martin-global-citizen-festival-interview |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Other projects ===
Martin and Coldplay guitarist [[Jonny Buckland]] made [[cameo appearance]]s in the film ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' as supporters of the fictional charity ZombAid.<ref name="IMtriv">''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004)&nbsp;– Trivia, IMDb, 2008, webpage: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/trivia IMDb-5748] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225061530/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/trivia? |date=25 February 2018}}: notes role as zombie, and singer in [[Ash (band)|Ash]] music.</ref> In 2006, Martin had a cameo role in the second series, episode four, of the [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]] comedy ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''. He also appears singing in the closing credits of the 2009 [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] film ''[[Brüno (film)|Brüno]]'', with [[Bono]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Snoop Dogg]], and [[Elton John]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ben Child|date=1 April 2009|title=Bono and Chris Martin record spoof single for Sacha Baron Cohen film|work=The Guardian|location=London, UK|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/sacha-baron-cohen-bono-chris-martin|access-date=9 July 2009|archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113153353/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/sacha-baron-cohen-bono-chris-martin|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2015, Martin attended the televised launch of [[Streaming media|music streaming]] service [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] via a video link, and revealed himself, along with other notable artists, as a shareholder in the company.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 March 2015|title=Six awkward moments at Jay Z's Tidal relaunch|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32127199|access-date=1 April 2015|work=[[BBC]]|archive-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401043840/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32127199|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2015, Martin performed "Til Kingdom Come" at the [[funeral Mass]] of [[Beau Biden]], the son of then United States Vice President [[Joe Biden]], after learning that Beau Biden was a fan of his.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-martin-honors-beau-biden-with-poignant-til-kingdom-come-20150607 Chris Martin performs at Beau Biden funeral] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912102324/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-martin-honors-beau-biden-with-poignant-til-kingdom-come-20150607 |date=12 September 2017}}, rollingstone.com; accessed 21 June 2015.</ref> In August 2017, Martin performed a live solo piano rendition of "[[Crawling (song)|Crawling]]" by [[Linkin Park]]. The performance was a tribute to Linkin Park's lead singer [[Chester Bennington]], who died by suicide the previous month.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2 August 2017|title=Watch Coldplay's Chris Martin Cover Linkin Park's 'Crawling'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-coldplays-chris-martin-cover-linkin-parks-crawling-w495462|access-date=3 August 2017|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630162037/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-coldplays-chris-martin-cover-linkin-parks-crawling-w495462|url-status=live}}</ref>