Editing Chris Martin (section)

=== 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]]''.