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{{About|the lead singer of Coldplay|2=other people|3=Chris Martin (disambiguation)}} {{Short description|English singer-songwriter (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Chris Martin | image = ChrisMartinManch030623 (cropped).jpg | alt = Martin on stage with his microphone, wearing a tye-die shirt and a black jacket | caption = Martin performing with [[Coldplay]] in 2023 | birth_name = Christopher Anthony<br/>John Martin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|03|02}} | birth_place = [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], England | alma_mater = [[University College London]] | occupation = {{Flatlist| * Singer * songwriter * musician * producer }} | years_active = 1997–present | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Gwyneth Paltrow]]|2003|2016|reason=divorced}} | partner = [[Dakota Johnson]]<br/>(2017–present) | children = 2, including [[Apple Martin|Apple]] | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Coldplay|Full list]] | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | origin = [[London]], England | genre = {{Flatlist| * [[Alternative rock]] * [[pop rock]] * {{nowrap|[[post-Britpop]]}} * [[Pop music|pop]] }} | instruments = {{Flatlist| * Vocals * piano * keyboards * guitar * harmonica }} | label = {{Flatlist| * [[Fierce Panda]] * [[Parlophone]] * [[Nettwerk]] * [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] * [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] }} | current_member_of = [[Coldplay]] }} | signature = Chris Martin signature (vector).svg | signature_size = 122px }} '''Christopher Anthony John Martin''' (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Coldplay]]. Born in [[Exeter]], Martin went to [[University College London]], where he formed Coldplay with [[Jonny Buckland]], [[Guy Berryman]] and [[Will Champion]]. The band signed with [[Parlophone]] in 1999, finding global fame with ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]'' (2000) and following albums. He has won seven [[Grammy Awards]] and nine [[Brit Awards]] as part of Coldplay. Having sold more than 100 million albums worldwide,{{efn|The term "records" is for album and single sales combined.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2021 |title=What's The Difference Between A Record And An Album? 5 Things To Know |url=https://thesoundofvinyl.us/blogs/vinyl-101/difference-between-a-record-and-album |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215174331/https://thesoundofvinyl.us/blogs/vinyl-101/difference-between-a-record-and-album |archive-date=15 December 2021 |access-date=15 December 2021 |website=The Sound of Vinyl}}</ref> Coldplay, however, sold 100 million copies in albums alone, while [[Parlophone]] have not disclosed the amount of records.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2021 |title=Coldplay Re-Ups with Warner Music Group for Long-Term Deal Via Parlophone |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/coldplay-extends-warner-music-deal-parlophone-atlantic-1235081953/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220108020320/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/coldplay-extends-warner-music-deal-parlophone-atlantic-1235081953/ |archive-date=8 January 2022 |access-date=6 October 2021 |website=Variety}}</ref>}} they are the most successful group of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 June 2024 |title=Glastonbury 2024: The Reason Coldplay Are the 21st Century's Defining Band |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240624-the-reason-coldplay-are-the-21st-centurys-most-loved-band |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050702/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240624-the-reason-coldplay-are-the-21st-centurys-most-loved-band |archive-date=28 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=BBC Culture}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'' and ''[[Evening Standard]]'' have cited Martin among the most influential figures in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2004 |title=The Music Industry's 100 Most Influential People |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-music-industry-s-100-most-influential-people-5355761.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220606020251/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-music-industry-s-100-most-influential-people-5355761.html |archive-date=6 June 2022 |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=The Independent}} * {{Cite web |date=8 November 2012 |title=London's 1000 Most Influential People 2012: Music Makers, Rock and Pop |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/londons-1000-most-influential-people-2012-music-makers-rock-and-pop-8293577.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230033906/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/londons-1000-most-influential-people-2012-music-makers-rock-and-pop-8293577.html |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> while ''[[American Songwriter]]'' ranked him as one of the best male singers of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2024 |title=The Best Male Vocalists of the 21st Century |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-best-male-vocalists-of-the-21st-century/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427190948/https://americansongwriter.com/the-best-male-vocalists-of-the-21st-century/ |archive-date=27 April 2024 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=American Songwriter}}</ref> == Early life == Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], England.<ref name="whoswho">{{Who's Who|author=Anon|title=Martin, Christopher Anthony John|id=U268294|year=2024|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U268294|edition=176th|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford|isbn=9781399409452|oclc=1402257203|pages=2736}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Latest Coldplay News |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227022423/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |archive-date=27 February 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Capital FM |type=Press the "View More" button on the "Facts" column}}</ref> He is the eldest of five children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Martin |url=https://www.biography.com/musician/chris-martin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303234916/https://www.biography.com/musician/chris-martin |archive-date=3 March 2020 |access-date=18 March 2020 |website=Biography}}</ref> His father, Anthony John Martin, is a retired chartered accountant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony John MARTIN – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/0W8r-v73fLE2JjmxICpyBy8tWqk/appointments |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101015731/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/0W8r-v73fLE2JjmxICpyBy8tWqk/appointments |archive-date=1 November 2018 |access-date=12 May 2019 |website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}}</ref> His mother, Alison Martin, is from Zimbabwe and works as a music teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/entertainment/coldplays-chris-martin-narrates-zimbabwean-connection/|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin narrates his Zimbabwean connection – The Zimbabwe Mail|author=Staff Reporter|date=4 September 2017|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215014539/https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/entertainment/coldplays-chris-martin-narrates-zimbabwean-connection/|url-status=live}}</ref> His family's caravan and motorhome sales business, Martin's of Exeter, was founded in 1929 by his grandfather John Besley Martin, CBE (a High Sheriff-also Mayor in 1968 of Exeter).<ref name="Burke's Peerage 1999">Burke's Peerage, 1999. vol. 2, p. 1689</ref><ref name="standard.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-very-genteel-mr-paltrow-7295601.html|title=The very genteel Mr Paltrow|date=9 December 2003|website=Evening Standard|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512112108/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-very-genteel-mr-paltrow-7295601.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/martin.php|title=Exeter Memories Chris Martin|website=www.exetermemories.co.uk|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123024615/http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/martin.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-martin-the-stereo-mc-120114.html|title=Chris Martin: The stereo MC|access-date=23 February 2003|work=[[Independent (newspaper)|Independent]]|location=London, UK|date=23 February 2003|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925143342/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-martin-the-stereo-mc-120114.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="observer">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/07/popandrock|title=The Observer Profile: Jonny Buckland and Chris Martin|access-date=4 November 2008|date=7 December 2003|work=The Observer|location=London|archive-date=29 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729040559/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/dec/07/popandrock|url-status=live}}</ref> His great-great-grandfather, [[William Willett]], campaigned for and made [[daylight saving time]] a recognised practice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dekel |first=Jon |date=9 March 2014 |title=Daylight Saving Time's Coldplay connection |url=https://o.canada.com/entertainment/music/daylight-saving-times-coldplay-connection |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118104732/https://o.canada.com/entertainment/music/daylight-saving-times-coldplay-connection |archive-date=18 November 2018 |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=Canada.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2006 |title=Pioneer of British Summer Time to be recognised |url=http://www.actonw3.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/conhist10.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514001425/http://www.actonw3.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/conhist10.htm |archive-date=14 May 2021 |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=ActonW3.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Hansard|title=Lighter Evenings (Experiment) Bill|jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom|house=House of Lords|date=24 March 2006|volume=679|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCYNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Chris+Martin%22+%22William+Willett%22|column=461|speaker=Lord Tanlaw|quote=Is the Minister aware also that in 1909, William Willett, who was the great-great grandfather of the popular singer Chris Martin of Coldplay, drafted Bills for Parliament's acceptance proposing daylight saving in this country as a means of conserving energy?}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411153833/https://books.google.com/books?id=FCYNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Chris+Martin%22+%22William+Willett%22 |date=11 April 2023}}</ref> Martin lived with his family in Zimbabwe when he was 10 years old,<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 2017 |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Performs the Earliest Breakfast Session Ever |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/S1zbPJzlpQ5dKk4jVGkymN/coldplay-s-chris-martin-performs-the-earliest-breakfast-session-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518150618/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/S1zbPJzlpQ5dKk4jVGkymN/coldplay-s-chris-martin-performs-the-earliest-breakfast-session-ever |archive-date=18 May 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=BBC Radio 1}}</ref> later attending the Hylton and [[Exeter Cathedral School|Exeter Cathedral]] schools, where he found his passion for music.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 April 2021 |title=Chris Martin: Exeter School Sparked Coldplay Star's Love for Music |url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/chris-martin-exeter-school-sparked-5299142 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241102191222/https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/chris-martin-exeter-school-sparked-5299142 |archive-date=2 November 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=Devon Online}}</ref> His secondary education was carried out at [[Sherborne School]], where he met Coldplay manager [[Phil Harvey (band manager)|Phil Harvey]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 2002|title=The State of Coldplay|journal=Q}}</ref> Before college in England, he worked at [[Shed Studios]], producing jingles for plays at [[St. George's College, Harare]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 September 2022 |title=Coldplay en Colombia: Detalles del Vocalista, Chris Martin, Que Quizá No Conocía |trans-title=Coldplay in Colombia: Details About Vocalist Chris Martin That You May Not Have Known |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/09/16/coldplay-en-colombia-detalles-del-vocalista-chris-martin-que-quiza-no-conocia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241102190142/https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/09/16/coldplay-en-colombia-detalles-del-vocalista-chris-martin-que-quiza-no-conocia/ |archive-date=2 November 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=Infobae |language=es}}</ref> He then enrolled at [[University College London]], where he was awarded a [[British undergraduate degree classification|first-class honours]] degree in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] and [[Latin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2003 |title=Countdown for Clocks |url=http://www.coldplay.com/ezine/ezine8.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514210230/http://www.coldplay.com/ezine/ezine8.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2005 |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=Coldplay E-Zine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Coldplay recall UCL |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2005/jun/coldplay-recall-ucl |website=UCL News |access-date=9 March 2022 |date=29 June 2005 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220203064218/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2005/jun/coldplay-recall-ucl |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="observer" /> It was at UCL that Martin met [[Jonny Buckland]], [[Guy Berryman]] and [[Will Champion]].<ref name="University Challenge">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1183008.stm|title=Coldplay's university challenge|access-date=21 February 2001|work=BBC News|date=22 February 2001|archive-date=10 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610034136/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1183008.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> == 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) – 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> == Influences == [[File:Chris Martin 2017 in Hamburg.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Martin performing with Coldplay in 2017]] A major influence on Martin and Coldplay was the Scottish rock band [[Travis (band)|Travis]], with Martin crediting the band for the creation of his own band.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/martin-travis-invented-coldplay_1019613 |title=Chris Martin | Martin: 'Travis Invented Coldplay' |magazine=Contactmusic |date=20 January 2007 |access-date=14 January 2012}}</ref> The Irish rock band [[U2]] is another important influence on Martin both musically and politically.<ref name="rollingstone">{{Cite web|title=The Immortals: The First Fifty|work=Rolling Stone Issue 946|publisher=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940051/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_22_u2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304020929/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940051/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_22_u2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2008 |access-date=21 December 2006}}</ref> Martin wrote for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ''Magazine'''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" on the band,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2006|title=100 Greatest Artists of All Time|access-date=22 March 2009|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> saying: "I don't buy weekend tickets to Ireland and hang out in front of their gates, but U2 are the only band whose entire catalogue I know by heart. The first song on ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]'', "[[A Sort of Homecoming (U2 song)|A Sort of Homecoming]]", I know backward and forward—it's so rousing, brilliant, and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby."<ref name="rollingstone" /> Martin has been also influenced by [[Radiohead]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-coldplay-to-radiohead-connection-a-video-investigation-20080617 |title=Chris Martin | The Coldplay to Radiohead Connection: A Video Investigation' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=17 June 2008 |access-date=25 April 2014 |archive-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512150217/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-coldplay-to-radiohead-connection-a-video-investigation-20080617 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Coldplay invited and performed alongside [[Michael J. Fox]] at the [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=2024-07-01 |title=Glastonbury 2024: 15 magical and memorable moments |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ve1zn9wlyo |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Martin is very vocal about his love for Norwegian [[synth-pop]] band [[a-ha]]. In 2005, he stated in an interview: "I found myself in [[Amsterdam]] the other day and I put a-ha's first record on. I just remembered how much I loved it. It's incredible songwriting. Everyone asks what inspired us, what we've been trying to steal from and what we listened to as we were growing up — the first band I ever loved was a-ha."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/martin-im-a-big-fan-of-aha|title=Martin: 'I'm A Big Fan Of a-ha'|date=20 April 2005|access-date=1 November 2009|archive-date=11 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111155558/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/martin-im-a-big-fan-of-aha|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin has also performed live together with [[Magne Furuholmen]] of a-ha, introducing him as "the best keyboard player in the world".<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFfQhUvJ_0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120111012/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFfQhUvJ_0|archive-date=20 January 2014|url-status=dead|title=Coldplay – Hunting High and Low (Chris Martin and Mags)|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref> In November 2011, he stated that "back when we didn't have any hits of our own we used to play a-ha songs."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/11/24/kultur/musikk/konsert/coldplay/19142941|title=Vi kjente at noen av de nye låtene virkelig fant sin liveform – kultur|publisher=Dagbladet.no|date=24 November 2011|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=29 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229091104/http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/11/24/kultur/musikk/konsert/coldplay/19142941/|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin is also a fan of English rock bands [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] and [[Muse (band)|Muse]],<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web |date=November 2002 |title=Chris Talks Us Through A Rush of Blood to the Head |url=http://www.coldplay.com/content/ezine/documents/ezine6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408163645/http://www.coldplay.com/content/ezine/documents/ezine6.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2008 |access-date=13 July 2022 |website=Coldplay E-Zine}}</ref> Irish pop group [[Westlife]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/star-style/get-the-look/258700/chris-martin-i-dream-about-westlife/1/|title=Chris Martin: I dream about Westlife|date=30 May 2008|work=[[Now (UK magazine)|Now]]|access-date=22 October 2009|archive-date=18 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418225524/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/star-style/get-the-look/258700/chris-martin-i-dream-about-westlife/1|url-status=live}}</ref> English-Irish girl group [[Girls Aloud]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/05/girlsaloud.popandrock|title=Girls uninterrupted|author=Sylvia Patterson|work=[[The Observer]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|date=5 October 2008|access-date=6 October 2008|location=London, UK|archive-date=19 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919065340/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/05/girlsaloud.popandrock|url-status=live}}</ref> English pop group [[Take That]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20081117/14184/chris-martin-reveals-coldplays-secret-love-of-take-that |title=Chris Martin reveals Coldplays secret love of Take That |work=Celebrities News |publisher=fametastic |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=12 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218123828/http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20081117/14184/chris-martin-reveals-coldplays-secret-love-of-take-that/ |archive-date=18 February 2009}}</ref> and Canadian [[indie rock]] band [[Arcade Fire]]. In 2014, Martin inducted [[Peter Gabriel]] into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] for his solo career, and performed live with him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/76664|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin performs with Peter Gabriel at Rock And Roll Hall of Fame ceremony|publisher=[[NME]]|date=11 April 2014|access-date=11 April 2014|archive-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414053323/http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/76664|url-status=live}}</ref> Coldplay performed [[R.E.M.]]'s "[[Nightswimming]]" with [[Michael Stipe]] during their [[Austin City Limits]] performance in 2005, as a part of the [[Twisted Logic Tour]]. Martin went on to call "Nightswimming" "the greatest song ever written".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jambase.com/Articles/7663/COLDPLAY-ON-AUSTIN-CITY-LIMITS|title=Coldplay on Austin City Limits on Jambase|publisher=Jambase.com|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-date=26 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026231747/http://www.jambase.com/Articles/7663/COLDPLAY-ON-AUSTIN-CITY-LIMITS|url-status=live}}</ref> He has called [[Richard Ashcroft]], formerly of [[the Verve]], "the best singer in the world".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/14747/richard-ashcroft-married-to-chris-martin|title=Richard Ashcroft 'Married' To Chris Martin|work=Gigwise|date=19 March 2006|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724090528/http://www.gigwise.com/news/14747/richard-ashcroft-married-to-chris-martin|url-status=live}}</ref> He also admires the lyrics of [[Morrissey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-149-1247301|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin: 'I'll never write lyrics like Jay Z or Morrissey'|date=28 April 2014|work=nme.com|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515063304/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-149-1247301|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin was quoted as calling Coldplay's song "[[Shiver (Coldplay song)|Shiver]]" a rip-off [[Jeff Buckley]] influenced by Buckley's song "[[Grace (Jeff Buckley song)|Grace]]". In 2008, Coldplay released an alternate music video for ''[[Viva la Vida]]'', directed by [[Anton Corbijn]] as a tribute to Corbijn's 1990 video for [[Depeche Mode]]'s "[[Enjoy the Silence]]". It shows Martin dressed as a king, as [[Dave Gahan]] was in the original video. The band stated: "This is our attempt at a video cover version, made out of love for Depeche Mode and the genius of Anton Corbijn".{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} == Personal life == According to ''[[The Times]]'' in May 2023, Martin had an estimated net worth of £160 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2023 |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Net Worth – Sunday Times Rich List 2023 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/chris-martin-coldpay-net-worth-sunday-times-rich-list-fbv8j5mvh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230519100241/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chris-martin-coldpay-net-worth-sunday-times-rich-list-fbv8j5mvh |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=The Times}}</ref> In a 2012 interview with the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', Martin revealed that he had been suffering from [[tinnitus]] since his early adult years, although he said that he had noticed the symptoms even as a teenager "while listening to loud music".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=John |title=Coldplay Frontman Chris Martin Reveals 10-Year Struggle With Ear Condition Tinnitus |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2582277/chris-martin-coldplay-tinnitus-ear-condition/ |website=MTV |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=5 April 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092038/http://www.mtv.com/news/2582277/chris-martin-coldplay-tinnitus-ear-condition/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> As a result, Martin wears specially filtered [[earplug]]s or customised [[in-ear monitor]]s while performing and has encouraged his bandmates to do the same as a preventive measure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Martin of Coldplay Has Tinnitus & Encourages Hearing Protection |url=https://hearingassociateslv.com/chris-martin-coldplay-has-tinnitus-encourages-hearing-protection/ |publisher=Hearing Associates of Las Vegas |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=30 September 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092041/https://hearingassociateslv.com/chris-martin-coldplay-has-tinnitus-encourages-hearing-protection/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Similarly, he has encouraged his children to wear hearing protection at concerts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coldplay Singer Chris Martin Has Tinnitus and Some Advice for Kids |url=https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/coldplay-chris-martin-tinnitus-kids-advice |website=Noisy Planet |publisher=[[National Institutes of Health]] |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=22 July 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092035/https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/coldplay-chris-martin-tinnitus-kids-advice |url-status=live}}</ref> Martin has also become an advocate for [[hearing loss]] awareness, having partnered with the [[Royal National Institute for Deaf People]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coldplay star Chris Martin suffers from tinnitus |url=https://www.hear-it.org/coldplay-star-chris-martin-suffers-from-tinnitus |website=Hear-it |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=22 June 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092034/https://www.hear-it.org/coldplay-star-chris-martin-suffers-from-tinnitus |url-status=live}}</ref> [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] named Martin the World's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2005.<ref>"[https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/chris-martin-named-worlds-sexiest-vegetarian/2005/07/23/1121539177645.html Chris Martin Named World's Sexiest Vegetarian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216213452/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/chris-martin-named-worlds-sexiest-vegetarian/2005/07/23/1121539177645.html |date=16 December 2017}}", Agence France-Presse, 23 July 2005.</ref> However, he began eating meat again after his separation from his then-wife, American actress [[Gwyneth Paltrow]].<ref>[http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chris-martin-no-longer-a-vegetarian-post-gwyneth-paltrow-split-201437 Chris Martin no longer a vegetarian post split with Paltrow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210531/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chris-martin-no-longer-a-vegetarian-post-gwyneth-paltrow-split-201437/ |date=12 June 2018}}, usmagazine.com; accessed 21 June 2015.</ref> Martin is a supporter of [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/coldplay-michael-jackson-1608032|title=From Michael Jackson to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, a look at famous Exeter City supporters|website=Devon Live|date=25 May 2018|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025045258/https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/coldplay-michael-jackson-1608032|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also [[Ambidexterity|ambidextrous]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1556315472143990784|user=coldplay|title=Chris has got setlist writing down to a fine art|author=Coldplay|date=7 August 2022|access-date=7 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807171922/https://twitter.com/coldplay/status/1556315472143990784|archive-date=7 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2020, a cassette tape was discovered by a former fellow pupil of Martin's. It contained a three-minute instrumental piece titled "Electric Thunder", which was composed by Martin, aged 12, at Exeter Cathedral School. Martin played keyboards on the track accompanying other pupils performing in a group called Grandisson Ensemble. The cassette was expected to sell for £600 at auction; it ultimately fetched £840 (US${{To USD round|840|GBR}}).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-02-17/lancashire-school-mate-puts-chris-martin-composition-from-when-coldplay-star-was-12-up-for-auction/ |title=Lancashire school mate puts Chris Martin composition from when Coldplay star was 12 up for auction |website=Itv.com |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224010854/https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-02-17/lancashire-school-mate-puts-chris-martin-composition-from-when-coldplay-star-was-12-up-for-auction/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lot 542 - Coldplay - Chris Martin School Tape |url=https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/542-coldplay---chris-martin-school-tape/?lot=1871&sd=1 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=bid.omegaauctions.co.uk}}</ref> === Relationships === According to one source, Martin previously had a relationship with live events producer [[Lily Sobhani]] around the ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]'' album release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2002 |title=Coldplay Star Ready to Find Love Again |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30065546.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230323210959/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30065546.html |archive-date=23 March 2023 |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Irish Examiner}}</ref> He and [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] married on 5 December 2003.<ref name=whoswho/><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=10 December 2003|title=Gwyneth Paltrow marries Chris Martin|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/12/11/gwyneth-paltrow-marries-chris-martin/|access-date=24 March 2009|archive-date=8 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608022812/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,559500,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Their daughter [[Apple Martin|Apple]] was born in May 2004 in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/its-a-girl-for-gwyneth-paltrow-hubby/|title=It's a Girl for Gwyneth Paltrow & Hubby|access-date=3 February 2008|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|date=14 May 2004|work=People|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018083710/http://people.com/celebrity/its-a-girl-for-gwyneth-paltrow-hubby/|url-status=live}}</ref> Martin and the band released a song called "I am your baby's daddy" under the name "the Nappies" in anticipation of her birth.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Dt1FxaS3PfrzdDBc&v=OjiGhQ8Qm38&feature=youtu.be |title=Coldplay - The Nappies (14th May 2004) |date=2008-03-09 |last=coldplaychronology |access-date=2024-12-18 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Coldplay's "[[Speed of Sound (song)|Speed of Sound]]" was also inspired by Martin's experience and awe at becoming a father, being the [[lead single]] for the band's ''[[X&Y]]'' album. Actor [[Simon Pegg]] and Martin's bandmate [[Jonny Buckland]] are his daughter's godfathers, and Martin is godfather to Pegg's daughter.<ref name="Gdad">{{Cite web|date=9 September 2007|title=Martin+Paltrow Name Pegg As Godfather|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/martin%20paltrow%20name%20pegg%20as%20godfather_1043099|access-date=17 March 2009|website=Contactmusic.com|archive-date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620221114/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/martin-paltrow-name-pegg-as-godfather_1043099|url-status=live}}</ref> His second child, Moses, was born in April 2006 in [[New York City]].<ref name="BabyBoy">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coldplays-quiet-storm-20050825|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Has a Boy|last=Robertson|first=Jessica|date=10 April 2006|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=24 March 2009|archive-date=24 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324095711/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coldplays-quiet-storm-20050825|url-status=live}}</ref> The name was inspired by [[Moses (Coldplay song)|a song of the same name]]. In March 2014, Martin and Paltrow announced their separation as a "[[conscious uncoupling]]" after ten years of marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goop.com/journal/be/conscious-uncoupling|title=Conscious Uncoupling|work=[[Goop.com]]|date=25 March 2014|access-date=25 March 2014|first=Gwyneth|last=Paltrow|archive-date=26 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326060230/http://www.goop.com/journal/be/conscious-uncoupling|url-status=live}}</ref> Paltrow filed for divorce in April 2015 and it was finalised on 14 July 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/celebrity/gwyneth-paltrow-and-chris-martin-finalize-their-divorce/|title=Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Finalize Their Divorce More Than Two Years After Split|first=Kathy Ehrich|last=Dowd|work=People|publisher=Time Inc.|date=15 July 2016|access-date=21 November 2017|quote=The duo reached a divorce settlement in May, and their judgment was entered into a Los Angeles County courthouse on Thursday [July 14, 2016].|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040140/http://people.com/celebrity/gwyneth-paltrow-and-chris-martin-finalize-their-divorce/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 April 2015|title=Gwyneth Paltrow files for divorce from chris martin|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gwyneth-paltrow-files-divorce-chris-790481|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510051025/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gwyneth-paltrow-files-divorce-chris-790481|url-status=live}}</ref> From August 2015 to August 2017, he was in an on-and-off relationship with actress [[Annabelle Wallis]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2017 |title=Chris Martin back with Annabelle Wallis? |url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/chris-martin-back-annabelle-wallis-1080955.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=www.femalefirst.co.uk |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810021849/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/chris-martin-back-annabelle-wallis-1080955.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2017, Martin has been in a relationship with American actress [[Dakota Johnson]].<ref name="SPEAKMAN">{{Cite web |title=Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson 'Got Engaged Years Ago' Says Source, But Were in 'No Rush to Get Married' |url=https://people.com/chris-martin-and-dakota-johnson-engaged-yeras-ago-says-source-8605805 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=People}}</ref> They reside in [[Malibu, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson Living Together, Have Sunday Dinners with Ex Gwyneth Paltrow and Family|url=https://people.com/movies/chris-martin-dakota-johnson-living-together-have-sunday-dinners-with-gwyneth-paltrow-family/|access-date=5 February 2021|website=People|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205010557/https://people.com/movies/chris-martin-dakota-johnson-living-together-have-sunday-dinners-with-gwyneth-paltrow-family/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, it was revealed the couple have been engaged for several years.<ref name="SPEAKMAN" /> === Politics === [[File:Chris Martin - Trouble07.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Martin playing piano at a concert in Brazil in 2007]] Martin has been particularly outspoken on issues of [[fair trade]] and has campaigned for [[Oxfam]]'s [[Make Trade Fair]] campaign. He travelled to [[Ghana]] and [[Haiti]] to meet farmers and view the effects of unfair trade practices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfam.org/en/getinvolved/ambassadors/coldplay |title=Warmplay |access-date=4 November 2008 |publisher=Oxfam.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023034136/http://www.oxfam.org/en/getinvolved/ambassadors/coldplay |archive-date=23 October 2008}}</ref> When performing he usually has variations of "Make Trade Fair", "MTF" or an [[equal sign]] written on the back of his left hand and the letters "MTF" can be seen emblazoned on his piano.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-06-02-coldplay_x.htm|title=Catch Coldplay|newspaper=USAToday.com|date=3 June 2005|access-date=12 October 2011|first1=Edna|last1=Gundersen|archive-date=23 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823152536/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-06-02-coldplay_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a vocal critic of U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|war in Iraq]]. During the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]] show at London's [[Royal Albert Hall]] on 24 March 2003, he encouraged the sell-out crowd to "sing against war".<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/13953 "Liam Gallagher slams Chris Martin's anti-war stance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116175347/https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/13953 |date=16 November 2009}}. NME. Retrieved 27 July 2015</ref> He was a strong supporter of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[presidential nominee]] [[John Kerry]], most notably during his acceptance speech for the 2004 [[Grammy Award]]s [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]], accepting for "[[Clocks (song)|Clocks]]". He supported [[Barack Obama]] for president in 2008, giving a shout-out at the end of a performance of "[[Yellow (Coldplay song)|Yellow]]" on 25 October 2008 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://current.com/items/89450448_coldplay-gives-shout-out-to-obama-on-snl.htm|title=Coldplay Gives Shout Out To Obama on SNL|publisher=Current.com|date=26 October 2008|access-date=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109011006/http://current.com/items/89450448_coldplay-gives-shout-out-to-obama-on-snl.htm|archive-date=9 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 1 April 2006, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that Martin was backing the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] leader [[David Cameron]], and had written a new [[theme music|theme song]] for the party titled "Talk to David".<ref name="Guardian">Olaf Priol (2006). [https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1744447,00.html "Their wives met at yoga. Now Chris Martin plans to rock the vote for Cameron's Tories"], ''The Guardian''; retrieved 25 April 2006.</ref><ref name="GuardianU">[https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1744448,00.html "Talk to David"] ''The Guardian''; retrieved 26 April 2006.</ref> This was later revealed to be an [[April Fool's Day|April Fool's]] joke. While touring Australia in March 2009, Martin and the rest of Coldplay were the opening act at the [[Sound Relief]] benefit concert at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] in Sydney, for the victims of bushfires and floods in Victoria and Queensland.<ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227120155/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C25099180-661%2C00.html |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25099180-661,00.html |title=Coldplay, Kings of Leon to headline bushfire relief concerts |last=Mitchell |first=Geraldine |work=[[Herald Sun]] |publisher=[[The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd]] |date=24 February 2009 |archive-date=27 February 2009 |access-date=8 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Martin appeared in a video for the "[[Robin Hood Tax]]" campaign, which proposes a tax on stock trades in the United States.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd_U2mnHqMU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726200616/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd_U2mnHqMU|archive-date=26 July 2012|url-status=dead|title=Introducing the Robin Hood Tax|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=26 July 2012}}</ref> This tax is aimed at levelling the field between the 1% and 99%. In June 2016, Martin supported Vote Remain in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin appeals for unity after Brexit: "This decision does not represent us"|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a799058/coldplay-chris-martin-appeals-for-unity-after-brexit/|work=Digital Spy|date=28 July 2016|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808041030/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a799058/coldplay-chris-martin-appeals-for-unity-after-brexit/|url-status=live}}</ref> == Discography == === With Coldplay === {{Main|Coldplay discography|List of songs by Coldplay|l2=songs}} * ''[[Parachutes (Coldplay album)|Parachutes]]'' (2000) * ''[[A Rush of Blood to the Head]]'' (2002) * ''[[X&Y]]'' (2005) * ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' (2008) * ''[[Mylo Xyloto]]'' (2011) * ''[[Ghost Stories (Coldplay album)|Ghost Stories]]'' (2014) * ''[[A Head Full of Dreams]]'' (2015) * ''[[Everyday Life (Coldplay album)|Everyday Life]]'' (2019) * ''[[Music of the Spheres (Coldplay album)|Music of the Spheres]]'' (2021) * ''[[Moon Music]]'' (2024) === Solo credits === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+List of solo credits, showing year, song, artist, album and role |- ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Song ! scope="col" |Artist ! scope="col" |Album ! scope="col" |Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2002 | "Where Is My Boy?" | rowspan="2" |[[Faultline (musician)|Faultline]] | rowspan="2" |''[[Faultline (musician)|Your Love Means Everything]]'' | rowspan="2" |Featured artist{{·}}co-writer | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2005 |title=Faultline: Your Love Means Everything |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-6402-328879 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105230100/https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-6402-328879 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=NME}}</ref> |- | "Your Love Means Everything Part 2" |- | "Gold in Them Hills" | {{Sortname|Ron|Sexsmith}} | ''[[Cobblestone Runway]]'' | Piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2002 |title=Ron Sexsmith: Cobblestone Runway |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/nov/08/popandrock.artsfeatures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105155411/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/nov/08/popandrock.artsfeatures |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2003 | "Sliding" | rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|Ian|McCulloch|Ian McCulloch (singer)}} | rowspan="2" |''[[Slideling]]'' | Backing vocals | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2003 |title=Happy 2003 |url=https://vivacoldplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ezine7.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125134429/https://vivacoldplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ezine7.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=Coldplay E-Zine}}</ref> |- | "Arthur" | Backing vocals{{·}}piano |- | "[[See It in a Boy's Eyes]]" | [[Jamelia]] | ''[[Thank You (Jamelia album)|Thank You]]'' | Co-writer{{·}}backing vocals{{·}}piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2004 |title=Chris Martin – Songwriter for Hire! |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-530-1370065 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105225559/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-530-1370065 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=NME}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2004 | "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" | [[Ash (band)|Ash]] | {{Sort|Orpheus|"[[Orpheus (Ash song)|Orpheus]]"}} | Backing vocals | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2019 |title=Ash Announce New Career-Spanning Album Collection and Upcoming Anniversary Tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ash-announce-new-album-collection-and-tour-2564262 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105232537/https://www.nme.com/news/music/ash-announce-new-album-collection-and-tour-2564262 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=NME}}</ref> |- | "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" | [[Band Aid 20]] | style="text-align:center;" |— | Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 December 2019 |title=Official Charts Flashback 2004: Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It's Christmas |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2004-band-aid-20-do-they-know-its-christmas__27904/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105223356/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2004-band-aid-20-do-they-know-its-christmas__27904/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Official Charts Company}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2005 | "What Ever Happened to the Cosmic Kid?" | Various | {{Sort|Electric Institute|''The Electric Institute''}} | rowspan="2" |Co-writer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2009 |title=LWE Podcast 36: Kirk Degiorgio |url=http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/podcast/lwe-podcast-36-kirk-degiorgio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231013154031/http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/podcast/lwe-podcast-36-kirk-degiorgio/ |archive-date=13 October 2023 |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=Little White Earbuds}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2006 | "[[All Good Things (Come to an End)]]" | {{Sortname|Nelly|Furtado}} | ''[[Loose (Nelly Furtado album)|Loose]]'' | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2007 |title=Coldplay Hire Hip-Hop Producer Timbaland for New Album |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/coldplay-hire-hip-hop-producer-timbaland-for-new-album/NFQPNQAQM753PBEDGQYIV6YW54/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105222755/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/coldplay-hire-hip-hop-producer-timbaland-for-new-album/NFQPNQAQM753PBEDGQYIV6YW54/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref> |- | "[[In the Sun (Joseph Arthur song)|In the Sun]]" | {{Sortname|Michael|Stipe}} | ''[[In the Sun (Joseph Arthur song)#Michael Stipe|In the Sun (Gulf Coast Relief)]]'' | Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 February 2006 |title=In the Sun (Gulf Coast Relief) – EP by Michael Stipe |url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/in-the-sun-gulf-coast-relief-ep/121054236 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713133159/https://music.apple.com/ie/album/in-the-sun-gulf-coast-relief-ep/121054236 |archive-date=13 July 2022 |access-date=13 July 2022 |website=Apple Music Ireland}}</ref> |- | "Beach Chair" | [[Jay-Z]] | ''[[Kingdom Come (Jay-Z album)|Kingdom Come]]'' | Featured artist{{·}}producer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Kingdom Come |author=Jay-Z |year=2006 |publisher=Roc-A-Fella Records |location=United States |type=liner notes |id=B0008045-02}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2007 | "[[Homecoming (Kanye West song)|Homecoming]]" | {{Sortname|Kanye|West}} | ''[[Graduation (album)|Graduation]]'' | Featured artist{{·}}co-writer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 2007 |title=Credits / Graduation / Kanye West |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/103805723/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105153815/https://listen.tidal.com/album/103805723/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |work=Tidal}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2009 | "[[Want (Natalie Imbruglia song)|Want]]" | {{Sortname|Natalie|Imbruglia}} | ''[[Come to Life (Natalie Imbruglia album)|Come to Life]]'' | Co-writer{{·}}keyboards | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2009 |title=Credits / Come to Life / Natalie Imbruglia |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/3117864/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105183354/https://listen.tidal.com/album/3117864/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- | "Dove of Peace" | {{Sortname|Brüno|Gehard}} | ''[[Brüno]]'' | rowspan="2" |Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2009 |title=Bono, Madonna, and Chris Martin Unite for Spoof Song |url=https://www.spin.com/2009/04/bono-madonna-and-chris-martin-unite-spoof-song/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105183214/https://www.spin.com/2009/04/bono-madonna-and-chris-martin-unite-spoof-song/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Spin}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2010 | "Most Kingz" | [[Jay-Z]] | style="text-align:center;" |— | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2010 |title=Download a Jay-Z and Chris Martin Collaboration Track, Most Kingz |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/08/download_jay-z_and_chris_marti.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201104450/https://www.vulture.com/2010/08/download_jay-z_and_chris_marti.html |archive-date=1 December 2021 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Vulture}}</ref> |- | "[[Me and Tennessee]]" | {{Sortname|Gwyneth|Paltrow}}{{·}}[[Tim McGraw]] | ''[[Country Strong (soundtrack)|Country Strong]]'' | Writer{{efn|Martin was shortlisted for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[83rd Academy Awards]] with the track.<ref name="GPCRED">{{Cite web |date=16 December 2010 |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Gets Oscars Nod for Best Song |url=https://gigwise.com/news/60230/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230405180146/https://gigwise.com/news/60230/ |archive-date=5 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023 |website=Gigwise}}</ref>}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="GPCRED" /> |- | "[[Halo (Beyoncé song)|Halo]]" (Live) | [[Beyoncé]] | ''[[Hope for Haiti Now (album)|Hope for Haiti Now]]'' | Featured artist{{·}}piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 January 2010 |title=Beyonce Performs Halo with Chris Martin During Haiti Telethon |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/uvj5c1/beyonce-performs-halo-with-chris-martin-during-haiti-telethon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501173043/https://www.mtv.com/news/uvj5c1/beyonce-performs-halo-with-chris-martin-during-haiti-telethon |archive-date=1 May 2023 |access-date=2 December 2023 |website=MTV News}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2012 | "I Don't Want You to Die" | {{Sort|Flaming Lips|The Flaming Lips}} | {{Sort|Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends|''[[The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends]]''}} | rowspan="4" |Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2012 |title=The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16522-the-flaming-lips/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105180504/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16522-the-flaming-lips/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> |- | "[[Viva la Vida]]" (Live) | style="text-align:center;" |— | rowspan="3" |''[[12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (album)|12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief]]'' | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2012 |title=12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief de Vários Artistas |trans-title=12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief by Various Artists |url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/12-12-12-the-concert-for-sandy-relief/585701590 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423170836/https://music.apple.com/br/album/12-12-12-the-concert-for-sandy-relief/585701590 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Apple Music Brasil |language=pt}}</ref> |- | "[[Losing My Religion]]" (Live) | {{Sortname|Michael|Stipe}} |- | "Us Against the World" (Live) | style="text-align:center;" |— |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2014 | "Wish I Was Here" | [[Cat Power]]{{·}}[[Coldplay]] | ''[[Wish I Was Here]]'' | Writer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 July 2014 |title=Wish I Was Here / Cat Power & Coldplay / Credits |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/342167244/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250405161146/https://listen.tidal.com/album/342167244/credits |archive-date=5 April 2025 |access-date=5 April 2025 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- | "Iris (Hold Me Close)" | [[U2]] | ''[[Songs of Innocence (U2 album)|Songs of Innocence]]'' | Backing vocals | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2014 |title=Bono Afirma que Chris Martin Es Un Genio |trans-title=Bono Says Chris Martin Is a Genius |url=https://www.culturaocio.com/musica/noticia-bono-afirma-chris-martin-genio-20141014140914.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231013151207/https://www.culturaocio.com/musica/noticia-bono-afirma-chris-martin-genio-20141014140914.html |archive-date=13 October 2023 |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=CulturaOcio |language=es}}</ref> |- | "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" | [[Band Aid 30]] | style="text-align:center;" |— | Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2014 |title=Band Aid 30 Details Revealed: Line-up to Feature Adele, One Direction, More |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/band-aid-30-details-revealed-line-up-to-feature-adele-one-direction-more-3273/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113153502/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/band-aid-30-details-revealed-line-up-to-feature-adele-one-direction-more-3273/ |archive-date=13 November 2014 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Official Charts Company}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2015 | "True Believer" | [[Avicii]] | ''[[Stories (Avicii album)|Stories]]'' | Co-writer{{·}}backing vocals{{·}}piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2015 |title=Credits / Stories / Avicii |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/79272715/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105175843/https://listen.tidal.com/album/79272715/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- | "[[Every Day's Like Christmas]]" | {{Sortname|Kylie|Minogue}} | ''[[Kylie Christmas]]'' | Co-writer{{·}}backing vocals{{efn|With exception of tracks 5, 7, 10, 13, 21 and 22, Martin performed backing vocals in all songs from the album's "Snow Queen" edition.<ref name="KYLIECRED">{{Cite web |date=13 November 2015 |title=Credits / Kylie Christmas (Snow Queen Edition) / Kylie Minogue |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/66993435/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105173658/https://listen.tidal.com/album/66993435/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref>}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="KYLIECRED" /> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2016 | "Electricity" | {{Sortname|David|Brent}} | ''[[David Brent: Life on the Road#Soundtrack|Life on the Road]]'' | Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2016 |title=Credits / Life on the Road / David Brent |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/77622626/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105173427/https://listen.tidal.com/album/77622626/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2017 | "[[Homesick (Dua Lipa song)|Homesick]]" | {{Sortname|Dua|Lipa}} | ''[[Dua Lipa (album)|Dua Lipa]]'' | Co-writer{{·}}backing vocals{{·}}piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2017 |title=Credits / Dua Lipa / Dua Lipa |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/251362318/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105172009/https://listen.tidal.com/album/251362318/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2018 | "Keep Talking" | {{Sortname|Rita|Ora}} | ''[[Phoenix (Rita Ora album)|Phoenix]]'' | Unknown{{efn|According to Ora's interview for [[Apple Music]], Martin "helped take this song to another level" and "put that Chris Martin dust on it", but his name is not shown in the album's personnel credits.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 2018 |title=Credits / Phoenix (Deluxe Edition) / Rita Ora |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/98659963/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105171724/https://listen.tidal.com/album/98659963/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref>}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 2018 |title=Phoenix (Deluxe) by Rita Ora |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/phoenix-deluxe/1436290232 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105171611/https://music.apple.com/us/album/phoenix-deluxe/1436290232 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Apple Music |type=Use the "Reader Mode" extension to see the archived page in full}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2019 | "Joyride" | [[Big Sean]] | style="text-align:center;" |— | rowspan="2" |Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2019 |title=Ouça Joyride, Faixa Inédita do Big Sean com o Coldplay |trans-title=Listen to Joyride, Big Sean's New Track with Coldplay |url=https://rap24horas.com.br/2019/04/05/ouca-joyride-faixa-inedita-do-big-sean-com-o-coldplay/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231013162443/https://rap24horas.com.br/2019/04/05/ouca-joyride-faixa-inedita-do-big-sean-com-o-coldplay/ |archive-date=13 October 2023 |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=Rap 24 Horas |language=pt |last1=Guerra |first1=Bruno}}</ref> |- | "Someone That Loves You '19" | {{Sortname|Izzy|Bizu}} | ''Glita'' | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2019 |title=Credits / Glita – EP / Izzy Bizu |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/106760446/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105170358/https://listen.tidal.com/album/106760446 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- | "[[Heaven (Avicii song)|Heaven]]" | [[Avicii]] | ''[[Tim (Avicii album)|Tim]]'' | Featured artist{{·}}co-writer{{·}}keyboards | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2019 |title=Credits / Tim / Avicii |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/110545351/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105165557/https://listen.tidal.com/album/110545351/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- | "Stratosphere" | [[Beck]] | ''[[Hyperspace (album)|Hyperspace]]'' | Backing vocals | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 November 2019 |title=Credits / Hyperspace / Beck |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/122558717/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105165115/https://listen.tidal.com/album/122558717/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2020 | "Sondela Forever" | [[Muzi (musician)|Muzi]] | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |— | Co-writer{{·}}producer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2020 |title=Credits / Sondela Forever / Muzi |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/172452377/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105164404/https://listen.tidal.com/album/172452377/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- | "[[Times Like These (song)#Live Lounge Allstars charity single|Times Like These]]" | [[Times Like These (song)#Live Lounge Allstars charity single|Live Lounge Allstars]] | Featured artist{{·}}piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2020 |title=Credits / Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home Live Lounge) / Live Lounge Allstars |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/138377223/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210310213904/https://listen.tidal.com/album/138377223/credits |archive-date=10 March 2021 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}} * {{Cite magazine |date=23 April 2020 |title=Dua Lipa, Chris Martin, Dave Grohl & More Perform Foo Fighters' Times Like These for COVID-19 Relief |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-chris-martin-foo-fighters-times-like-these-covid-19-relief-9364887/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105164057/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-chris-martin-foo-fighters-times-like-these-covid-19-relief-9364887/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |- | "Monsters You Made" | [[Burna Boy]] | ''[[Twice as Tall]]'' | Featured artist{{·}}co-writer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2020 |title=Credits / Twice as Tall / Burna Boy |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/151857670/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105163453/https://listen.tidal.com/album/151857670/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2021 | "Red Love" | {{Sortname|Emmanuel|Kelly|nolink=1}} | ''Your Story'' | Executive producer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2021 |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Hails Differently-Abled Australian Singer Emmanuel Kelly Ahead of Red Love Collaboration |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/global/coldplay-chris-martin-emmanuel-kelly-1234903195/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105162454/https://variety.com/2021/music/global/coldplay-chris-martin-emmanuel-kelly-1234903195/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Variety}}</ref> |- | "Love Is a Mighty River" | {{Sortname|Merry|Clayton}} | ''Beautiful Scars'' | Co-writer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2021 |title=Credits / Beautiful Scars / Merry Clayton |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/179651741/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105162904/https://listen.tidal.com/album/179651741/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2022 | "Across the Oceans" | {{Sortname|Mamak|Khadem}} | ''Remembrance'' | Featured artist{{·}}piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2022 |title=Credits / Remembrance / Mamak Khadem |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/208178843/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105162548/https://listen.tidal.com/album/208178843/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- | "Riptide" | {{Sort|Chainsmokers|[[The Chainsmokers]]}} | ''[[So Far So Good (The Chainsmokers album)|So Far So Good]]'' | Co-writer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=Credits / So Far So Good / The Chainsmokers |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/241302043/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230105162635/https://listen.tidal.com/album/241302043/credits |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Tidal}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2023 | "Queen" | [[Muzi (musician)|Muzi]] | ''uMuzi'' | Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2023 |title=Muzi Releases uMUZI ft Single Queen with Coldplay's Chris Martin |url=https://bubblegumclub.co.za/music/muzi-releases-umuzi-ft-single-queen-with-coldplays-chris-martin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013114409/https://bubblegumclub.co.za/music/muzi-releases-umuzi-ft-single-queen-with-coldplays-chris-martin/ |archive-date=13 October 2023 |access-date=13 October 2023 |website=Bubblegum Club}}</ref> |- | "Astronaut" | [[Griff (singer)|Griff]] | ''[[Vertigo (Griff album)|Vert1go Vol. 1]]'' | Piano | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2023 |title=Griff Joins Forces with Coldplay's Chris Martin on Astronaut |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/griff-joins-forces-with-coldplays-chris-martin-on-astronaut |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206213741/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/griff-joins-forces-with-coldplays-chris-martin-on-astronaut |archive-date=6 December 2023 |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=The Life of Best Fit}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center;" |2024 | "Over You" | {{Sortname|Jacob|Collier}}{{·}}[[Aespa]] | ''[[Djesse Vol. 4]]'' | Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2024 |title=Jacob Collier Unveils Tracklist for Fifth Album Djesse Vol. 4 – Featuring Collaborations with Aespa, Coldplay's Chris Martin, John Mayer, Anoushka Shankar, and More |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/jacob-collier-unveils-tracklist-djess-vol-4-collaborations-with-aespa-codplay-chris-martin-john-mayer-anoushka-shankar-and-more-jazz-new-album-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118190405/https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/jacob-collier-unveils-tracklist-djess-vol-4-collaborations-with-aespa-codplay-chris-martin-john-mayer-anoushka-shankar-and-more-jazz-new-album-2024 |archive-date=18 January 2024 |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=Bandwagon Asia}}</ref> |- | "Raze the Bar" | [[Travis (band)|Travis]]{{·}}[[Brandon Flowers]] | ''[[L.A. Times (album)|L.A. Times]]'' | Backing vocals | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2024 |title=Travis Share New Single Raze the Bar Featuring Coldplay's Chris Martin and The Killers' Brandon Flowers |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/travis-share-new-single-raze-the-bar-featuring-coldplays-chris-martin-and-the-killers-brandon-flowers-3754948 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509234308/https://www.nme.com/news/music/travis-share-new-single-raze-the-bar-featuring-coldplays-chris-martin-and-the-killers-brandon-flowers-3754948 |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=NME}}</ref> |- | "Wandering Talk" | [[Orlando le Fleming]]{{·}}Romantic Funk | ''Wandering Talk'' | Featured artist | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2024 |title=Wandering Talk by Orlando le Fleming & Romantic Funk |url=https://orlandolefleming-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/wandering-talk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241029041857/https://orlandolefleming-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/wandering-talk |archive-date=29 October 2024 |access-date=29 October 2024 |website=Bandcamp}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2025 | "[[Ma meilleure ennemie|Ma Meilleure Ennemie]]" (Extended Version) | [[Stromae]]{{·}}[[Pomme (singer)|Pomme]]{{·}}[[Coldplay]] | ''[[Arcane (TV series)|Arcane League of Legends: Season 2]]'' | Co-writer | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2025 |title=Coldplay Featured on New Version of League of Legends Arcane Song Ma Meilleure Ennemie |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/coldplay-featured-new-version-arcane-ma-meilleure-ennemie-1236181340/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404205314/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/coldplay-featured-new-version-arcane-ma-meilleure-ennemie-1236181340/ |archive-date=4 April 2025 |access-date=4 April 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> |} == Filmography == {{See also|Coldplay videography}} === Television === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+List of television appearances, showing year, title and details |- ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Details |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2006 | ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'' | Season 2, Episode 4: "Chris Martin" guest appearance |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2014 | ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' | Season 39, Episode 19: "Spider-Man Kiss" sketch |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2016 | ''[[Barely Famous]]'' | Season 2, Episode 3: "No Scrubs" guest appearance |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2017 | ''[[Modern Family]]'' | Season 9, Episode 8: "Brushes with Celebrity" guest appearance |- ! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center;" |2020 | ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' | Season 10, Episode 6: "[[List of Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes#Season 10 (2020)|The Surprise Party]]" guest appearance |- | {{Sort|Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions|''[[The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions]]''}} | [[Depeche Mode]] guest appearance |- | {{Sort|Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]''}} | Season 8, Episode 54: "Fallonlore: The 30 Rock Sessions" sketch |} === Films === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+List of film appearances, showing year, title, role and details |- ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Details |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2003 | ''[[Mayor of the Sunset Strip]]'' | rowspan="11" |Himself | Documentary |- ! rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center;" |2004 | ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' | Cameo appearance |- | ''[[Band Aid 20|Band Aid 20: Justice, Not Charity]]'' | Documentary |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2006 | "[[God's Gonna Cut You Down]]" ([[Johnny Cash]] version) | rowspan="2" |Cameo appearance |- ! rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center;" |2009 | ''[[Brüno]]'' |- | ''Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn'' | rowspan="6" |Documentary |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2017 | ''[[Avicii: True Stories]]'' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |2018 | {{Sort|Chainsmokers: Memories|''The Chainsmokers: Memories''}} |- ! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center;" |2024 | ''Camden'' |- | ''[[Music by John Williams]]'' |- | ''[[Avicii – I'm Tim]]'' |} == See also == * [[List of people associated with University College London]] * [[List of British Grammy winners and nominees]] * [[List of best-selling music artists]] * [[List of highest-grossing live music artists]] * [[List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart]] == Notes == {{Notelist}} == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == * {{Cite book|title=Life in Technicolor: A Celebration of Coldplay|last1=Wild|first1=Debs|publisher=ECW|year=2018|isbn=9781787391093|first2=Malcolm|last2=Croft}} * {{Cite book|title=Viva Coldplay: A Biography|last=Roach|first=Martin|publisher=Music Sales|year=2011|isbn=9780857125941|url-access=registration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IuTFoyjgAr4C}} * {{Cite book|title=Coldplay: Look at the Stars|last=Spivack|first=Gary|publisher=Pocket Books|year=2004|isbn=9780743491969|url-access=registration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luC5Ipj0vr4C}} * {{Cite book|title=Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was Easy|last=Roach|first=Martin|publisher=Omnibus|date=2003|isbn=9780711998100}} == External links == {{Sister project links|c=Category:Chris Martin|q=Category:Chris Martin|d=Q45188|b=no|n=no|s=no|v=no|voy=no|wikt=no}} * {{AllMusic}} * {{Discogs artist}} * {{IMDb name}} * {{MusicBrainz artist}} {{Chris Martin}} {{Coldplay}} {{Gwyneth Paltrow}} {{Grammy Award for Song of the Year}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Music|United Kingdom}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Chris}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century English guitarists]] [[Category:20th-century English male musicians]] [[Category:20th-century English pianists]] [[Category:20th-century English singers]] [[Category:21st-century English guitarists]] [[Category:21st-century English male musicians]] [[Category:21st-century English pianists]] [[Category:21st-century English singers]] [[Category:Alternative rock pianists]] [[Category:Alumni of University College London]] [[Category:Atlantic Records artists]] [[Category:British alternative rock guitarists]] [[Category:British alternative rock singers]] [[Category:British rhythm guitarists]] [[Category:Capitol Records artists]] [[Category:Coldplay members]] [[Category:English activists for Palestinian solidarity]] [[Category:English alternative rock musicians]] [[Category:English anti–Iraq War activists]] [[Category:English baritones]] [[Category:English expatriate musicians in the United States]] [[Category:English male guitarists]] [[Category:English male pianists]] [[Category:English male singer-songwriters]] [[Category:English multi-instrumentalists]] [[Category:English people of Zimbabwean descent]] [[Category:English philanthropists]] [[Category:English pop guitarists]] [[Category:English pop pianists]] [[Category:English pop rock singers]] [[Category:English pop singers]] [[Category:English record producers]] [[Category:English rock guitarists]] [[Category:English rock pianists]] [[Category:English rock singers]] [[Category:Fierce Panda Records artists]] [[Category:Johnson family (show business)]] [[Category:Musicians from Exeter]] [[Category:Nettwerk Records artists]] [[Category:Paltrow family]] [[Category:Parlophone artists]] [[Category:People educated at Exeter Cathedral School]] [[Category:People educated at Sherborne School]]
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