Talk:Coldplay

100 million records

Template:U Media outlets began reporting (WP:Circular) that Coldplay sold 100 million albums, rather than 100 million records, following an edit you made, which cited a YouTube video as the primary source. However, Coldplay's total album certifications in the U.S. amount to 15.5 million, and around 15 million in the UK. Given that the U.S. and UK together make up 40% of the global music market, these figures suggest that Coldplay's actual worldwide album sales fall significantly short of the 100 million albums claimed by their record labels for promotional purposes.TheWikiholic (talk) 19:19, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

"The BRIT Awards 2021 with Mastercard today announce that Coldplay, one of the world's biggest bands with over 100 million album sales worldwide to date, will be opening this year's show on 11th May". – British Phonographic Industry on 4 May 2021, a month before I made that specific edit. Unless it can be proven that they traveled in time this is just a conspiracy theory from you. As for their album sales in the United States, Billboard reported 18.2 million pure sales nine years ago, so claiming they only have 15.5 million is ridiculous. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 19:47, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Just searched more and it seems like Variety is adept to time traveling as well, wild stuff. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 19:54, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

BPI doesn't track the record sales outside of UK, and both BPI and Variety reporting the same thing on the same day (on May 5, 2021) doesn't look like a coincidence, but it is obvious that they are reporting what the record label released. Besides that it's common among media to report record sales as album sales. So no need to add any footnotes when we have sources like BBC and EW explicitly reporting record sales instead of album sales a few days prior and after to this. TheWikiholic (talk) 20:25, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

There are multiple articles from the BBC saying 100 million albums instead of records:

• https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240624-the-reason-coldplay-are-the-21st-centurys-most-loved-band
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-64380094
• https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clwwy5zx0vzt?page=6
• https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/radio-2-in-concert

Pollstar, Rolling Stone and The Telegraph also have made the same claim, do you genuinely believe my little edit was so influential? That none of these media outlets have fact checked anything? You are just in denial at this point.

• https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/coldplay-live-at-wembley-chris-martin-delivers-a-masterclass-in-showmanship-21800/
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/coldplay-billion-dollar-empire/
• https://news.pollstar.com/2024/03/26/q1-chart-topper-coldplays-music-of-the-spheres-on-track-to-be-highest-grossing-band-tour-of-all-time/

GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 20:35, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Yet another source from before my edit was made:

• https://www.todayfm.com/podcasts/dermot-dave/could-coldplays-next-gig-be-in-offaly

GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 20:40, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

By the way, what are you trying to prove by saying "they are reporting what the record label released"? That's literally what all outlets do, even the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 20:54, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Since we are just copying and pasting things from Talk:List of best-selling music artists right now, let's continue the discussion there and leave this Talk page as it is. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 21:21, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Editorialising language

OK, if neither of you will start the discussion, I will. I agree with Rodericksilly's version – from my experience, keeping/using connectives (including words like "also") is the sort of thing that can hold articles like these back from reaching FA status, and changing things like Template:Tq to Template:Tq unnecessarily changes the context; so no, none of these editorialisations are needed. Also, while it takes two to edit war (and I'm not excusing Template:U's part in this), Template:U, you're involved in far too many of these across pages related to/involving this band. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 09:57, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I would very much tend to agree that the editorializing language on the page isn't productive. While it doesn't justify the edit-warring behavior, the plain version without connectives is better in my opinion – notably, unwarranted use of connectives is pointed out as an example of WP:SYNTH, and is to be avoided if the inferences aren't explicitly supported by the sources (see also MOS:EDITORIAL). Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 11:47, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Edit-warring, again

@GustavoCza @Y2kcrazyjoker4 Please, try to discuss the wording on the talk page instead of edit-warring against each other. GustavoCza, you've repeated the pattern of edit-warring barely hours after full protection expired, and accusations like Template:Tq in edit summaries are not productive at all. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 11:56, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

@GustavoCza @Y2kcrazyjoker4 Agreed. This needs to stop. I don't want to start issuing formal warnings. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Things have been stable for 12 hours now. And considering Y2kcrazyjoker4 didn't reverted everything I edited, it can be said some of my corrections were valid. As for claiming they don't care about the article, sorry if it sounded offensive but it's the truth. You just have to check the version from before I started to contribute. The page used to lack important information about the band, including their live performances, legacy and achievements. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 16:27, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

"it's the truth" - for the record, I count Coldplay among my favorite bands. Not everyone who has disagreements with you is automatically anti-Coldplay. Assume good faith. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 17:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Template:U, stop making everything about you and making out like you've saved the article/you're their biggest fan, as that's not what we're here to discuss. You've been involved in two edit wars with different editors over the last couple of days... take this opportunity to discuss the edits. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 04:13, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

I didn't "saved" the article but I certainly contributed to it more whether you like it or not, so the way you act like all my edits are a mistake is unwarranted to say the least. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 21:26, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

So what? That's still not what we're here to discuss, and you still haven't talked about the edits that you were edit warring over. And nobody said that all of your edits were a mistake, so stop overreacting and be mature about this. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 01:20, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

The fact that you contributed more doesn't mean that you WP:OWN the article or that your edits don't deserve the same level of scrutiny as any others. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 21:43, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

They're getting higher levels of scrutiny. These two don't act the same with other editors. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 23:28, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Also, since you want to talk about edits, I'm putting "percussionist" back on Will's role, he has played timpani and bells over 160 times in the last three years alone. The comma before Phil Harvey is to better separate the multiple uses of "and". GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 21:31, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Not sure I agree with that one, as drums and percussion go hand-in-hand and is often simplified to just "drummer" to avoid wordiness; this is different to Martin's role(s), as they're two distinct instruments and he often sings and plays at the same time. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 01:20, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Add A Fact: "Coldplay's origins in 1996"

I found a fact that might belong in this article. See the quote below

Coldplay’s origins can be traced back to September 1996, when songwriter Chris Martin first met guitarist Jonny Buckland during freshers’ week at University College London

The fact comes from the following source:

https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/parachutes-coldplay-album-story/

Here is a wikitext snippet to use as a reference:

 {{Cite web |title=‘Parachutes’: How Coldplay Went Skywards With Their Sweeping Debut Album |url=https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/parachutes-coldplay-album-story/ |website=Dig! |access-date=2024-09-28 |language=en-US |quote=Coldplay’s origins can be traced back to September 1996, when songwriter Chris Martin first met guitarist Jonny Buckland during freshers’ week at University College London}} 

This post was generated using the Add A Fact browser extension.

SilkTork (talk) 12:46, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

This is already mentioned in Formation and first years. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 12:50, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Oh yes, sorry, I'm just trying out the Foundation's new app. Interesting that it has allowed two unreliable sources! SilkTork (talk) 12:53, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Add A Fact: "Chris Martin's guitar auctioned"

I found a fact that might belong in this article. See the quote below

He took it with him to University College London in September 1996, where he met Jonny Buckland during freshers’ week.

The fact comes from the following source:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/coldplay-singer-chris-martins-first-5949700

Here is a wikitext snippet to use as a reference:

 {{Cite web |title=Coldplay singer Chris Martin's first acoustic guitar sells for £18,000 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/coldplay-singer-chris-martins-first-5949700 |website=The Mirror |date=2015-06-25 |access-date=2024-09-28 |language=en |first=Claire |last=Hayhurst |quote=He took it with him to University College London in September 1996, where he met Jonny Buckland during freshers’ week.}} 

This post was generated using the Add A Fact browser extension.

SilkTork (talk) 12:52, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Pop not rock

Pop band not rock band 2607:FEA8:6040:8000:6D58:29B0:CEB8:878D (talk) 04:18, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Adding links to songs

would anyone mind if i added links to all their songs Lovelylittlellama (talk) 22:51, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

What do you mean? GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 23:06, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Legacy

The Russian magazine source cited in support of Coldplay being equivalent to a 21-century Beatles does not make that claim. I have inserted a "cn" tag 13:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC) Billsmith60 (talk) 13:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Google tranlsate does not support the translation in the "archived" version. Please investigate, thanks Billsmith60 (talk) 22:30, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I recommend scrolling down the entire article so the translation can be complete, then search for the word "Beatles". You will find the full paragraph on the second mention of their name. In any case, the source has been archived again, I hope it helps. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 04:16, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

I'll take your word on this, although I found only one occurrence of the string 'beatles' when using GT. Frustratingly, GT has a 1,500-character limit, so I had to check it by cutting and pasting para. after para. Billsmith60 (talk) 12:06, 16 May 2025 (UTC)