2007–2010: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay

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in october 2006, coldplay began work on fourth studio album, viva la vida or death , friends, producer brian eno. taking break recording, band toured latin america in 2007, finishing twisted logic tour performing in chile, argentina, brazil, , mexico. after recording in churches , other venues in latin america , spain during tour, band said album reflect hispanic influence. group spent rest of year recording of album eno.



performing live outside bbc television centre during viva la vida tour in 2008


martin described viva la vida new direction coldplay: change past 3 albums, have referred trilogy . said album featured less falsetto allowed voice s lower register take precedence. songs, such violet hill , contain distorted guitar riffs , bluesy undertones.


violet hill confirmed first single, radio release date of 29 april 2008. after first play, freely obtainable coldplay s website 12:15 pm (gmt +0) 1 week (achieving 2 million downloads), until became commercially available download on 6 may. violet hill entered uk top 10, top 40 (entering top 10 in hot modern rock tracks chart) , charted in rest of world. title track, viva la vida , released exclusively on itunes. became band s first number 1 on billboard hot 100, , first uk number one, based on download sales alone. first number 1 in uk singles chart based solely on download sales.



logo used in viva la vida or death , friends , prospekt s march.


upon release, viva la vida or death , friends topped album charts worldwide, , world s best-selling album of 2008. hit number 1 on uk album chart, despite having come on market 3 days previously. in time, sold 302,000 copies; bbc called 1 of fastest-selling records in uk history . end of june, had set new record most-downloaded album ever. in october 2008, coldplay won 2 q awards best album viva la vida or death , friends , best act in world today. on 9 november, coldplay named world s best selling act of 2008 @ world music awards in monte carlo. picked 2 other awards, world s best selling rock act , great britain s best selling act. band followed viva la vida or death , friends prospekt s march ep, released on 21 november 2008. ep features tracks viva la vida or death , friends sessions and, being available on own, issued bonus disc later editions of viva la vida or death , friends. life in technicolor ii single released ep.



coldplay performing in october 2008


coldplay began viva la vida tour in june, free concert @ brixton academy in london. followed 2 days later 45-minute performance broadcast live outside bbc television centre. released in late 2008, lost! became third single album, featuring new version jay-z. after performing opening set on 14 march 2009 sound relief @ sydney cricket ground, coldplay headlined sold-out concert later same night. sound relief benefit concert victims of victorian bushfire crisis , queensland floods. on 4 december 2008, joe satriani filed copyright infringement suit against coldplay in united states district court central district of california. satriani s suit asserted coldplay song viva la vida includes substantial original portions of satriani song if fly 2004 album, there love in space?. coldplay song in question received 2 grammy awards song of year. band denied allegation. unspecified settlement reached between parties.


coldplay nominated 4 awards @ 2009 brit awards: british group, british live act, british single ( viva la vida ) , british album (viva la vida or death , friends). @ 51st grammy awards in same year, coldplay won 3 grammy awards in categories song of year viva la vida , best rock album viva la vida or death , friends, , best vocal pop performance duo or group viva la vida . live album entitled leftrightleftrightleft recorded @ various shows during tour. leftrightleftrightleft, released on 15 may 2009, given away @ remaining concerts of viva la vida tour. released free download website. following viva la vida tour, coldplay announced latin america tour take place in february , march 2010, in visit mexico, argentina, brazil, , colombia. in october 2009, coldplay won song of year viva la vida @ american society of composers, authors , publishers (ascap) awards in london. in december 2009, rolling stone readers voted group fourth best artist of 2000s.








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