In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Coldplay have ...

Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends' has a reference to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ that’s a little obscure. A classic rock icon produced the album. Martin revealed the title of ...

Coldplay is firing back against accusations they copied another artist’s work for their hit “Viva La Vida.”In a statement released on Tuesday, the band responded to a copyright infringement lawsuit ...

In Spanish, “Viva La Vida” means “Long Live Life” and is tied to the Delacroix-like painting portraying the revolutionaries as heroes there are underlying themes of life and death, regrets, and ...

In 2005, Coldplay released their third album, X&Y. In many ways, it was one of those collections where a band starts to sound exactly like everyone’s most basic idea of them. The subtle hints of ...

Joe Satriani’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Coldplay and Capitol Records has been dismissed. As Rolling Stone reported last December, the Chickenfoot guitarist sued the band, arguing that ...

Hapless soft-rock combo Coldplay has been accused of plagiarizing their 2008 hit “Viva la Vida” — again! Following similar claims by guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and Brooklyn band the Creaky Boards, ...

When the 21st century came around and serialized pop music was the new primary genre, protest songs seemingly became a thing of the past. Now, of course, there were still artists out there writing ...

As expected, Coldplay tops the Billboard 200 with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which shifted a whopping 721,000 first-week U.S. copies. By Katie Hasty, Billboard, The Associated Press ...

Man, seems like everybody wants a piece of Coldplay these days... or is it the other way around? The bombastic Brits were accused of ripping off Brooklyn's Creaky Boards back in June for their hit ...