Lorenza Punzo & Valentina Buendía/Staff reporters
Coldplay’s new album “Music of the Spheres” is set to be their ninth album to hit Number One, surpassing 100,000 sales in a week.
Coldplay is a British pop-rock and alternative rock band that was formed in London in 1996. It is integrated by vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and pianist, Chris Martin; lead guitarist, Jon Buckland; bassist, Guy Berryman; and drummer, Will Champion. It is one of the most relevant groups of the early 2000s. According to British Phonographic Industry, they have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
Coldplay’s ninth album has had more than 2,000,000 chart sales over the last four days. As a result, Music of the Spheres has already surpassed the current fastest-selling album of the year. It is also becoming the first album to surpass 100,000 chart sales in a week since Ed Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations project.
“I saw that it is Number One after 13 years. I haven’t listened to the album but now I want to”, said Natalia Buendía, grade 10.
“I am honestly happy to know that it is Number One since the group has very significant songs for me”, said Preparatoria Rafael Pascacio Gamboa student Monse Zenteno, grade 11.
“This is something surprising that not everyone achieves”, said ENAM student Jorge Andrés Amador.
Coldplay and BTS collaborated on the single “My Universe” which was a huge hit. For the week ending on October 30, the song rose to No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the song’s fourth consecutive week in the top 20 of the chart, after debuting at No.1 earlier this month.
“The only song I know is My Universe; I like it but it’s not my favorite”, said Buendía
“Yes, I listened to it the day it was released, and I loved it”, said Zenteno.
“Yes, I loved the song”, said Amador.
BTS has become one of the biggest bands in history, breaking records from The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Adele, etc. It was formed by HYBE, at the time called BIG HIT entertainment. They became the first Korean artist to be in 1st place of the 200-billboard list, they are also the first Korean artist to receive 4 billboard music awards. Its members are RM, Jin, SUGA, J-hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, and they made their debut back in 2013. “Dynamite” became the most viewed video in the first 24 hours with 101.3 million views and was 1st in iTunes in 104 countries. It was also the biggest premier In YouTube’s history.
“I think it was great that Coldplay and BTS collaborated, it isn’t something that I would have expected”, said Buendía
“It’s the best collaboration of the year, definitely”, said Zenteno.
“This was a pretty interesting collaboration, I expect more projects from the two groups together”, said Amador.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldplay
https://www.bpi.co.uk/news-analysis/multi-million-selling-music-icons-coldplay-confirmed-for-brits/