Coldplay's longevity is impressive. Their studio albums (since 2003) have been in the IFPI top albums of the year WW:
2003
1 Norah Jones Come Away With Me
2 50 Cent Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
3 Linkin Park Meteora
4 Dido Life For Rent
5 Beyonce Knowles Dangerously in Love 6 Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
7 Evanescence Fallen
8 Britney Spears In The Zone
9 Avril Lavigne Let Go
10 Celine Dion One Heart
2005 1 Coldplay X&Y
2 Mariah Carey The Emancipation Of Mimi
3 50 Cent The Massacre
4 Black Eyed Peas Monkey Business
5 Green Day American Idiot
6 Madonna Confessions on a Dancefloor
7 Kelly Clarkson Breakaway
8 Eminem Curtain Call
9 James Blunt Back to Bedlam
10 Robbie Williams Intensive Care
2008 1 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
2 AC/DC Black Ice
3 Various Artists Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
4 Duffy Rockferry 5 Metallica Death Magnetic
6 Leona Lewis Spirit
7 Amy Winehouse Back To Black
8 Various Artists High School Musical 3: Senior Year
9 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III
10 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad
2011
1, Adele "21"
2, Michael Buble "Christmas"
3, Lady Gaga "Born This Way" 4, Coldplay "Mylo Xyloto"
5, Bruno Mars "Doo-Wops & Hooligans"
6, Adele "19"
7, Justin Bieber "Under The Mistletoe"
8, Rihanna "Loud"
9, Rihanna " Talk The Talk"
10, Lil Wayne "Tha Carter IV"
2014
1. Various Artists - Frozen
2. Taylor Swift - 1989
3. Ed Sheeran - X 4. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
5. Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour
6. One Direction - FOUR
7. AC/DC - Rock or Bust
8. Various Artists - Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
9. Pink Floyd - The Endless River
10. Lorde - Pure Heroine
2015
1. 25 – ADELE
2. X – ED SHEERAN
3. 1989 – TAYLOR SWIFT
4. PURPOSE – JUSTIN BIEBER
5. IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH
6. MADE IN THE A.M. – ONE DIRECTION
7. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY – VARIOUS ARTISTS 8. A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS – COLDPLAY
9. TITLE – MEGHAN TRAINOR
10. BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS – THE WEEKND
I wonder what it was about the 90s that made people go out and buy albums like hot cakes. It kinda happened in the 70s and 80s too, tbh, but it feels so much more pronounced here than anywhere else.
Probably because it was the only way to consume music other than radio or vinyl players. Picking up a tiny jewel case compared to picking up a larger vinyl case was probably seen as revolutionary in terms of convenience back then.
Get on the winning team bb
