| Capital: | € 110 million |
| Age: | 43 |
| Born: | 03/02/1977 |
| Country of origin: | Great Britain |
| Source of wealth: | Singer |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Chris Martin is a British composer, musician and the front singer of the band “Coldplay”.
Early life
Christopher Anthony John Martin turned into born in Devon, England, to Anthony Martin, an accountant, and Alison, a tune teacher. There he grew up with 4 more youthful siblings and turned into raised withinside the Catholic faith. Martin evolved a outstanding hobby in tune even as nonetheless at school. During this time he based his first band “The Rocking Honkies”. After school, Martin studied historical history, Greek and Latin at University College in London. He additionally labored as a signal painter. In 1996 he met Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion at college, with whom he based the a success band “Coldplay” a bit later.
Career highlights
The first album “Parachutes” was extremely successful commercially and was also highly praised by music critics. The album stayed in the British top ten charts for 33 weeks. In 2001 “Coldplay” for the recordings received the renowned “Grammy Award” for the best album for alternative music. This was followed by records like “X + Y” and “Mylo Xyloto”, which not only made it into the charts in Great Britain, but in many other countries around the world. Coldplay has sold 85 million records so far, making Chris Martin one of the UK’s most successful musicians. In 2016 “Coldplay” was given the honor of appearing on the popular Superbowl’s halftime show. Shortly afterwards the band went on a world tour and performed on five continents: The 114 concerts were all sold out.
Famous quotes
“Life is beautiful in all its colors, even the dark ones, because they are there for a reason.”
“Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay, you are obviously very intelligent and look good and are brilliant all round. ”
“To be absolutely honest, I’m so happy to be alive every day.”
“Recordings sold don’t really mean anything. For us, the pressure, the idea that a 15 year old kid in Cincinnati buys our album and doesn’t feel like he’s wasted his pocket money. ”
“I often dream of other musicians. But they are not interested in hanging out with us. It’s like being in school where the big boys don’t want to play with you. ”
“I’m just an ordinary school boy. I have a degree. I come from a middle class family in Devon. I don’t have a story. ”
“If a few companies were less greedy, the people below would have significantly more.”
“I don’t drink, I don’t take drugs, I don’t smoke.”
