Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 10: Chris Martin of Coldplay ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Coldplay has denied in federal court that it copied parts of Joe Satriani’s music for its hit song, “Viva La Vida.” In a response filed in Los Angeles on Monday, attorneys for Coldplay’s band members ...

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 ...

Coldplay’s 10th album Moon Music releases Friday (Oct. 4), and they’ll apparently only make two more after that. To celebrate, Chris Martin talked with Rolling Stone about some of the band’s defining ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Coldplay scores three top 40 singles in the U.K. as “Yellow,” “Viva ...

As the Battle of “Viva la Vida” hits the legal system, Coldplay have once again denied copycatting the riff from Joe Satriani’s “If I Could Fly” for the title track off the band’s latest album. In ...