Coldplay’s Teardrop Bows At No.6


CHART SPOTLIGHT. Lifting elements from Peter Allen’s  1976 song “I Go to Rio,” Coldplay’s latest single “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” bows at No.6 in the UK this week. Earlier this week, it debuted at No.29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and follows the yuletide single “Christmas Light.” The latter only made it to No.13 in the UK while peaking at No.25 in the US and Sweden.

 

Bruno Mars Takes Doo Wops & Hooligans to the Top

CHART SPOTLIGHT. It might not have come as a surprise. Bruno Mars already topped the UK singles tally with “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” and retains the No.1 spot for a second week running with “Grenade.” WelcheMusic finds him hotter than an oven, and this week Doo Wops & Hooligans crashes in at No.1 on the album chart as well. Bruno Mars has already conquered The Netherlands and Ireland with this album. He is still to reach the very top in the US besting the No.3 peak.

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One of Japan’s most important radio station has already picked up the Coldplay-flavoured track “Marry You.” According to Music Week, Bruno Mars became the most successful songwriter in the UK last year as part of the songwriting team The Smeezingtons. The production trio not only wrote and produced Mars’s “Just the Way You Are (Amazing),” they’re also responsible for Cee-Lo Green’s “Forget You.” Mars and his songwriting collective scored three UK No 1’s last year beginning with “Nothin’ on You” by B.o.B featuring Mars, followed by “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” and “Forget You.” Additional hits also include “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy and K’naan’s World Cup Song “Wavin’ Flag.”

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Coldplay Will Rock in Rio


The upcoming Rock in Rio festival will host acts such as Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Red Hot Chili Peppers. It will be held at the end of September/early October 2011. The first festival was held in 1985 and organized by the Brazilian entrepreneur Roberto Medina.

The first edition of the festival attracted 1.5m people and Rock in Rio has also been held in Portugal and Spain.

Coldplay Returns for Christmas


Chris Martin & co return with the Xmas track “Christmas Lights.” The track is co-produced by Brian Eno, legendary U2 producer and responsible for the UK No.1 “Heroes” with the X-Factor Finalists. The Xmas single is the first to chart since “Strawberry Swing” in September 2009. It was the final and fifth single off Coldplay’s Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends album. The track bombed and only made it to No.158 in the UK.

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“Christmas Lights” bows at No.18 and will not be included on their upcoming fifth album. The YouTube clip has attracted more than 1.8m viewers to date.

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