Despite Moon Magic being the last of Coldplay’s new music for a while, the band are continuing to cement their musical legacy.

Huge congratulations to #Coldplay (@coldplay), who celebrate the biggest week for a UK act in three years with 10th Number 1 album #MoonMusic #Coldplayhttps://t.co/IvS9kbCYTO

— Official Charts (@officialcharts) October 11, 2024

Coldplay appeared on the tele-shopping channel QVC on the eve of Moon Magic’s release. After 25 years in the musical promotion game, Coldplay used this unique idea to promote their latest work to a different and somewhat unsuspecting audience.

This promotion of Moon Magic clearly paid off for Coldplay, as the album soared to the top spot, becoming the fastest-selling album (both in physical copies and downloads) since Adele’s 30 in 2021. Moon Magic achieved 209,000 in pure sales whereas 30 acquired 218,000 in its opening week. Additionally, Coldplay beat Adele’s record with 30, by earning 237,000 chart units in its opening week, making Moon Magic the biggest debut for a British act in three years.

This immense achievement has made Coldplay neck and neck with many other iconic acts. ABBA, Michael Jackson and Queen all join Coldplay, each act possessing 10 number one records on the Official Albums Chart.

Moon Magic accompanies the rest of Coldplay’s chart-topping records, which began with Parachutes, their 2000 debut, along with A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) and their most recent release prior to Moon Magic, Music Of The Spheres (2021).

With the singles ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ and ‘We Pray’ that remained in the Top 20 of this week’s singles chart, Moon Magic with its 237,000 units trails behind Taylor’s Swifts’ The Tortured Poets Department and its 270,000 units, which was released back in April and establishes Swift with the record of biggest first-week sales of 2024. This further makes Coldplay musical royalty with the success of their tenth album, which with its strong numbers, puts the band reams and reams ahead of other British acts this year.

With that being said, the BBC has stated that the sales of Moon Magic this week has seen the record sell more copies than the rest of the Top 40 combined. This is a huge achievement for Coldplay, who recently revealed earlier this year with the announcement of Moon Magic, that their twelve album would their last album.

The success of Coldplay’s Moon Magic further reveals their musical legacy remains prominent over more than two decades in the music industry.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/coldplays-moon-magic-claims-the-number-one-spot-of-the-uk-albums-chart/feed/ 0 https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/chris-martin-sparks-rumours-of-coldplays-end-despite-the-release-of-moon-magic/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/chris-martin-sparks-rumours-of-coldplays-end-despite-the-release-of-moon-magic/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:21:22 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=102260 Prior to the release of Coldplay’s tenth studio album ‘Moon Magic’ on October 4, frontman Chris Martin sat down in an exclusive interview with NME to discuss the future of Coldplay and what fans can expect from their upcoming album and succeeding projects.

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In the interview Martin suggested the band were approaching the end of writing new material, expanding on a comment made in 2021 that Coldplay’s catalogue would end after 12 albums – set to be concluded in 2025. However, this deadline has been extended after the success of their Glastonbury set this year and the high demand for their upcoming tour.

When discussing the conclusion of new material at 12 albums Martin stated: “The 12 album thing is very real, and it’s a nice feeling. It doesn’t mean we won’t tour or finish some compilation things or outtakes or whatever. It just means that the main story is told. That’s just what feels really right. Just knowing that’s happening supercharges all the work we’re doing now”. This interview with NME marked Martin’s first promotional interview for ‘Moon Magic’. With incredible amounts of honesty, he indicated that his capacity to discuss the meanings of his songs had declined over time and hopes fans can listen to the new tracks and decipher their meaning.

Honesty and care take precedent on ‘Moon Magic’ as Martin delved into the creative process, emphasising: “Right now, and since about 2008, if something lands in me as a song or as a good idea and it feels authentic, we’ll do it.” The creation of Coldplay’s latest album saw Martin at a new stage in his life, he continued: “Moon Magic is kind of the story of waking up in the morning and feeling terrible about yourself, terrible about the world – depressed, isolated, separate, alone, and not able to be yourself… through the album, it’s a journey to feeling the complete opposite at the end of the day”.

Moon Music, our 10th album, is finally here

https://t.co/T8bLqK7kpV Wherever you are in the world, we send you our love pic.twitter.com/gkFu0fwABC — Coldplay (@coldplay) October 4, 2024

These themes for ‘Moon Magic’ allow fans to relate to the world around them, offering a relatability for fans to listen to their own thoughts . The stories told by Coldplay throughout their discography have evidently hit close to home for fans. As the Official UK Chart announced Coldplay as the most played British group of the 21^st century.

The Official UK Chart estimated that Coldplay’s most played hit ‘Viva La Vida’ is played an average of 27 times a day in the UK. This means the band have racked up 400,000,000 seconds – 13 years – of airplay this century. Other groups in the list included: Queen (2), Take That (3) and Little Mix (4).

BREAKING NEWS @coldplay‘s Moon Music is already the fastest-selling album by a UK act in 2024 https://t.co/9FEzQDBlST

— Official Charts (@officialcharts) October 7, 2024

Despite Chris Martin alluding to the end of Coldplay’s written material it is no doubt the band’s momentum will continue soar. With continuous chart-topping hits and sold-out stadium shows, fans do not need to fear as Coldplay will not escape the mainstream any time soon.