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Analysis: Coldplay Compared to NIN and Radiohead

Authored by Heather Hopkins on May 9, 2008 - 5:55am.

Last week we issued a news release titled Coldplay's Free Single Propels Website to #1 Online Among Bands and Artists. We found that U.S. visits to Coldplay.com increased 19 fold on the back of the band's new single, Violet Hill, being released for free online. On April 29, 2008, the day the single was released on Coldplay.com, the website ranked as the most visited website among the Bands and Artists category. A little more than 1 out of every 40 visits to Bands and Artists category went to Coldplay's website that day.

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Free Coldplay Single Downloaded 600K Times in 24 Hours

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 30, 2008 - 12:48pm.

London - Major label EMI said on Tuesday that the new Coldplay single it began offering as a free download for a week as of yesterday has already been downloaded more than 600,000 times, Billboard reports. The DRM-free song will no longer be available as a free download as of May 6.

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Buzz Watch: New Album on the Way From Britain's Coldplay

Authored by Jay Baage on March 4, 2007 - 7:22pm.
The British alternative rock band Coldplay said on Sunday that it plans to return to the studio after a two-year hiatus to record an album that will have a different sound from "X&Y," which has sold more than 2 million copies since it was released in 2005. The new album features what Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin called a quintessential song that everybody should hear "before we die."
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CBS to Premiere Coldplay Ringtone in Tonight's Episode of "CSI: NY"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 30, 2005 - 9:21am.
New York - Viacom's CBS network announced on Wednesday that it will embed a master recording ringtone ("Realtone") of a song from Capitol Records recording artists Coldplay into an episode of its drama "CSI: NY," and then offer the ringtone for download to viewers several minutes later. A ringtone of Coldplay's "Talk," from its double platinum album "X&Y," will be included in tonight's episode of "CSI: NY". The ringtone will then be available exclusively from CBS.com for one week.
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