| Capital: | € 110 million |
| Age: | 43 |
| Born: | 03/02/1977 |
| Country of origin: | Great Britain |
| Source of wealth: | Singer |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Chris Martin is a British composer, musician and front singer of the band “Coldplay”.
Early life
Christopher Anthony John Martin was born in Devon, England, Anthony Martin, an accountant and Alison, Professor of Music. There he grew up with four younger brothers and sisters and was raised to the Catholic faith. Martin has developed great interest in music while staying at school. Meanwhile, he founded his first group “The Rocking Hairkies”. After school, Martin studied ancient history, Greek and Latin at College University in London. He also worked as a painter sign. In 1996, he met Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and champion in college, with whom he founded the “Coldplay” success group a little later.
Career
Chris Martin founded the group “Coldplay” with his college friends. It acts not only as the main singer of the group, but also plays the piano and the guitar. Many songs from the band come from Chris Martin’s pen. The break in the band arrived in 2002 with their first album “Parachutes”. Other successful group records followed. The most famous success of “Coldplay” are “Viva Vida”, “Paradise”, “the scientist” and “a sky full of stars”. Martin also composes other artists, such as the “The Streets” group and the singer “Avicii”. He also supported the American Jay-Z rapper on his return and composed hip-hop songs with him.
Career highlights
The first album “Parachutes” was extremely successful commercial and was also strongly rented by music reviews. The album stayed in the top ten British graphics for 33 weeks. In 2001 “Coldplay” for registrations received the renown “Grammy Award” for the best alternative album. This was followed by recordings such as “X + Y” and “Mylo Xyloto”, which not only does in the paintings of Great Britain, but in many other countries in the world. Coldplay sold 85 million recordings so far, making Chris Martin one of the most prosperous musicians in the United Kingdom. In 2016 “Coldplay” received the honor of appearing on the famous superbowl half-time show. Shortly after, the group went on a world tour and played on five continents: the 114 concerts were all sold.
Amazing facts
From 2003 to 2016, Chris Martin was married to the winning actress of Oscars Gwyneth Paltrow. The marriage gave birth to two children. The musician is socially involved. It supports Oxfam – a development aid organization – the “Poverty History of Poverty” campaign, which works against poverty and is committed to the purchase of fair trade products. Rather unusual for a rock band: Martin and his collaborators speak against drugs. Depending on the rules of the band, drug use leads to the exclusion of this. According to its own statements, it attracts its energy from yoga, surfing and a predominantly vegetarian diet.
