Parachutes (Coldplay album)

2000 studio album by Coldplay

Parachutes

Standard edition cover

Studio album by

Coldplay

Released| 10 July 2000 (2000-07-10)
Recorded| November 1999 – May 2000[a]
Studio|

* Matrix (London)
* Wessex (London)
* Parr Street (Liverpool)
* Rockfield (Rockfield)
* Orinoco (London)

Genre|

* Alternative rock
* post-Britpop
* indie rock
* soft rock

Length| 41:25
Label|

* Parlophone
* Nettwerk

Producer|

* Ken Nelson
* Coldplay
* Chris Allison

Coldplay chronology
| The Blue Room
(1999)  | Parachutes
(2000)  | A Rush of Blood to the Head
(2002)

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Singles from  Parachutes

1. "Shiver"
Released: 6 March 2000
2. "Yellow"
Released: 26 June 2000
3. "Trouble"
Released: 23 October 2000
4. "Don't Panic"
Released: 19 March 2001

Parachutes is the debut studio album by the British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 10 July 2000 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and on 7 November 2000 by Nettwerk in the United States.[2] Ken Nelson and the band co-produced all songs except "High Speed", which was produced by Chris Allison alone. Parachutes spawned four singles: "Shiver", "Yellow", "Trouble" and "Don't Panic", the latter being limited to Europe. "Sparks" gained notability in the 2020s after going viral on video platform TikTok.[3] In support of the album, Coldplay embarked on the Parachutes Tour (2000–2001).

The album was a commercial success and was met with positive reviews from critics. Upon release, it quickly reached number one in the United Kingdom and has since been certified 9× Platinum. In the United States, the album peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200 and eventually was certified double platinum. It won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2002, the British Album of the Year award at the 2001 Brit Awards, and many other accolades. Parachutes is also the 22nd-best-selling album of the 21st century in the United Kingdom. As of July 2025, it has sold over 17 million copies worldwide.[4]

## Recording and production

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The band began production on Parachutes in late 1999, after producing and releasing The Blue Room EP with British record producer Chris Allison. Allison was asked to assist with production, and the band's musical direction, which was desired by both the band & the A&R department. Production started with the track 'High Speed', which was part of the EP and was later re-released as a part of Parachutes. Allison describes 'High Speed' as thus: 'You'll notice it is quite a bit different to the other tracks, because there are other sounds going on in it: we wanted to mix a soundscape in with the classic rock sound on that particular track. I thought 'High Speed' was a really good marriage between the classic rock sound and the new sound that was developing out of it, something that was more atmospheric'.[5] Seven tracks in all were recorded during the sessions at Orinoco studios in London, with three of them ending up on The Blue Room EP.

The band then took a lengthy break to compose more tracks for Parachutes. A few months later, it was arranged that Allison and the band meet at a rehearsal room to finally begin production on the band's debut album. "They started up playing in the rehearsal room and they really weren't together at all. And I was very honest with them, I just sort of said 'Look, this simply isn't good enough'". Allison adds, "The interesting, the most significant thing that did occur out of the fact that we didn't end up starting the album on that day of the rehearsal was that Chris Martin had not written "Yellow" by that time".[5]

A couple of months later, British record producer Ken Nelson was chosen, producing all but one song on Parachutes. He was introduced to Coldplay by his manager Pete Byrne (who gave him a copy of the band's Fierce Panda-distributed debut single in 1999). Nelson has claimed that, as soon as he heard vocalist Chris Martin's voice on the song "Bigger Stronger", he "realised that he was something special". Nelson was offered the job while Coldplay were performing in Liverpool with English indie rock band Gomez (whose debut album, Bring It On, was what he had produced at the time).[6]

Coldplay initially planned to record Parachutes in the space of two weeks. However, tours and other live performances caused the recording to spread out between November 1999 and May 2000.[7] The band began work on the album at Rockfield Studios in Wales, continuing with sessions at Liverpool's Parr Street Studios. The band worked in three studio rooms at Parr Street, mostly in the project studio which producer Ken Nelson describes as "basically a demo room". The Chris Allison-produced track "High Speed" was also included on the album, and originates from earlier sessions at Orinoco Studios in London. The album was mixed by American engineer Michael Brauer in New York. Coldplay's record label, Parlophone, had originally intended to use a mixing engineer for the tracks they picked as singles, but eventually hired Brauer to work on all songs on Parachutes[6] except the song "High Speed" which was mixed by Chris Allison.

At the Liverpool concert where he was offered the production job, Nelson had noted that Coldplay's performance was "very very uptight [...] they rushed through the set and it was quite difficult to listen to". Once in the studio Nelson and the band went through each song, learning how to play the piece live and deciding what tempo to play it at in an attempt to get the group to "calm down" ("Trouble", for example, had to be reworked to eliminate the cacophony included in its early versions).[6]

The album's cover features a photograph of a yellow globe taken with a disposable Kodak camera. The globe had been purchased from W H Smith for £10; it was featured in the music videos for "Shiver" and "Don't Panic", and also accompanied the band on their tours.[8] The album was dedicated to drummer Will Champion's mother, Sara Champion, who died of cancer in May 2000, two months before the release of Parachutes.[9]

## Music and style

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Coldplay performing "Don't Panic" in the 2005 Twisted Logic Tour.

Champion has explained that Nelson's production style was liberating and allowed the band to feel at ease during the recording of Parachutes (many songs from the album often featured slow tempos). The ensuing album was "a record's worth of moody and atmospheric tunes". As a nod to the moods created by the album, Champion has compared the song lyrics to the 1972 song "Perfect Day" by American rock singer-songwriter Lou Reed, stating that the "lyrics are beautiful and they're really, really happy, but the music is really, really sad. It's that kind of thing, where you can create [differing] moods through the music and lyrics".[10]

Parachutes was recognised to have an alternative rock,[11] indie rock,[12] and post-Britpop,[13] with some stylistic comparisons being made to contemporaries such as Radiohead and Travis. In fact, a few critics have suggested that the album's commercial success was due in part to a portion of Radiohead's audience being alienated by the band's experimental and more electronic-influenced Kid A album.[11]

## Release and promotion

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Parachutes was first released on 10 July 2000 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, which was part of EMI.[14] For international marketing, the company followed a process where artists were picked by either Virgin, Manhattan or Capitol in the United States, not having their albums issued otherwise.[15] All three labels rejected Coldplay, driving them to sign with Nettwerk.[16] The record was made available on 7 November 2000 and radio stations were served to "Yellow" in January 2001.[16] Capitol took over distribution six months later.[15]

The album was blocked from release in China due to "inflammatory political content".[17] Government officials singled out "Spies" as the prime offender.[17] In 2020, Coldplay released a 20th anniversary edition of Parachutes in transparent yellow vinyl.[18] Its main version has 10 tracks, with "Everything's Not Lost" being accompanied by a hidden segment called "Life Is for Living".

Japanese pressings include the songs "Careful Where You Stand" and "For You", which were originally released as the B-sides of "Shiver". The hidden portion is located at the pre-gap of track 11.[citation needed] Four singles were released in total: "Shiver", "Yellow", "Trouble" and "Don't Panic". Upon the release of "Trouble", Coldplay abandoned their initial plan of releasing "Don't Panic", since they deemed three singles were enough for an album. However, a number of CDs were made available in select European countries.[19]

## Critical reception

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### Reviews

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 72/100[20]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [21]
Alternative Press| 4/5[22]
Entertainment Weekly| B+[23]
Los Angeles Times| [24]
NME| 9/10[25]
Pitchfork| 5.3/10[26]
Q| [27]
Rolling Stone| [28]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [29]
Uncut| [30]

Parachutes was released to generally favorable reviews from music critics.[31] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 20 reviews.[20] In a contemporary review of the album, Michael Hubbard of musicOMH called it "an album of remarkable depth, especially when one considers the youthful ages of the band members".[32] Siobhan Grogan of NME stated that "all told, it's incredible this is a debut album" and concluded that "accomplished, yet subtle, it works perfectly as a whole in a way all the production skills in the world couldn't replicate".[25] Melody Maker hailed Parachutes as a "masterpiece" and "a defining musical statement of 2000", while James Oldham of Uncut felt that the album "more than justifies the plaudits heaped upon [the band] by the weekly music press".[30] The Guardian described the album as "one of the year's most uplifting albums", adding that it features "elegant songs, classic guitars and gorgeous singing".[33]

While noting that Parachutes "brings nothing new to the table" and that its "musical reference points are immediately recognizable and difficult to overlook", Billboard stated that the band "seems talented enough to transcend this early identity crisis".[34] Matt Diehl of Rolling Stone opined that the album "ultimately rises above its influences to become a work of real transcendence".[28] In a retrospective write-up, MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic commented that Parachutes introduced the band as "young musicians still honing their sweet harmonies", adding that the album "deserved the accolades it received because it followed the general rule when introducing decent pop songs: keep the emotion genuine and real".[21]

In a less-enthusiastic review, Pitchfork called the album "harmless and pretty... [but] nothing else".[26] Barry Walters, writing in The Village Voice, similarly writes that "there's little on Parachutes that demands attention or punctures the pensive spell, and, unlike Travis's, Coldplay's hooks are slight".[35] In his Consumer Guide column for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau selected "Yellow" and "Don't Panic" as "choice cuts",[36] indicating good songs on "an album that isn't worth your time or money".[37] Setareh Yousefi of Stylus Magazine felt that "the finer moments of Parachutes are blended with some boring sappy songs", with Martin's "powerful voice" ultimately being "in many ways wasted on songs that are alright but not bewildering".[38]

### Rankings

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Parachutes on select critic rankings  Publisher  | Year  | Listicle  | Rank  | Ref.

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Mondo Sonoro | 2000  | Best Records of 2000  | 19  | [39]
Newsweek | 2021  | 50 Best Rock Albums from the 21st Century  | 35  | [40]
NME | 2000  | Best Albums of 2000  | 6  | [41]
2006  | 100 Greatest British Albums Ever  | 33  | [42]
2010  | The 50 Greatest Debut Albums Ever | Placed  | [43]
2013  | The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time | 272  | [44]
The Observer | 2004  | The 100 Greatest British Albums | 93  | [45]
Q | 2000  | Recordings of the Year – 2000  | Placed  | [46]
2010  | Artists & Albums of the 21st Century  | 51  | [47]
2016  | The Greatest Albums of the Last 30 Years | Placed  | [48]
Radio X | 2021  | The Best British Debut Albums of the 2000s | Placed  | [49]
Rolling Stone | 2011  | 100 Best Albums of the 2000s  | 73  | [50]
Select | 2000  | Best Albums of 2000  | 5  | [51]
Spin | 2000  | Best Albums of 2000  | 19  | [52]
The Times | 2000  | Best Albums of the Year 2000  | 17  | [53]
Uncut | 2024  | The 500 Greatest Albums of the 2000s | 105  | [54]
Under the Radar | 2009  | Best Albums of the Decade (2000–2009)  | 85  | [55]
Uproxx | 2023  | The Best Debut Albums Ever | 83  | [56]
The Village Voice | 2000  | Pazz & Jop Critics Poll | 30  | [57]
WXPN | 2021  | All Time Greatest Albums  | 329  | [58]

## Accolades

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Awards and nominations for Parachutes Year  | Ceremony  | Category  | Result  | Ref.

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2000  | Gaffa Awards (Denmark) | International Album of the Year  | Nominated  | [59]
Mercury Prize | Mercury Prize  | Nominated  | [60]
Q Awards | Best Album  | Won  | [61]
2001  | Brit Awards | British Album of the Year | Won  | [62]
NME Awards | Best Album  | Nominated  | [63]
2002  | Grammy Awards | Best Alternative Music Album | Won  | [64]

## Commercial performance

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The popularity of the songs in British clubs, pubs and sporting events led Parachutes to debut at number-one in the UK Albums Chart with 70,935 copies sold.[65] Its biggest sales period, however, was during the penultimate week of 2000, when the album sold 170,642 copies and surpassed one million total sales.[65] The record is certified 9× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for selling over 2,700,000 copies.[66] In July 2011, it climbed from number 184 to number 48 for a 318th charting week.[67] As of January 2018, the album remains Coldplay's third biggest in the country, behind A Rush of Blood to the Head (2.9 million) and X&Y (2.7 million).[68] In 2022 Parachutes was named as the 10th most successful debut album in UK chart history.[69]

In the United States, Parachutes debuted at number 189 on the Billboard 200 five weeks after its release.[70] It later peaked at number 51 and reached number one on the Billboard Heatseekers. Over two million copies have been shipped to the United States, leading to being certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[71] It was also certified 4× Platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association,[72] and 2× Platinum in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.[73] As of July 2020, Parachutes has sold 31,922 copies on cassette in UK, making it the 33rd best-selling cassette since 2000.[74]

## Legacy

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Coldplay still perform songs from Parachutes during their concerts, most notably "Yellow".

With over 2.7 million units sold in the United Kingdom, Parachutes is the 22nd best-selling album of the 21st century and 45th of all time in the country.[75] British trade paper Music Week praised it as one of the most impressive debut records ever, spawning hit singles "Shiver", "Trouble" and "Yellow". The latter was included on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll exhibit for being among the most successful and important recordings in music.[76][77] In 2010, Parachutes was included on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book.[78] In 2013, NME ranked it at number 272 on their "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.[79]

Jon O' Brien from the Recording Academy labeled it as Coldplay's most influential album to date, impacting on the work of artists such as The Fray, Snow Patrol and OneRepublic.[80] In a 25th anniversary review for Consequence, Paolo Ragusa wrote that the album "became quietly influential" in the evolution of alternative rock in the 2000s, providing a "a much softer version of masculinity than what was popular and encouraged at the time".[81] He discussed the newfound popularity of "Sparks" as well, declaring that it "reveals a demand for the kind of unguarded intimacy that Parachutes offered; not to mention that in the 2020s, that dreamy-but-confessional style of alternative rock has found a resurgence via acts like Phoebe Bridgers, Sam Fender and Hozier".[81]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Coldplay.

Parachutes – standard edition track listingNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Don't Panic"| 2:17
2.| "Shiver"| 4:59
3.| "Spies"| 5:18
4.| "Sparks"| 3:47
5.| "Yellow"| 4:29
6.| "Trouble"| 4:30
7.| "Parachutes"| 0:46
8.| "High Speed"| 4:14
9.| "We Never Change"| 4:09
10.| "Everything's Not Lost"| 7:15
Total length:| 41:25

Parachutes – Japanese edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Length

|
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11.| "Careful Where You Stand"| 4:45
12.| "For You"| 5:42
Total length:| 51:52

Notes

* "Everything's Not Lost" contains the hidden track "Life Is for Living", which begins at 5:39.
* "Life Is for Living" is located in the pre-gap of "Careful Where You Stand" on the Japanese edition.

## Personnel

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Credits adapted from the album's CD liner notes.[82]

Coldplay[6]

* Chris Martin – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, pump organ
* Jonny Buckland – electric guitar, vocals on "Don't Panic"
* Guy Berryman – bass guitar
* Will Champion – drums, percussion

Technical

* Ken Nelson – production (except "High Speed"); engineering
* Coldplay – production (except "High Speed")
* Chris Allison – production, engineering, mixing ("High Speed")
* Andrea Wright – engineering assistant
* Jon Coles – engineering assistant
* Paul Read – engineering assistant
* Simon Barnicott – engineering assistant
* Mark Phythian – computer magic
* Michael H. Brauer – mixing
* George Marino – mastering (at Sterling Sound)

Additional personnel

* Phil Harvey – management
* Dan Keeling – A&R
* Coldplay – design, cover photograph
* Mark Tappin – design assistant (at Blue Source)
* Tom Sheehan – photography
* Sarah Lee – photography

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Parachutes | Chart (2000–2025)  | Peak
position

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Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[83] | 6
Australian Albums (ARIA)[84] | 2
Australian Alternative Albums (ARIA)[85] | 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[86] | 36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[87] | 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[88] | 35
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[89] | 19
Czech Albums (IFPI)[90] | 36
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[91] | 29
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[92] | 7
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[93] | 4
French Albums (SNEP)[94] | 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[95] | 54
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[96] | 29
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[97] | 27
Irish Albums (IRMA)[98] | 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[99] | 11
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[100] | 91
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[101] | 66
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[102] | 4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[103] | 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[104] | 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[105] | 1
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[106] | 75
South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[107] | 10
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[108] | 31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[109] | 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[110] | 38
UK Albums (OCC)[111] | 1
US Billboard 200[112] | 51

### Monthly charts

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Monthly chart performance for Parachutes | Chart (2017)  | Peak
position

|

South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[113] | 18

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for Parachutes Chart (2000)  | Position

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European Albums (Music & Media)[114] | 49
UK Albums (OCC)[115] | 9
Chart (2001)  | Position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[116] | 13
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[117] | 46
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[118] | 86
European Albums (Music & Media)[119] | 25
French Albums (SNEP)[120] | 86
Irish Albums (IRMA)[121] | 18
Italian Albums (FIMI)[122] | 50
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[123] | 4
UK Albums (OCC)[124] | 19
US Billboard 200[125] | 105
Chart (2002)  | Position

|

Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[126] | 156
UK Albums (OCC)[127] | 88
Chart (2003)  | Position

|

UK Albums (OCC)[128] | 116
US Catalog Albums (Billboard)[129] | 6
Chart (2005)  | Position

|

UK Albums (OCC)[130] | 101
Chart (2011)  | Position

|

UK Albums (OCC)[131] | 195
Chart (2017)  | Position

|

South Korean International Albums (Gaon)[132] | 83
Chart (2022)  | Position

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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[133] | 186
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[134] | 86
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[135] | 67
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[136] | 84
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[137] | 86
Chart (2023)  | Position

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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[138] | 51
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[139] | 54
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[140] | 81
Chart (2024)  | Position

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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[141] | 66
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[142] | 49
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[143] | 82

### Decade-end charts

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Decade-end chart performance for Parachutes Chart (2000–2009)  | Position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[144] | 99
UK Albums (OCC)[145] | 13

### All-time charts

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All-time chart performance for Parachutes Chart  | Position

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UK Albums (OCC)[146] | 40

## Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for Parachutes Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

|
|

Argentina (CAPIF)[147] | Platinum  | 60,000^
Australia (ARIA)[148] | 4× Platinum  | 280,000‡
Belgium (BRMA)[149] | 2× Platinum  | 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[150] | 2× Platinum  | 200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[151] | 5× Platinum  | 100,000‡
France (SNEP)[152] | 2× Gold  | 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[153] | Gold  | 150,000^
Iceland[154] | Gold  | 6,000[b]
Italy (FIMI)[155]
Sales since 2009  | 2× Platinum  | 100,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI)[156] | Platinum  | 80,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[157] | 3× Platinum  | 45,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[159] | Platinum  | 60,000[c]
Poland (ZPAV)[160] | Platinum  | 20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[161] | Gold  | 50,000^
Sweden (GLF)[162] | Platinum  | 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[163] | Gold  | 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[165] | 9× Platinum  | 2,780,836[d]
United States (RIAA)[167] | 2× Platinum  | 5,600,000[e]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[168] | 4× Platinum  | 4,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## See also

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* 2000 in British music
* List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom
* List of number-one albums in Norway
* List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2000s

## Notes

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1. ^ Except for "High Speed", which was recorded between June and August 1999.[1]
2. ^ Icelandic total sales for Parachutes as of August 2001.[154]
3. ^ Norwegian total sales for Parachutes as of July 2002.[158]
4. ^ British total sales for Parachutes as of October 2021.[164]
5. ^ American total sales for Parachutes as of June 2025.[166]

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## External links

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* Parachutes at Discogs (list of releases)
* Parachutes at Metacritic

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Coldplay

* Chris Martin
* Jonny Buckland
* Guy Berryman
* Will Champion
* Phil Harvey

Studio albums|

* Parachutes
* A Rush of Blood to the Head
* X&Y
* Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
* Mylo Xyloto
* Ghost Stories
* A Head Full of Dreams
* Everyday Life
* Music of the Spheres
* Moon Music

Live albums|

* Live 2003
* LeftRightLeftRightLeft
* Live 2012
* Ghost Stories Live 2014
* Live in Buenos Aires

Compilations|

* The Singles 1999–2006

Extended plays|

* Safety
* The Blue Room
* Prospekt's March
* Kaleidoscope EP
* Global Citizen – EP 1

Concert tours|

* Parachutes Tour
* A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour
* Twisted Logic Tour
* Viva la Vida Tour
* Mylo Xyloto Tour
* Ghost Stories Tour
* A Head Full of Dreams Tour
* Music of the Spheres World Tour

Films|

* A Head Full of Dreams
* Music of the Spheres: Live at River Plate

Lists|

* Discography
* Songs
* Videography
* Live performances
* Awards and nominations
* Covers

Legacy|

* Cultural impact of Coldplay
* Impact of the Music of the Spheres World Tour

Related|

* Apparatjik
* Applied Art Forms
* The Bakery
* "Million Dollar Maybe"
* Mylo Xyloto (comics)
* 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
* Super Bowl 50 halftime show
* Xyloband

* Category

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Coldplay songs

* Discography
* Videography
* Covers

Parachutes|

* "Don't Panic"
* "Shiver"
* "Sparks"
* "Yellow"
* "Trouble"

A Rush of Blood to
the Head|

* "In My Place"
* "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
* "The Scientist"
* "Clocks"

Live 2003|

* "Moses"

X&Y|

* "Fix You"
* "Talk"
* "Speed of Sound"
* "The Hardest Part"

Viva la Vida or Death
and All His Friends|

* "Lost!"
* "42"
* "Lovers in Japan"
* "Viva la Vida"
* "Violet Hill"
* "Strawberry Swing"
* "Death and All His Friends"

Prospekt's March|

* "Life in Technicolor II"
* "Prospekt's March/Poppyfields"

Mylo Xyloto|

* "Hurts Like Heaven"
* "Paradise"
* "Charlie Brown"
* "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
* "Major Minus"
* "Princess of China"

Ghost Stories|

* "Magic"
* "Ink"
* "True Love"
* "Midnight"
* "Another's Arms"
* "A Sky Full of Stars"

A Head Full of Dreams|

* "A Head Full of Dreams"
* "Hymn for the Weekend"
* "Everglow"
* "Adventure of a Lifetime"
* "Fun"
* "Up&Up"

Kaleidoscope EP|

* "All I Can Think About Is You"
* "Miracles (Someone Special)"
* "Aliens"
* "Something Just Like This"
* "Hypnotised"

Everyday Life|

* "Trouble in Town"
* "Daddy"
* "Arabesque"
* "Orphans"
* "Champion of the World"
* "Everyday Life"

Music of the Spheres|

* "Higher Power"
* "Let Somebody Go"
* "My Universe"
* "Coloratura"

Moon Music|

* "Feelslikeimfallinginlove"
* "We Pray"
* "All My Love"

Other songs|

* "Brothers & Sisters"
* "How You See the World No. 2"
* "Gravity"
* "Christmas Lights"
* "Moving to Mars"
* "Atlas"
* "Miracles"
* "Ma Meilleure Ennemie"

* Category

Awards for Parachutes

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Brit Award for British Album of the Year

1977–2000|

* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1977)
* Kings of the Wild Frontier – Adam and the Ants (1982)
* Memories – Barbra Streisand (1983)
* Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984)
* Diamond Life – Sade (1985)
* No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986)
* Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits (1987)
* ...Nothing Like the Sun – Sting (1988)
* The First of a Million Kisses – Fairground Attraction (1989)
* The Raw and the Cooked – Fine Young Cannibals (1990)
* Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 – George Michael (1991)
* Seal – Seal (1992)
* Diva – Annie Lennox (1993)
* Connected – Stereo MC's (1994)
* Parklife – Blur (1995)
* (What's the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis (1996)
* Everything Must Go – Manic Street Preachers (1997)
* Urban Hymns – The Verve (1998)
* This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours – Manic Street Preachers (1999)
* The Man Who – Travis (2000)

2001–present|

* Parachutes – Coldplay (2001)
* No Angel – Dido (2002)
* A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay (2003)
* Permission to Land – The Darkness (2004)
* Hopes and Fears – Keane (2005)
* X&Y – Coldplay (2006)
* Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not – Arctic Monkeys (2007)
* Favourite Worst Nightmare – Arctic Monkeys (2008)
* Rockferry – Duffy (2009)
* Lungs – Florence and the Machine (2010)
* Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons (2011)
* 21 – Adele (2012)
* Our Version of Events – Emeli Sandé (2013)
* AM – Arctic Monkeys (2014)
* x – Ed Sheeran (2015)
* 25 – Adele (2016)
* Blackstar – David Bowie (2017)
* Gang Signs & Prayer – Stormzy (2018)
* A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships – The 1975 (2019)
* Psychodrama – Dave (2020)
* Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (2021)
* 30 – Adele (2022)
* Harry's House – Harry Styles (2023)
* My 21st Century Blues – Raye (2024)
* Brat – Charli XCX (2025)

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Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album

1990s|

* I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got — Sinéad O'Connor (1991)
* Out of Time — R.E.M. (1992)
* Bone Machine — Tom Waits (1993)
* Zooropa — U2 (1994)
* Dookie — Green Day (1995)
* MTV Unplugged in New York — Nirvana (1996)
* Odelay — Beck (1997)
* OK Computer — Radiohead (1998)
* Hello Nasty — Beastie Boys (1999)

2000s|

* Mutations — Beck (2000)
* Kid A — Radiohead (2001)
* Parachutes — Coldplay (2002)
* A Rush of Blood to the Head — Coldplay (2003)
* Elephant — The White Stripes (2004)
* A Ghost Is Born — Wilco (2005)
* Get Behind Me Satan — The White Stripes (2006)
* St. Elsewhere — Gnarls Barkley (2007)
* Icky Thump — The White Stripes (2008)
* In Rainbows — Radiohead (2009)

2010s|

* Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — Phoenix (2010)
* Brothers — The Black Keys (2011)
* Bon Iver — Bon Iver (2012)
* Making Mirrors — Gotye (2013)
* Modern Vampires of the City — Vampire Weekend (2014)
* St. Vincent — St. Vincent (2015)
* Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes (2016)
* Blackstar — David Bowie (2017)
* Sleep Well Beast — The National (2018)
* Colors — Beck (2019)

2020s|

* Father of the Bride — Vampire Weekend (2020)
* Fetch the Bolt Cutters — Fiona Apple (2021)
* Daddy's Home – St. Vincent (2022)
* Wet Leg – Wet Leg (2023)
* The Record – Boygenius (2024)
* All Born Screaming – St. Vincent (2025)

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