Will Champion

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Will Champion is the drummer of Coldplay and a founding member, having joined the band in 1998. He provides percussion, backing vocals and multi-instrumental contributions across the band's catalogue.

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Moon Music by Coldplay

Coldplay's 2024 album, a soft and hopeful companion to their earlier work, reaching for warmth and unity.

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Music of the Spheres by Coldplay

Coldplay's bright 2021 concept album, a glossy pop journey through an imagined solar system, anchored by My Universe.

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Everyday Life by Coldplay

Coldplay's 2019 double album wanders far from arena pop into gospel, protest, and prayer for ordinary days.

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A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay

Coldplay's joyful 2015 album, a bright farewell of sorts that I discovered well after its release.

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Ghost Stories by Coldplay

Coldplay's quiet, wounded 2014 album, a record of loss I returned to and heard with fresh ears.

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Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay

Coldplay's bright, restless 2011 concept album, a record I came to late and found bolder than its reputation.

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Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay

Coldplay's 2008 album reaches for bold colour and history, a bright, restless record about power, doubt and time.

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A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay

Coldplay's darker, sharper 2002 album, the one where the band grew up, anchored by Clocks and The Scientist.

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Parachutes by Coldplay

Coldplay's gentle 2000 debut, a quiet, hopeful record I went back to discover after their bigger albums.

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X&Y by Coldplay

Coldplay's ambitious 2005 album reaches for the stadiums, full of widescreen anthems and the enduring Fix You.

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