Forget looking at the stars, look at that view count! Coldplay's “Yellow” became the band's latest music video to join the Billion Views Club.
Their beloved 2000 breakthrough hit — which they opened their 2016 Super Bowl Halftime Show with — is the band's fifth music video to reach over 1 billion views on YouTube. Other Billion Views Club clips include “Paradise,” “Adventure of a Lifetime,” “The Scientist” and the Beyoncé-assisted “Hymn for the Weekend.”
While some of the band's other music videos are pretty grandiose, “Yellow” stands out for its minimalist slant. The video consists of one continuous shot without cuts, a major departure from CGI and several sets of the band's later music videos.
“Yellow” served as Stateside's lead single Parachutes, the band's landmark Grammy-winning debut studio album (it won Best Alternative Music album at the 2002 awards show). On the Billboard Hot 100, “Yellow” peaked at No. 48, while Parachutes peaked at No. 51. Obviously, the rockers have grown tremendously from those humble beginnings. The group currently boasts a pair of Hot 100 chart-toppers — 2008's “Viva La Vida” and 2021's “My Universe” (featuring BTS) — from 24 career hits. On the Billboard 200, the group has scored four No. 1 albums from 14 career entries, including multi-week chart toppers Viva La Vida or Death and all his friends (2008, two weeks), X&Y (2005, three weeks) and Ghost stories (2014, two weeks).
In addition to their new entry into the Billion Views Club, the band also saw two of their catalog's tracks enter the YouTube Top Songs chart in the US. A pair of trends reached “Viva La Vida” (No. 3) and “Clocks” (No. 37) in the chart's top 40.
Last year, Coldplay continued their Music of the Spheres World tour, which earned them Top Rock tour Artists at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards. According to Advertising sign Boxscore, the Music of the Spheres World tour was the biggest rock tour of 2023 and the second biggest tour across all genres. Since its launch in 2022, the tour has earned $664.5 million and sold 6.7 million tickets. The last trek of the complex is supported Music of the Spherestheir 2021 LP, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and earned a Grammy nod for album of the year.
Revisit the “Yellow” music video below.
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