Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 and is an English singer-songwriter and musician.
44 Facts About Chris Martin
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Chris Martin is best known as the lead vocalist, pianist, rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay.
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Chris Martin won seven Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards as part of the band.
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Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in Exeter, Devon, England, being the oldest of five children.
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Chris Martin's father, Anthony John Martin, of Whitestone House, Exeter, is a retired chartered accountant, and his mother, Alison Martin, who is from Zimbabwe, is a music teacher.
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Chris Martin was educated at the pre-preparatory Hylton School and the preparatory Exeter Cathedral School, where he found his passion for music.
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At UCL, Chris Martin met his future Coldplay bandmates Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion.
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Chris Martin was responsible for co-founding the band along with Buckland; they met each other during UCL's orientation week in 1996.
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Chris Martin originally considered it for his own band after finding a copy of Philip Horky's Child's Reflections, Cold Play, but the idea was ultimately discarded.
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Chris Martin has written songs for a variety of acts including Embrace and Jamelia.
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In 2005, Chris Martin collaborated with Nelly Furtado on the track "All Good Things ", for her 2006 album, Loose.
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Chris Martin put some chords together for a song known as "Beach Chair" and sent them to Jay-Z who enlisted the help of hip-hop producer Dr Dre to mix it.
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Chris Martin has worked on a solo collaboration with Kanye West, with whom he shared an impromptu jam session during a 2006 concert at Abbey Road Studios.
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Chris Martin performed the chorus of "Homecoming", from Kanye West's album Graduation.
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In 2015, Chris Martin collaborated with DJ Avicii to work on two new tracks for his album Stories.
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Chris Martin wrote the lyrics, Avicii did the production, and Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost was the vocalist.
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Chris Martin provided the vocals for Avicii's True Believer, in Stories.
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In February 2017, Chris Martin performed "A Different Corner" at the 2017 Brit Awards in tribute to George Michael.
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In 2019, Chris Martin was featured on Avicii's posthumous album Tim.
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The song "Heaven" features vocals by Chris Martin and was written by Avicii and Chris Martin prior to Avicii's death.
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On 12 December 2012, Chris Martin performed three songs, including "Losing My Religion" with Michael Stipe, as a part of the "12 12 12 Concert" which was held as a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy relief.
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Chris Martin became the creative director of the newly established Global Citizen Festival in 2015, a role he plans to fulfil for 15 years.
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In 2006, Chris Martin had a cameo role in the second series, episode four, of the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant comedy Extras.
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Chris Martin appears singing in the closing credits of the 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen film Bruno, with Bono, Sting, Slash, Snoop Dogg, and Elton John.
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In March 2015, Chris Martin attended the televised launch of music streaming service Tidal via a video link, and revealed himself, along with other notable artists, as a shareholder in the company.
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In June 2015, Chris Martin performed "Til Kingdom Come" at the funeral Mass of Beau Biden, son of United States Vice-president Joe Biden, after learning that Biden was a fan of his.
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Chris Martin is very vocal about his love for Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha.
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Chris Martin is a fan of English rock bands Oasis and Muse, Irish pop group Westlife, English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, English pop group Take That, and Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire.
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In 2014, Chris Martin inducted Peter Gabriel into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his solo career, and performed live with him.
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Chris Martin went on to call "Nightswimming" "the greatest song ever written".
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Chris Martin has called Richard Ashcroft, formerly of the Verve, "the best singer in the world".
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Chris Martin was quoted as calling Coldplay's song "Shiver" a rip-off Jeff Buckley influenced by Buckley's song "Grace".
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Chris Martin has become an advocate for hearing loss awareness, having partnered with the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.
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Chris Martin played keyboards on the track accompanying other pupils performing in a group called Grandisson Ensemble.
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Chris Martin's second child, Moses, was born in April 2006 in New York City.
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Since October 2017, Chris Martin has been in a relationship with American actress Dakota Johnson.
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Chris Martin has been particularly outspoken on issues of fair trade and has campaigned for Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign.
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Chris Martin travelled to Ghana and Haiti to meet farmers and view the effects of unfair trade practices.
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Chris Martin was a vocal critic of US President George W Bush and the war in Iraq.
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Chris Martin was a strong supporter of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, most notably during his acceptance speech for the 2004 Grammy Awards Record of the Year, accepting for "Clocks".
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Chris Martin supported Obama for president in 2008, giving a shout-out at the end of a performance of "Yellow" on 25 October 2008 episode of Saturday Night Live.
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On 1 April 2006, The Guardian reported that Chris Martin was backing the British Conservative Party leader David Cameron, and had written a new theme song for the party titled "Talk to David".
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Chris Martin appeared in a video for the "Robin Hood Tax" campaign, which proposes a tax on stock trades in the United States.
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In June 2016, Chris Martin supported Vote Remain in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.