“Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it's out there in the world it's no longer ours.”

English musician and Coldplay co-founder

Christopher Anthony John Martin is an English musician and the vocalist, pianist, and co-founder of Coldplay. He became widely known through the band, which he formed with Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion at University College London. Coldplay reached global stardom with Parachutes in 2000 and the albums that followed. Martin is known chiefly for his work with the band and his role at its center as singer and pianist.