“I think if you're lucky enough to be in a band with your best friends, and you look at the world in the right way, than you understand that everything that's happening to you can be alchemized.”

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.