Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin, best known as just Chris Martin, is the famous founder of the Coldplay rock band. He was born in Whitestone, a small village in Devon, England. Studying at the University College London in 1996, Chris formed a rock band called Pectoralz, then renamed it Starfish. This young yet promising band would later become Coldplay, one of the most recognized and famous British rock bands of modern times. The band became extremely popular and listened to worldwide in 2000, after their renowned song "Yellow". It became the first single to earn the band a Grammy Award. Nowadays Coldplay has an army of fans

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