Coldplay No. 1 on iTunes

Coldplay

"Speed of Sound," the first single from Coldplay's forthcoming X&Y, is No. 1 on iTunes Music Stores worldwide a day after its release. The iTunes Music Store is in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Since forming in London in 1998, Coldplay - comprised of Guy Berryman (bass), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar), Will Champion (drums) and Chris Martin (vocals, guitar, keyboards) - has won four Grammy awards, including the Record of the Year award for "Clocks." The band's two previous releases, Parachutes (2000) and A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), have sold a combined 20 million copies worldwide. www.coldplay.com