In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Coldplay have ...

Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends' has a reference to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ that’s a little obscure. A classic rock icon produced the album. Martin revealed the title of ...

American culture is overflowing with ex-convicts rapping about society's evils, so it doesn't come as much of a surprise that music carrying any kind of legitimate meaning is becoming far less ...

You know you’re in for a different kind of Coldplay experience when Chris Martin ditches his anguished falsetto for a deep, doomy basso profundo, as he does on “Violet Hill.” Has the sentimental ...

When the 21st century came around and serialized pop music was the new primary genre, protest songs seemingly became a thing of the past. Now, of course, there were still artists out there writing ...

Aryna Sabalenka was rocking in a recent return to Hard Rock Stadium. The world No. 1, who withdrew from this week's WTA 1000 in Montreal citing fatigue, was back at the home of the Miami Open on ...