Coldplay have reached the Top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and have become the first British band to do so since...Def Leppard. 'Love Bites' being the last time a British band topped the main US singles chart in October 1988.

The song 'Viva La Vida' reached Number One this week and looks set to top the UK chart on Sunday. Coldplay's new album 'Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends' is currently the Number One album in the UK and will top the US chart with over 700,000 first week sales next week. Potentially giving them the UK/US number one albums/singles at the same time by next Thursday (26th).



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"Coldplay have admitted that they are "excited" about the prospect of scoring their first ever number one UK single this weekend.

Early sales of Viva La Vida, the title track from their fourth album, suggest that the band could finally shoot to the top of the singles chart on Sunday.

The song was available to download before this week to those pre-ordering the band's album.

Chart rules prevented it from counting towards the top 40 until Monday.

The track has already given the band their first number one in the US after it shot straight to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

The last British band to top the US chart was Def Leppard who reached the top spot with Love Bites 20 years ago."

Chris Martin - Quote Of The Week

"Man, us British people have great singing voices."

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