Editing Coldplay (section)

=== 2005–2007: ''X&Y'' ===
Coldplay spent most of 2004 out of the spotlight, taking a break from touring and releasing a satire music video of a song from a fictional band titled The Nappies while recording their third album.<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=24 April 2008 |url=http://www.ukula.com/TorontoArticle.aspx?SectionID=2&ObjectID=1455&CityID=3 |title=Changing the World at UKULA |work=[[Ukula]] |author=Maclean, Graeme |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210195409/http://www.ukula.com/TorontoArticle.aspx?SectionID=2&ObjectID=1455&CityID=3 |archive-date=10 December 2007}}</ref> ''[[X&Y]]'' was released in June 2005 in UK and Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/fcdp/ |title=BBC – Rock/Indie Review – Coldplay, X&Y |access-date=25 April 2008 |date=20 November 2005 |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331054300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/fcdp/ |archive-date=31 March 2008}}</ref> This new, delayed release date had put the album back into the next fiscal year, and the late release was blamed for a drop in EMI's stock.<ref>{{Cite news|access-date=23 April 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4242293.stm|title=EMI shares hit by profit warning|work=BBC News|date=7 February 2005|archive-date=25 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225025945/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4242293.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4491208.stm|title=Coldplay's X&Y is 'album of year'|access-date=25 April 2008|date=9 December 2005|work=BBC News|archive-date=25 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225033736/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4491208.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> It became the best-selling album of 2005 with worldwide sales of 8.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 March 2006 |title=Coldplay Had Biggest Selling Album of 2005 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-475-1363955 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229001233/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-475-1363955 |archive-date=29 December 2021 |access-date=7 January 2022 |website=NME}}</ref> The [[lead single]], "[[Speed of Sound (song)|Speed of Sound]]",<ref>{{Cite news|first=Mark |last=Morford |url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/06/17/notes061705.DTL |title=Is Coldplay The New Jesus? Martin & Co. make moms smile and girls swoon and offend no one in their quest to love all puppies |access-date=25 April 2008 |date=17 June 2005 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050915155059/https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fgate%2Farchive%2F2005%2F06%2F17%2Fnotes061705.DTL |archive-date=15 September 2005}}</ref> made its radio and online music store debut on 18 April and was released as a CD on 23 May 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article386710.ece|title=Coldplay's new single breaks sound barrier|access-date=25 April 2008|date=30 April 2005|work=The Times|location=UK|archive-date=2 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402135240/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article386710.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''X&Y'' entered the album charts of 32 countries at the number one position<ref>{{Cite news|first=Michael|last=Dwyer|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/cold-comfort/2006/06/29/1151174300940.html|title=Cold comfort|access-date=11 January 2010|date=30 June 2006|work=The Age|location=Melbourne|page=1|archive-date=6 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106003515/http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/cold-comfort/2006/06/29/1151174300940.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was the third-fastest-selling album in UK chart history upon release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2008/12/08/leona-lewis-tops-singles-charts-as-take-that-go-in-at-number-one-in-the-album-charts-both-breaking-records-in-the-process-115875-20954644/|title=Leona Lewis tops singles charts as Take That go in at Number-One in the album charts – both breaking records in the process|access-date=11 January 2010|date=8 December 2008|work=Daily Mirror|location=UK|archive-date=26 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426105941/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2008/12/08/leona-lewis-tops-singles-charts-as-take-that-go-in-at-number-one-in-the-album-charts-both-breaking-records-in-the-process-115875-20954644/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Coldplay in Barcelona 2.jpg|thumb|alt=Coldplay performing at Twisted Logic Tour|Coldplay performing in Barcelona during [[Twisted Logic Tour]] in 2005]]
Two other singles were released that year: "[[Fix You]]" in September and "[[Talk (Coldplay song)|Talk]]" in December. Critical reaction to ''X&Y'' was mostly positive, though slightly less enthusiastic than that of its predecessor. ''[[The New York Times]]'' critic Jon Pareles infamously described Coldplay as "the most insufferable band of the decade",<ref name="TNYIR">{{Cite news |date=6 June 2005 |title=The Case Against Coldplay |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/arts/music/the-case-against-coldplay.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712214657/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/arts/music/the-case-against-coldplay.html |archive-date=12 July 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> whereas ''[[NME]]'' awarded the album 9/10 calling it "Confident, bold, ambitious, bunged with singles and impossible to contain, ''X&Y'' doesn't reinvent the wheel but it does reinforce Coldplay as the band of their time".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/7656|title=NME Album Reviews – Coldplay: X&Y|date=12 September 2005|website=NME|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805130021/http://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/7656|url-status=live}}</ref> Comparisons between Coldplay and [[U2]] became commonplace.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/coldplay-hire-u2s-favorite-director-for-webcast.html |title=Coldplay Hire U2's Favorite Director for Webcast |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=22 January 2012 |author=Kreps, Daniel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708022844/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/coldplay-hire-u2s-favorite-director-for-webcast.html |archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> Martin said the critical review of the album by the ''New York Times'' made him feel liberated as he "agreed with a lot of the points", adding that "in a way, it was liberating to see that someone else realised that also".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a101574/coldplay-liberated-by-xy-criticism.html|title=Coldplay 'liberated' by 'X&Y' criticism|website=Digital Spy|author=Reynolds, Simon|date=18 June 2008|access-date=18 October 2008|archive-date=3 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203093351/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a101574/coldplay-liberated-by-xy-criticism.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

From June 2005 to March 2007, Coldplay went on their [[Twisted Logic Tour]], which included festival dates like [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]], [[Isle of Wight Festival 2006|Isle of Wight Festival]], [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]] and the [[Austin City Limits Music Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aclfestival.com/dailywrap/2005/lineup.aspx|title=The Daily Wrap 2005 ACL Music Festival|access-date=25 April 2008|publisher=[[Austin City Limits]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420121324/http://www.aclfestival.com/dailywrap/2005/lineup.aspx |archive-date=20 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2005, the band appeared at [[Live 8]] in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], where they played a rendition of [[the Verve]]'s "[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" with [[Richard Ashcroft]] on vocals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/thelive8event/lineupandartists/|title=BBC – The Live 8 Event – Line Up and Artists|access-date=25 April 2008|publisher=BBC|archive-date=9 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309222425/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/thelive8event/lineupandartists/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 August, Coldplay performed "Speed of Sound" at the [[2005 MTV Video Music Awards]] in Miami.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 August 2015 |title=This is What the MTV VMAs Looked Like 10 Years Ago |url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/38170437/image/38170454/Coldplay-Performed-Speed-Sound |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230103223237/https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/38170437/image/38170454/Coldplay-Performed-Speed-Sound |archive-date=3 January 2023 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=PopSugar}}</ref> In September, Coldplay recorded a new version of "How You See the World" with reworked lyrics for [[War Child (charity)|War Child]]'s ''[[Help!: A Day in the Life]]'' charity album.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4238542.stm|title=Rush to download War Child album|date=12 September 2005|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 October 2009|archive-date=10 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810135429/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4238542.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2006, Coldplay earned Best Album and Best Single honours at the [[Brit Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4713424.stm|title=Triple Brits success for Kaisers|date=15 February 2006|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=29 April 2009|archive-date=4 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104011548/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4713424.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Three more singles were released during 2006 and 2007, "[[The Hardest Part (Coldplay song)|The Hardest Part]]", "What If" and "White Shadows".