Coldplay named “most streamed band in world”December 17, 2016 - 15:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Coldplay have been named the most streamed band in the world by Spotify, NME said. The streaming giant said the London band have now amassed more than five billion streams on its platform. Their most recent album, ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’, accounts for over a billion of those streams. According to Music Week, Coldplay’s most streamed songs are ‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ with 322m streams on Spotify and ‘Hymn For The Weekend’ with 289m streams on Spotify. The band released a ‘Live From Spotify London’ EP yesterday (December 16) to mark the achievement. It features stripped-back versions of ‘Everglow’, ‘Yellow’, ‘Christmas Lights’, ‘Adventure Of A Lifetime’ and ‘Viva La Vida’. The band were recently crowned ‘British Artist Of The Year’ at the BBC Music Awards. Beating David Bowie to the crown, fans and viewers didn’t react well to Coldplay’s win. Following his death, Coldplay revealed that Bowie once turned down the opportunity to collaborate with them. Singer Chris Martin sent him a letter asking him to be involved and, drummer Will Champion told NME, Bowie replied, “It’s not a very good song, is it?” Coldplay’s reaction was to not be overly phased – Champion noted, “He was very discerning – he wouldn’t just put his name to anything. I’ll give him credit for that!” Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |