“Viva La Vida” By Coldplay Is The No. 1 Song On Deezer Jamaica’s Daily Singles Chart

A day into the new year,British rock bank Coldplay‘s 2008 single ‘Viva La Via’ (‘Long Live Life’) has climbed to No. 1 on the Deezer Daily singles chart in the island. The celebratory track written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends contains historical and Christian references.

It was the album’s second single, and their first to reach No. 1 on both the UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 100. The song won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009.

Last December, the multiplatinum band caught the dancehall vibe as they were seen hanging out at Frenchman’s Cove Beach in East Portland where they were recording new music. The group which consists of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey shared a list of songs they are ‘loving at the moment.’

On the list were Jamaican artists Bayka “She Like It” and Kyoka’s “Hurt People.” They suffixed the list which also had 5 other songs from R&B legend Erykah Badu, The 1975, Inhaler and grime rapper Stormzy by saying “We are in the studio, we send you all much love.”

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With a quoted tweeted Kyoka acknowledged the endorsement of her music:

“Unreal… Big up my bredda Bayka”

Hurt People, produced by ZIMI Records, was released over a year ago and currently has 155 thousand views on YouTube.

The young singer received just over 60 thousand Spotify streams in the last year. Producer Ziminick who is also a promoter for the river parties series Zimi Seh reposted Coldplay’s list with the caption, “crazy things tend to happen when you keep working.”

Meanwhile the other Jamaican song on the list also produced by Zimi; Bayka’s She Like It, released 7 months ago has surpassed 1.7 million views on YouTube. The song is currently charting at No. 29 on Apple Music Jamaica and No. 96 on Deezer Jamaica. His other songs Mhmm is at No.3 on Apple Music Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sinna Life is No. 37 on Apple Music Jamaica and Stuff is No. 47 on Apple Music Jamaica.

The endorsement by the 7 time Grammy Award winners and the online publicity to their more than 80 million social media followers across platforms is bound to bring attention to both Jamaican artist’s music.

In 2021 the group’s BTS collab My Universe music video trended No. 48 in Jamaica.

With over 100 million albums sold globally Coldplay are one of the best-selling artists of all time. Their albums Parachutes (2000), A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) and X&Y (2005) have all been listed among the 50 best-selling albums of U.K.’s history in several publications. Their performance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show in 2016 earned the biggest audience in history for a group and male act, with the event also helping them to become the year’s most googled band.

Also in 2021 they became the first British group ever to debut at number-one on Billboard Hot 100 with the song “My Universe”.

The group has toured consistently and their 2022 global tour “Music Of The Spheres” has reportedly push their career gross  earnings pass $1.017 billion from 12 million tickets in 456 reported shows, making them the fifth band in history to achieve that milestone according to Billboard.

That includes $1.015 billion from headline dates plus their share of a co-headline show with Jay-Z at the Barclays Center on New Year’s Eve 2012.

Coldplay is the fourth British act (alongside Elton John, Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones), fifth duo or group (Bon Jovi, the Eagles, The Rolling Stones, U2), and 11th artist overall to join the billion-dollar Boxscore club.

See top 25 on Deezer’s Daily Chart Jamaica