COLDPLAY albums and sales

Updated: March 21, 2025

COLDPLAY sold over 48.9 million albums. The best-selling album by COLDPLAY is A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD, which sold over 10.5 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, COLDPLAY is the 54th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of COLDPLAY have sold over 1.46 million units, led by LIVE 2003 with over 1.09 million units sold.

COLDPLAY albums ranked by sales

Click on any album to see detailed sales, certification history, sources and chart runs.

Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △
Album Year Total Sales BSA Ranking
1 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
COLDPLAY 2002
200210,553,719
Rank in 2002
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Overall rank
5
28
180
2 X&Y
COLDPLAY 2005
20059,416,132
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Overall rank
3
36
222
3 VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS
COLDPLAY 2008
20087,689,358
Rank in 2008
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Overall rank
5
61
328
4 PARACHUTES
COLDPLAY 2000
20006,706,807
Rank in 2000
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Overall rank
16
83
411
5 MYLO XYLOTO
COLDPLAY 2011
20114,590,562
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Overall rank
12
78
801
6 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS
COLDPLAY 2015
20153,930,298
Rank in 2015
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Overall rank
9
98
7 GHOST STORIES
COLDPLAY 2014
20143,904,911
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Overall rank
10
99
8 LIVE 2003
COLDPLAY 2003
2003544,953
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Overall rank
252
9 EVERYDAY LIFE
COLDPLAY 2019
2019470,000
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Overall rank
149
10 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
COLDPLAY 2021
2021305,000
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Overall rank
123
581
11 Moon Music
COLDPLAY 2024
2024300,000
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Overall rank
82
589
12 LIVE 2012
COLDPLAY 2012
2012154,643
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Overall rank
264
13 4CD CATALOGUE SET
COLDPLAY 2012
201285,000
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Overall rank
468
14 THE BUTTERFLY PACKAGE
COLDPLAY 2018
201860,000
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Overall rank
513
15 PROSPEKTS MARCH
COLDPLAY 2008
200860,000
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Overall rank
777
16 GHOST STORIES LIVE 2014
COLDPLAY 2014
201454,000
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Overall rank
561
17 LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES
COLDPLAY 2018
201850,000
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Overall rank
586
18 KALEIDOSCOPE
COLDPLAY 2017
201725,000
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Overall rank
793
19 CLOCKS EP-JAPAN TOUR MINI ALBUM [JAPAN ONLY]
COLDPLAY 2003
20031,152
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COLDPLAY videos ranked by sales

Click on any video album to see detailed sales, certification history, sources and chart runs.

Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △
Video Year Total Sales BSA Ranking
1 LIVE 2003
COLDPLAY 2003
20031,091,000
Rank in 2003
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Overall rank
3
6
18
2 LIVE 2012
COLDPLAY 2012
2012345,000
Rank in 2012
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Overall rank
6
32
161
3 GHOST STORIES - LIVE 2014
COLDPLAY 2014
201425,000
Rank in 2014
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Overall rank
57
647

COLDPLAY sales by country

COLDPLAY album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by COLDPLAY are the United States (15.5 million), the United Kingdom (14.4 million) and Germany (2.9 million).

Country ▲ Sales △ Albums △
1 Argentina400,0005
2 Australia1,785,0008
3 Austria142,5006
4 Belgium480,0007
5 Brazil140,0003
6 Canada2,589,0009
7 Chilie15,0003
8 Denmark500,0007
9 Finland93,9494
10 France2,600,00012
11 Germany2,900,0007
12 Grecce25,0003
13 Hungary20,0003
14 Iceland9882
15 Ireland485,0005
16 Italy1,005,00012
17 Japan553,6056
18 Korea45,2538
19 Mexico1,550,0006
20 Netherlands410,0007
21 New Zealand240,0008
22 Norway80,0002
23 Poland220,0004
24 Portugal152,5006
25 Russia10,0001
26 Singapore35,0003
27 Spain540,0007
28 Sweden270,0006
29 Switzerland335,0007
30 Turkey6,6001
31 United Kingdom14,465,61213
32 United States15,500,0008

COLDPLAY video sales by country

The largest markets for video releases by COLDPLAY are the United States (1.25 million), Canada (470,000) and the United Kingdom (400,000).

Country ▲ Sales △ Albums △
1 Argentina8,0001
2 Australia375,0002
3 Austria5,0001
4 Canada470,0002
5 France90,0001
6 Germany250,0001
7 Mexico10,0001
8 Portugal8,0001
9 United Kingdom400,0003
10 United States1,250,0001