Not Only Writing Songs for Coldplay, These are 5 Songs by Chris Martin Popularized by Other Musicians

Kapanlagi.com - Eight studio albums and dozens of hit songs popular worldwide are proof of Chris Martin's talent as a musician. He and his band Coldplay are now attracting music enthusiasts following the news of their collaboration single with the K-KPOP boy group BTS being released.

As a talented songwriter, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is not only skilled at creating works for his own band. Furthermore, this 44-year-old musician is also known for writing songs for other musicians and successfully making them booming. What are they?

1. HOMESICK - Dua Lipa

Besides containing bangers like IDGAF and BLOW YOUR MIND (MWAH), Dua Lipa's debut album released in 2017 also includes a single ballad that makes listeners cry. Yup, that single is titled HOMESICK featuring Chris Martin.

Dua Lipa said that this song was created right before her album was released. At that time, she had the opportunity to meet Chris Martin in the studio and this ballad single was created.

2. HOMECOMING - Kanye West

As a musician with influences in pop and rock, Chris Martin also wrote a Hip-Hop song. The single HOMECOMING by Kanye West released in 2007 is one of his masterpieces.

Kanye West mentioned that he was at Abbey Road studio in London working on the theme song for the film MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3 at that time. Meanwhile, Chris Martin was not far from Kanye's location at BBC Radio 2. These two musicians finally agreed to meet and this single was created.

3. ALL GOOD THINGS (COME TO AN END) - Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado and Chris Martin have been friends for a long time. They even attended the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards together.

The friendship between these two musicians has resulted in several collaborations, including the popular single titled ALL GOOD THINGS. This single, which is included in the album titled LOOSE, was created after they decided to meet and jam together, eventually resulting in this song.

4. HEAVEN - Avicii

The news of the death of EDM producer Avicii was a devastating blow to music lovers and close friends, including Chris Martin. The Coldplay frontman had a good relationship with Avicii since they collaborated in 2014.

In Avicii's posthumous album, released some time after his death, there is a collaborative single with Chris Martin that had not been released before. The song titled HEAVEN is particularly emotional as it holds a special meaning for the fans.

5. BETTER - OneRepublic

The music group OneRepublic released an album titled MY OH MY in 2016. In one of the tracks, there is a single titled BETTER which also involved Chris Martin in the creation process.

This song itself was created by Chris Martin together with OneRepublic vocalist Ryan Tedder, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Brent Kutzle, and K'naan.

Among the several singles created by Chris Martin, which one is your favorite KLovers?

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