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'''Christopher Anthony John Martin''' (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Coldplay]]. Born in [[Exeter]], Martin went to [[University College London]], where he formed Coldplay with [[Jonny Buckland]], [[Guy Berryman]] and [[Will Champion]].
* {{Cite web |date=8 November 2012 |title=London's 1000 Most Influential People 2012: Music Makers, Rock and Pop |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/londons-1000-most-influential-people-2012-music-makers-rock-and-pop-8293577.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230033906/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/londons-1000-most-influential-people-2012-music-makers-rock-and-pop-8293577.html |archive-date=30 December 2023 |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> while ''[[American Songwriter]]'' ranked him as one of the best male singers of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2024 |title=The Best Male Vocalists of the 21st Century |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-best-male-vocalists-of-the-21st-century/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427190948/https://americansongwriter.com/the-best-male-vocalists-of-the-21st-century/ |archive-date=27 April 2024 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=American Songwriter}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], England,<ref name=whoswho/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Latest Coldplay News |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227022423/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/coldplay/ |archive-date=27 February 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Capital FM |type=Press the "View More" button on the "Facts" column}}</ref> the eldest of five children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/musician/chris-martin|title=Chris Martin|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=18 March 2020|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303234916/https://www.biography.com/musician/chris-martin|url-status=live}}</ref> His father, Anthony John Martin, of Whitestone House, Exeter,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/0W8r-v73fLE2JjmxICpyBy8tWqk/appointments|title=Anthony John MARTIN – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101015731/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/0W8r-v73fLE2JjmxICpyBy8tWqk/appointments|url-status=live}}</ref> is a retired chartered accountant, and his mother, Alison Martin, who is from Rhodesia, is a music teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/entertainment/coldplays-chris-martin-narrates-zimbabwean-connection/|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin narrates his Zimbabwean connection – The Zimbabwe Mail|author=Staff Reporter|date=4 September 2017|language=en-GB|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215014539/https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/entertainment/coldplays-chris-martin-narrates-zimbabwean-connection/|url-status=live}}</ref> His family's caravan and motorhome sales business, Martin's of Exeter, was founded in 1929 by his grandfather John Besley Martin, CBE (a High Sheriff-also Mayor in 1968 of Exeter). It was sold by his father to a former employee in 1999.<ref name="Burke's Peerage 1999">Burke's Peerage, 1999. vol. 2, p. 1689</ref><ref name="standard.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-very-genteel-mr-paltrow-7295601.html|title=The very genteel Mr Paltrow|date=9 December 2003|website=Evening Standard|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512112108/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-very-genteel-mr-paltrow-7295601.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/martin.php|title=Exeter Memories Chris Martin|website=www.exetermemories.co.uk|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123024615/http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/martin.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-martin-the-stereo-mc-120114.html|title=Chris Martin: The stereo MC|access-date=23 February 2003|work=[[Independent (newspaper)|Independent]]|location=London, UK|date=23 February 2003|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925143342/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-martin-the-stereo-mc-120114.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="observer">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/07/popandrock|title=The Observer Profile: Jonny Buckland and Chris Martin|access-date=4 November 2008|date=7 December 2003|work=The Observer|location=London|archive-date=29 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729040559/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/dec/07/popandrock|url-status=live}}</ref> [[William Willett]], the man who campaigned for and made [[daylight saving time]] a recognised practice, was Martin's great-great-grandfather.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dekel |first=Jon |date=9 March 2014 |title=Daylight Saving Time's Coldplay connection |url=https://o.canada.com/entertainment/music/daylight-saving-times-coldplay-connection |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118104732/https://o.canada.com/entertainment/music/daylight-saving-times-coldplay-connection |archive-date=18 November 2018 |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=Canada.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2006 |title=Pioneer of British Summer Time to be recognised |url=http://www.actonw3.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/conhist10.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514001425/http://www.actonw3.com/default.asp?section=info&spage=common/conhist10.htm |archive-date=14 May 2021 |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=ActonW3.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Hansard|title=Lighter Evenings (Experiment) Bill|jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom|house=House of Lords|date=24 March 2006|volume=679|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCYNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Chris+Martin%22+%22William+Willett%22|column=461|speaker=Lord Tanlaw|quote=Is the Minister aware also that in 1909, William Willett, who was the great-great grandfather of the popular singer Chris Martin of Coldplay, drafted Bills for Parliament's acceptance proposing daylight saving in this country as a means of conserving energy?}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411153833/https://books.google.com/books?id=FCYNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Chris+Martin%22+%22William+Willett%22 |date=11 April 2023}}</ref> Martin's paternal aunt Elisabeth Jane (daughter of John Besley Martin) married Hon. Julian George Winston Sandys, son of Conservative politician [[Duncan Sandys]] by his wife [[Diana Churchill]], daughter of Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]].<ref name="Burke's Peerage 1999"/><ref name="standard.co.uk"/> The former Conservative [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] [[David Martin (English politician)|David Martin]] is his paternal uncle.<ref name="standard.co.uk"/>
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