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Christopher Anthony John Martin was born on 2 March 1977 in Exeter, Devon, England.{{Who's Who|author=Anon|title=Martin, Christopher Anthony John|id=U268294|year=2024|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U268294|edition=176th|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9781399409452|oclc=1402257203|pages=2736}}{{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}} He is the eldest of five children.{{Cite web |title=Chris Martin |url=https://www.biography.com/musician/chris-martin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303234916/https://www.biography.com/musician/chris-martin |archive-date=3 March 2020 |access-date=18 March 2020 |website=Biography}} His father, Anthony John Martin, is a retired chartered accountant.{{Cite web |title=Anthony John MARTIN – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/0W8r-v73fLE2JjmxICpyBy8tWqk/appointments |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101015731/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/0W8r-v73fLE2JjmxICpyBy8tWqk/appointments |archive-date=1 November 2018 |access-date=12 May 2019 |website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}} His mother, Alison Martin, is from Zimbabwe and works as a music teacher.{{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|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}} 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).Burke's Peerage, 1999. vol. 2, p. 1689{{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}}{{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}}{{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|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}}{{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}} His great-great-grandfather, William Willett, campaigned for and made daylight saving time a recognised practice.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}

Martin lived with his family in Zimbabwe when he was 10 years old,{{Cite web |date=4 September 2017 |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Performs the Earliest Breakfast Session Ever |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/S1zbPJzlpQ5dKk4jVGkymN/coldplay-s-chris-martin-performs-the-earliest-breakfast-session-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518150618/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/S1zbPJzlpQ5dKk4jVGkymN/coldplay-s-chris-martin-performs-the-earliest-breakfast-session-ever |archive-date=18 May 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=BBC Radio 1}} later attending the Hylton and Exeter Cathedral schools, where he found his passion for music.{{Cite web |date=18 April 2021 |title=Chris Martin: Exeter School Sparked Coldplay Star's Love for Music |url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/chris-martin-exeter-school-sparked-5299142 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241102191222/https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/chris-martin-exeter-school-sparked-5299142 |archive-date=2 November 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=Devon Online}} His secondary education was carried out at Sherborne School, where he met Coldplay manager Phil Harvey.{{Cite journal|date=August 2002|title=The State of Coldplay|journal=Q}} Before college in England, he worked at Shed Studios, producing jingles for plays at St. George's College, Harare.{{Cite web |date=16 September 2022 |title=Coldplay en Colombia: Detalles del Vocalista, Chris Martin, Que Quizá No Conocía |trans-title=Coldplay in Colombia: Details About Vocalist Chris Martin That You May Not Have Known |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/09/16/coldplay-en-colombia-detalles-del-vocalista-chris-martin-que-quiza-no-conocia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241102190142/https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/09/16/coldplay-en-colombia-detalles-del-vocalista-chris-martin-que-quiza-no-conocia/ |archive-date=2 November 2024 |access-date=2 November 2024 |website=Infobae |language=es}} He then enrolled at University College London, where he was awarded a first-class honours degree in Greek and Latin.{{Cite web |date=March 2003 |title=Countdown for Clocks |url=http://www.coldplay.com/ezine/ezine8.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514210230/http://www.coldplay.com/ezine/ezine8.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2005 |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=Coldplay E-Zine}}{{Cite web |title=Coldplay recall UCL |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2005/jun/coldplay-recall-ucl |website=UCL News |access-date=9 March 2022 |date=29 June 2005 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220203064218/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2005/jun/coldplay-recall-ucl |url-status=live}} It was at UCL that Martin met Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1183008.stm|title=Coldplay's university challenge|access-date=21 February 2001|work=BBC News|date=22 February 2001|archive-date=10 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610034136/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1183008.stm|url-status=live}}

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Martin was responsible for co-founding the band along with Buckland; they met each other during UCL's orientation week in 1996.{{Cite magazine |date=25 August 2005 |title=Coldplay's Quiet Storm |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplays-quiet-storm-77262/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220204022830/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplays-quiet-storm-77262/ |archive-date=4 February 2022 |access-date=3 February 2022}} The pair spent the rest of the year planning a band and started to write their first songs together in early 1997, practising every night as well.{{harv|Wild|Croft|2018|pp=110–113}} Berryman joined the group in the following months and they recorded numerous demos without a drummer.{{harv|Wild|Croft|2018|pp=13–16}} By November, the trio was known as Big Fat Noises. In 1998, they became Starfish "in a panic", as Champion scheduled their debut live performance at The Laurel Tree only a few days after he joined the line-up.{{Cite web |date=16 January 1998 |title=The Live Debut |url=https://timeline.coldplay.com/article/first-show-the-laurel-tree-camden-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415144136/https://timeline.coldplay.com/article/first-show-the-laurel-tree-camden-2/ |archive-date=15 April 2021 |access-date=20 January 2022 |website=Coldplay Timeline}} Weeks later, the band settled on the name Coldplay, which came from UCL friend Tim Crompton. He originally considered it for his own band after finding a copy of Philip Horky's Child's Reflections, Cold Play (1997), but the idea was ultimately discarded.

Since the release of their debut album, Parachutes, in 2000, the band have achieved internationally recognised fame and success. Their song "Yellow", from Parachutes, entered the charts at number four and began the group's enduring popularity.{{Cite web |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/coldplay-s-official-top-20-best-selling-singles-revealed-__4117/ |title=Coldplay's Official Top 20 biggest selling songs revealed! |website=www.officialcharts.com |access-date=25 February 2016 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810180536/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/coldplay-s-official-top-20-best-selling-singles-revealed-__4117/ |url-status=live}} To date, they have released ten studio albums in total including Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, X&Y, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Mylo Xyloto, Ghost Stories, A Head Full of Dreams, Everyday Life, Music of the Spheres, and Moon Music.

Martin has written songs for a variety of acts including Embrace ("Gravity") and Jamelia ("See It in a Boy's Eyes", co-written with Coldplay producer Rik Simpson). Martin has also collaborated with Ron Sexsmith, Faultline, the Streets, and Ian McCulloch. He also sang a part of the vocals for the Band Aid 20 single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at the end of 2004. In 2005, Martin collaborated with Nelly Furtado on the track "All Good Things (Come to an End)", for her 2006 album, Loose. The two were once rumoured to be a couple, after they both performed at Glastonbury in 2002. Furtado joked about it, saying, "Yeah, he's my boyfriend — he just doesn't know it yet".{{Cite magazine|magazine=Chart |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/29676/compilation-brings-nelly-furtado-and-chris-martin-together-forever |date=5 September 2001 |title=Compilation Brings Nelly Furtado and Chris Martin Together Forever |access-date=8 October 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=Jennica |fix-attempted=yes}}

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Martin's fascination with hip hop was shown in mid-2006 when he collaborated with rapper Jay-Z for the rapper's comeback album, Kingdom Come, after the two met earlier in the year.{{Cite web|title=They're Friends?! 20 Celebrity Pals That Might Surprise You|url=http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/35513447/image/35514678/Jay-Z-Chris-Martin|website=Popsugar.com|date=19 August 2014|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915234542/http://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/35513447/image/35514678/Jay-Z-Chris-Martin|url-status=live}} Martin put some chords together for a song known as "Beach Chair" and sent them to Jay-Z who enlisted the help of hip-hop producer Dr. Dre to mix it. Coldplay producer Rik Simpson conceived and performed the drum beats. The song was performed on 27 September 2006 by the two during Jay-Z's European tour at Royal Albert Hall. Martin has also worked on a solo collaboration with Kanye West, with whom he shared an impromptu jam session during a 2006 concert at Abbey Road Studios.[https://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/22246 "Chris Martin to release solo collaboration"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202535/http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/22246 |date=3 March 2016}} NME magazine. Retrieved 26 April 2006. He performed the chorus of "Homecoming", from Kanye West's album Graduation.

In 2015, Martin collaborated with DJ Avicii to work on two new tracks for his album Stories. Their first collaboration was officially named "Heaven". Martin wrote the lyrics, Avicii did the production, and Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost was the vocalist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/03/avicii-chris-martin-coldplay-stories-heaven-stream/|title=Avicii And Chris Martin Dance in 'Heaven' on Their New Song {{!}} SPIN|website=Spin|date=2 March 2015|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415055824/http://www.spin.com/2015/03/avicii-chris-martin-coldplay-stories-heaven-stream/|url-status=live}} He also provided the vocals for Avicii's True Believer, also in Stories. In February 2017, Martin performed "A Different Corner" at the 2017 Brit Awards in tribute to George Michael.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7701362/the-chainsmokers-chris-martin-something-just-like-this-brit-awards-performance-video|title=The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Deliver Live Debut of 'Something Just Like This' at 2017 Brit Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=20 April 2019|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=9 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309203313/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7701362/the-chainsmokers-chris-martin-something-just-like-this-brit-awards-performance-video|url-status=live}}

A song he co-wrote called "Homesick" appears on Dua Lipa's self-titled debut album, which was released in June 2017.{{Cite web|last1=Cantor|first1=Brian|title=Dua Lipa Confirms She Wrote A Song With Chris Martin|url=https://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/04/13/dua-lipa-confirms-wrote-song-chris-martin/|website=HeadlinePlanet.com|access-date=17 April 2017|date=13 April 2017|archive-date=17 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417120634/http://headlineplanet.com/home/2017/04/13/dua-lipa-confirms-wrote-song-chris-martin|url-status=live}} In 2019, Martin was featured on Avicii's posthumous album Tim.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/arts/music/avicii-tim-bergling-new-music.html|title=Avicii's Death Left Many Questions. Will His New Music Provide Answers?|last=Farber|first=Jim|date=5 April 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 May 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219050730/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/arts/music/avicii-tim-bergling-new-music.html|url-status=live}} The song "Heaven" features vocals by Martin and was written by Avicii and Martin prior to Avicii's death.{{Citation|title={{lrm}}アヴィーチーの「TIM」|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/tim/1462628887|language=ja-jp|access-date=14 May 2019}}

On 12 December 2012, Martin performed three songs, including "Losing My Religion" with Michael Stipe, as a part of the "12/12/12 Concert" which was held as a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy relief.[https://entertainment.time.com/2012/12/13/sprinsteen-jagger-clapton-sandy-concert/ "12 Unforgettable Photos from the Epic 12-12-12 Sandy Benefit Concert"], entertainment.time.com; retrieved 15 December 2012. On 15 November 2014, Martin joined charity group Band Aid 30, performing alongside British and Irish pop acts on the latest version of the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa — this was the second time Martin has contributed to a Band Aid recording having performed in the 2004 version.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=10 November 2014 |title=Band Aid 30: One Direction among celebrity line-up |newspaper=Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-date=10 January 2022}} Martin became the creative director of the newly established Global Citizen Festival in 2015, a role he plans to fulfil for 15 years.{{Cite magazine |date=20 September 2015 |title=Chris Martin Talks New 15-Year Gig as Curator of Global Citizen Festival |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6472907/chris-martin-global-citizen-festival-interview |magazine=Billboard |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=29 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229152449/http://www.billboard.com/articles/6472907/chris-martin-global-citizen-festival-interview |url-status=live}}

Martin and Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland made cameo appearances in the film Shaun of the Dead as supporters of the fictional charity ZombAid.Shaun of the Dead (2004) – Trivia, IMDb, 2008, webpage: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/trivia IMDb-5748] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225061530/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/trivia? |date=25 February 2018}}: notes role as zombie, and singer in Ash music. In 2006, Martin had a cameo role in the second series, episode four, of the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant comedy Extras. He also appears singing in the closing credits of the 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen film Brüno, with Bono, Sting, Slash, Snoop Dogg, and Elton John.{{Cite news|author=Ben Child|date=1 April 2009|title=Bono and Chris Martin record spoof single for Sacha Baron Cohen film|work=The Guardian|location=London, UK|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/sacha-baron-cohen-bono-chris-martin|access-date=9 July 2009|archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113153353/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/sacha-baron-cohen-bono-chris-martin|url-status=live}}

In March 2015, Martin attended the televised launch of music streaming service Tidal via a video link, and revealed himself, along with other notable artists, as a shareholder in the company.{{Cite web|date=31 March 2015|title=Six awkward moments at Jay Z's Tidal relaunch|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32127199|access-date=1 April 2015|work=BBC|archive-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401043840/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32127199|url-status=live}} In June 2015, Martin performed "Til Kingdom Come" at the funeral Mass of Beau Biden, the son of then United States Vice President Joe Biden, after learning that Beau Biden was a fan of his.[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-martin-honors-beau-biden-with-poignant-til-kingdom-come-20150607 Chris Martin performs at Beau Biden funeral] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912102324/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chris-martin-honors-beau-biden-with-poignant-til-kingdom-come-20150607 |date=12 September 2017}}, rollingstone.com; accessed 21 June 2015. In August 2017, Martin performed a live solo piano rendition of "Crawling" by Linkin Park. The performance was a tribute to Linkin Park's lead singer Chester Bennington, who died by suicide the previous month.{{Cite magazine|date=2 August 2017|title=Watch Coldplay's Chris Martin Cover Linkin Park's 'Crawling'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-coldplays-chris-martin-cover-linkin-parks-crawling-w495462|access-date=3 August 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630162037/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-coldplays-chris-martin-cover-linkin-parks-crawling-w495462|url-status=live}}

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A major influence on Martin and Coldplay was the Scottish rock band Travis, with Martin crediting the band for the creation of his own band.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/martin-travis-invented-coldplay_1019613 |title=Chris Martin | Martin: 'Travis Invented Coldplay' |magazine=Contactmusic |date=20 January 2007 |access-date=14 January 2012}} The Irish rock band U2 is another important influence on Martin both musically and politically.{{Cite web|title=The Immortals: The First Fifty|work=Rolling Stone Issue 946|publisher=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940051/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_22_u2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304020929/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940051/the_immortals__the_greatest_artists_of_all_time_22_u2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2008 |access-date=21 December 2006}} Martin wrote for Rolling Stone Magazine's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" on the band,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2006|title=100 Greatest Artists of All Time|access-date=22 March 2009|magazine=Rolling Stone}} saying: "I don't buy weekend tickets to Ireland and hang out in front of their gates, but U2 are the only band whose entire catalogue I know by heart. The first song on The Unforgettable Fire, "A Sort of Homecoming", I know backward and forward—it's so rousing, brilliant, and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby." Martin has been also influenced by Radiohead.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-coldplay-to-radiohead-connection-a-video-investigation-20080617 |title=Chris Martin | The Coldplay to Radiohead Connection: A Video Investigation' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=17 June 2008 |access-date=25 April 2014 |archive-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512150217/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-coldplay-to-radiohead-connection-a-video-investigation-20080617 |url-status=live}} In 2024, Coldplay invited and performed alongside Michael J. Fox at the Glastonbury Festival.{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=2024-07-01 |title=Glastonbury 2024: 15 magical and memorable moments |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ve1zn9wlyo |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=BBC News}}

Martin is very vocal about his love for Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha. In 2005, he stated in an interview: "I found myself in Amsterdam the other day and I put a-ha's first record on. I just remembered how much I loved it. It's incredible songwriting. Everyone asks what inspired us, what we've been trying to steal from and what we listened to as we were growing up — the first band I ever loved was a-ha."{{Cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/martin-im-a-big-fan-of-aha|title=Martin: 'I'm A Big Fan Of a-ha'|date=20 April 2005|access-date=1 November 2009|archive-date=11 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111155558/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/martin-im-a-big-fan-of-aha|url-status=live}} Martin has also performed live together with Magne Furuholmen of a-ha, introducing him as "the best keyboard player in the world".{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFfQhUvJ_0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120111012/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFfQhUvJ_0|archive-date=20 January 2014|url-status=dead|title=Coldplay – Hunting High and Low (Chris Martin and Mags)|via=YouTube|access-date=20 September 2008}} In November 2011, he stated that "back when we didn't have any hits of our own we used to play a-ha songs."{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/11/24/kultur/musikk/konsert/coldplay/19142941|title=Vi kjente at noen av de nye låtene virkelig fant sin liveform – kultur|publisher=Dagbladet.no|date=24 November 2011|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=29 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229091104/http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/11/24/kultur/musikk/konsert/coldplay/19142941/|url-status=live}}

Martin is also a fan of English rock bands Oasis and Muse,{{Cite web |date=November 2002 |title=Chris Talks Us Through A Rush of Blood to the Head |url=http://www.coldplay.com/content/ezine/documents/ezine6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408163645/http://www.coldplay.com/content/ezine/documents/ezine6.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2008 |access-date=13 July 2022 |website=Coldplay E-Zine}} Irish pop group Westlife,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/star-style/get-the-look/258700/chris-martin-i-dream-about-westlife/1/|title=Chris Martin: I dream about Westlife|date=30 May 2008|work=Now|access-date=22 October 2009|archive-date=18 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418225524/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/star-style/get-the-look/258700/chris-martin-i-dream-about-westlife/1|url-status=live}} English-Irish girl group Girls Aloud,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/05/girlsaloud.popandrock|title=Girls uninterrupted|author=Sylvia Patterson|work=The Observer|publisher=Guardian Media Group|date=5 October 2008|access-date=6 October 2008|location=London, UK|archive-date=19 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919065340/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/05/girlsaloud.popandrock|url-status=live}} English pop group Take That,{{Cite web|url=http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20081117/14184/chris-martin-reveals-coldplays-secret-love-of-take-that |title=Chris Martin reveals Coldplays secret love of Take That |work=Celebrities News |publisher=fametastic |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=12 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218123828/http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/20081117/14184/chris-martin-reveals-coldplays-secret-love-of-take-that/ |archive-date=18 February 2009}} and Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. In 2014, Martin inducted Peter Gabriel into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his solo career, and performed live with him.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/76664|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin performs with Peter Gabriel at Rock And Roll Hall of Fame ceremony|publisher=NME|date=11 April 2014|access-date=11 April 2014|archive-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414053323/http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/76664|url-status=live}}

Coldplay performed R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming" with Michael Stipe during their Austin City Limits performance in 2005, as a part of the Twisted Logic Tour. Martin went on to call "Nightswimming" "the greatest song ever written".{{Cite web|url=http://www.jambase.com/Articles/7663/COLDPLAY-ON-AUSTIN-CITY-LIMITS|title=Coldplay on Austin City Limits on Jambase|publisher=Jambase.com|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-date=26 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026231747/http://www.jambase.com/Articles/7663/COLDPLAY-ON-AUSTIN-CITY-LIMITS|url-status=live}} He has called Richard Ashcroft, formerly of the Verve, "the best singer in the world".{{Cite news|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/14747/richard-ashcroft-married-to-chris-martin|title=Richard Ashcroft 'Married' To Chris Martin|work=Gigwise|date=19 March 2006|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724090528/http://www.gigwise.com/news/14747/richard-ashcroft-married-to-chris-martin|url-status=live}} He also admires the lyrics of Morrissey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-149-1247301|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin: 'I'll never write lyrics like Jay Z or Morrissey'|date=28 April 2014|work=nme.com|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515063304/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-149-1247301|url-status=live}} Martin was quoted as calling Coldplay's song "Shiver" a rip-off Jeff Buckley influenced by Buckley's song "Grace". In 2008, Coldplay released an alternate music video for Viva la Vida, directed by Anton Corbijn as a tribute to Corbijn's 1990 video for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence". It shows Martin dressed as a king, as Dave Gahan was in the original video. The band stated: "This is our attempt at a video cover version, made out of love for Depeche Mode and the genius of Anton Corbijn".{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

According to The Times in May 2023, Martin had an estimated net worth of £160 million.{{Cite web |date=19 May 2023 |title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Net Worth – Sunday Times Rich List 2023 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/chris-martin-coldpay-net-worth-sunday-times-rich-list-fbv8j5mvh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230519100241/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chris-martin-coldpay-net-worth-sunday-times-rich-list-fbv8j5mvh |archive-date=19 May 2023 |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=The Times}} In a 2012 interview with the Daily Mirror, Martin revealed that he had been suffering from tinnitus since his early adult years, although he said that he had noticed the symptoms even as a teenager "while listening to loud music".{{Cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=John |title=Coldplay Frontman Chris Martin Reveals 10-Year Struggle With Ear Condition Tinnitus |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2582277/chris-martin-coldplay-tinnitus-ear-condition/ |website=MTV |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=5 April 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092038/http://www.mtv.com/news/2582277/chris-martin-coldplay-tinnitus-ear-condition/ |url-status=dead}} As a result, Martin wears specially filtered earplugs or customised in-ear monitors while performing and has encouraged his bandmates to do the same as a preventive measure.{{Cite web |title=Chris Martin of Coldplay Has Tinnitus & Encourages Hearing Protection |url=https://hearingassociateslv.com/chris-martin-coldplay-has-tinnitus-encourages-hearing-protection/ |publisher=Hearing Associates of Las Vegas |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=30 September 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092041/https://hearingassociateslv.com/chris-martin-coldplay-has-tinnitus-encourages-hearing-protection/ |url-status=live}} Similarly, he has encouraged his children to wear hearing protection at concerts.{{Cite web |title=Coldplay Singer Chris Martin Has Tinnitus and Some Advice for Kids |url=https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/coldplay-chris-martin-tinnitus-kids-advice |website=Noisy Planet |publisher=National Institutes of Health |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=22 July 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092035/https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/coldplay-chris-martin-tinnitus-kids-advice |url-status=live}} Martin has also become an advocate for hearing loss awareness, having partnered with the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.{{Cite web |title=Coldplay star Chris Martin suffers from tinnitus |url=https://www.hear-it.org/coldplay-star-chris-martin-suffers-from-tinnitus |website=Hear-it |access-date=8 March 2022 |date=22 June 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308092034/https://www.hear-it.org/coldplay-star-chris-martin-suffers-from-tinnitus |url-status=live}} PETA named Martin the World's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2005."[https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/chris-martin-named-worlds-sexiest-vegetarian/2005/07/23/1121539177645.html Chris Martin Named World's Sexiest Vegetarian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216213452/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/chris-martin-named-worlds-sexiest-vegetarian/2005/07/23/1121539177645.html |date=16 December 2017}}", Agence France-Presse, 23 July 2005. However, he began eating meat again after his separation from his then-wife, American actress Gwyneth Paltrow.[http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chris-martin-no-longer-a-vegetarian-post-gwyneth-paltrow-split-201437 Chris Martin no longer a vegetarian post split with Paltrow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210531/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chris-martin-no-longer-a-vegetarian-post-gwyneth-paltrow-split-201437/ |date=12 June 2018}}, usmagazine.com; accessed 21 June 2015.

Martin is a supporter of Exeter City.{{Cite web|url=https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/coldplay-michael-jackson-1608032|title=From Michael Jackson to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, a look at famous Exeter City supporters|website=Devon Live|date=25 May 2018|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025045258/https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/coldplay-michael-jackson-1608032|url-status=live}} He is also ambidextrous.{{Cite tweet|number=1556315472143990784|user=coldplay|title=Chris has got setlist writing down to a fine art|author=Coldplay|date=7 August 2022|access-date=7 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807171922/https://twitter.com/coldplay/status/1556315472143990784|archive-date=7 August 2022|url-status=live}} In February 2020, a cassette tape was discovered by a former fellow pupil of Martin's. It contained a three-minute instrumental piece titled "Electric Thunder", which was composed by Martin, aged 12, at Exeter Cathedral School. Martin played keyboards on the track accompanying other pupils performing in a group called Grandisson Ensemble. The cassette was expected to sell for £600 at auction; it ultimately fetched £840 (US${{To USD round|840|GBR}}).{{Cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-02-17/lancashire-school-mate-puts-chris-martin-composition-from-when-coldplay-star-was-12-up-for-auction/ |title=Lancashire school mate puts Chris Martin composition from when Coldplay star was 12 up for auction |website=Itv.com |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224010854/https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-02-17/lancashire-school-mate-puts-chris-martin-composition-from-when-coldplay-star-was-12-up-for-auction/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Lot 542 - Coldplay - Chris Martin School Tape |url=https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/542-coldplay---chris-martin-school-tape/?lot=1871&sd=1 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=bid.omegaauctions.co.uk}}

According to one source, Martin previously had a relationship with live events producer Lily Sobhani around the Parachutes album release.{{Cite web |date=26 August 2002 |title=Coldplay Star Ready to Find Love Again |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30065546.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230323210959/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30065546.html |archive-date=23 March 2023 |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=Irish Examiner}} He and Gwyneth Paltrow married on 5 December 2003.{{Cite magazine|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=10 December 2003|title=Gwyneth Paltrow marries Chris Martin|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/12/11/gwyneth-paltrow-marries-chris-martin/|access-date=24 March 2009|archive-date=8 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608022812/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,559500,00.html|url-status=live}} Their daughter Apple was born in May 2004 in London.{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/its-a-girl-for-gwyneth-paltrow-hubby/|title=It's a Girl for Gwyneth Paltrow & Hubby|access-date=3 February 2008|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|date=14 May 2004|work=People|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018083710/http://people.com/celebrity/its-a-girl-for-gwyneth-paltrow-hubby/|url-status=live}} Martin and the band released a song called "I am your baby's daddy" under the name "the Nappies" in anticipation of her birth.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=Dt1FxaS3PfrzdDBc&v=OjiGhQ8Qm38&feature=youtu.be |title=Coldplay - The Nappies (14th May 2004) |date=2008-03-09 |last=coldplaychronology |access-date=2024-12-18 |via=YouTube}} Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" was also inspired by Martin's experience and awe at becoming a father, being the lead single for the band's X&Y album. Actor Simon Pegg and Martin's bandmate Jonny Buckland are his daughter's godfathers, and Martin is godfather to Pegg's daughter.{{Cite web|date=9 September 2007|title=Martin+Paltrow Name Pegg As Godfather|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/martin%20paltrow%20name%20pegg%20as%20godfather_1043099|access-date=17 March 2009|website=Contactmusic.com|archive-date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620221114/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/martin-paltrow-name-pegg-as-godfather_1043099|url-status=live}} His second child, Moses, was born in April 2006 in New York City.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coldplays-quiet-storm-20050825|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin Has a Boy|last=Robertson|first=Jessica|date=10 April 2006|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=24 March 2009|archive-date=24 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324095711/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coldplays-quiet-storm-20050825|url-status=live}} The name was inspired by a song of the same name. In March 2014, Martin and Paltrow announced their separation as a "conscious uncoupling" after ten years of marriage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goop.com/journal/be/conscious-uncoupling|title=Conscious Uncoupling|work=Goop.com|date=25 March 2014|access-date=25 March 2014|first=Gwyneth|last=Paltrow|archive-date=26 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326060230/http://www.goop.com/journal/be/conscious-uncoupling|url-status=live}} Paltrow filed for divorce in April 2015 and it was finalised on 14 July 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/celebrity/gwyneth-paltrow-and-chris-martin-finalize-their-divorce/|title=Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Finalize Their Divorce More Than Two Years After Split|first=Kathy Ehrich|last=Dowd|work=People|publisher=Time Inc.|date=15 July 2016|access-date=21 November 2017|quote=The duo reached a divorce settlement in May, and their judgment was entered into a Los Angeles County courthouse on Thursday [July 14, 2016].|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040140/http://people.com/celebrity/gwyneth-paltrow-and-chris-martin-finalize-their-divorce/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=21 April 2015|title=Gwyneth Paltrow files for divorce from chris martin|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gwyneth-paltrow-files-divorce-chris-790481|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510051025/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gwyneth-paltrow-files-divorce-chris-790481|url-status=live}} From August 2015 to August 2017, he was in an on-and-off relationship with actress Annabelle Wallis.{{Cite web |date=10 August 2017 |title=Chris Martin back with Annabelle Wallis? |url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/chris-martin-back-annabelle-wallis-1080955.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=www.femalefirst.co.uk |archive-date=10 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810021849/http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/chris-martin-back-annabelle-wallis-1080955.html |url-status=live}} Since 2017, Martin has been in a relationship with American actress Dakota Johnson.{{Cite web |title=Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson 'Got Engaged Years Ago' Says Source, But Were in 'No Rush to Get Married' |url=https://people.com/chris-martin-and-dakota-johnson-engaged-yeras-ago-says-source-8605805 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=People}} They reside in Malibu, California.{{Cite web|title=Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson Living Together, Have Sunday Dinners with Ex Gwyneth Paltrow and Family|url=https://people.com/movies/chris-martin-dakota-johnson-living-together-have-sunday-dinners-with-gwyneth-paltrow-family/|access-date=5 February 2021|website=People|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205010557/https://people.com/movies/chris-martin-dakota-johnson-living-together-have-sunday-dinners-with-gwyneth-paltrow-family/|url-status=live}} In 2024, it was revealed the couple have been engaged for several years.

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Martin has been particularly outspoken on issues of fair trade and has campaigned for Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. He travelled to Ghana and Haiti to meet farmers and view the effects of unfair trade practices.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfam.org/en/getinvolved/ambassadors/coldplay |title=Warmplay |access-date=4 November 2008 |publisher=Oxfam.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023034136/http://www.oxfam.org/en/getinvolved/ambassadors/coldplay |archive-date=23 October 2008}} When performing he usually has variations of "Make Trade Fair", "MTF" or an equal sign written on the back of his left hand and the letters "MTF" can be seen emblazoned on his piano.{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-06-02-coldplay_x.htm|title=Catch Coldplay|newspaper=USAToday.com|date=3 June 2005|access-date=12 October 2011|first1=Edna|last1=Gundersen|archive-date=23 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823152536/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-06-02-coldplay_x.htm|url-status=live}}

He was a vocal critic of U.S. President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. During the Teenage Cancer Trust show at London's Royal Albert Hall on 24 March 2003, he encouraged the sell-out crowd to "sing against war".[https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/13953 "Liam Gallagher slams Chris Martin's anti-war stance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116175347/https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/13953 |date=16 November 2009}}. NME. Retrieved 27 July 2015 He was a strong supporter of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, most notably during his acceptance speech for the 2004 Grammy Awards Record of the Year, accepting for "Clocks". He supported Barack Obama for president in 2008, giving a shout-out at the end of a performance of "Yellow" on 25 October 2008 episode of Saturday Night Live.{{Cite web|url=http://current.com/items/89450448_coldplay-gives-shout-out-to-obama-on-snl.htm|title=Coldplay Gives Shout Out To Obama on SNL|publisher=Current.com|date=26 October 2008|access-date=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109011006/http://current.com/items/89450448_coldplay-gives-shout-out-to-obama-on-snl.htm|archive-date=9 November 2009|url-status=dead}}

On 1 April 2006, The Guardian reported that Martin was backing the British Conservative Party leader David Cameron, and had written a new theme song for the party titled "Talk to David".Olaf Priol (2006). [https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1744447,00.html "Their wives met at yoga. Now Chris Martin plans to rock the vote for Cameron's Tories"], The Guardian; retrieved 25 April 2006.[https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1744448,00.html "Talk to David"] The Guardian; retrieved 26 April 2006. This was later revealed to be an April Fool's joke. While touring Australia in March 2009, Martin and the rest of Coldplay were the opening act at the Sound Relief benefit concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, for the victims of bushfires and floods in Victoria and Queensland.{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227120155/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C25099180-661%2C00.html |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25099180-661,00.html |title=Coldplay, Kings of Leon to headline bushfire relief concerts |last=Mitchell |first=Geraldine |work=Herald Sun |publisher=The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd |date=24 February 2009 |archive-date=27 February 2009 |access-date=8 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} Martin appeared in a video for the "Robin Hood Tax" campaign, which proposes a tax on stock trades in the United States.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd_U2mnHqMU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726200616/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd_U2mnHqMU|archive-date=26 July 2012|url-status=dead|title=Introducing the Robin Hood Tax|via=YouTube|access-date=26 July 2012}} This tax is aimed at levelling the field between the 1% and 99%. In June 2016, Martin supported Vote Remain in the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.{{Cite news|title=Coldplay's Chris Martin appeals for unity after Brexit: "This decision does not represent us"|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a799058/coldplay-chris-martin-appeals-for-unity-after-brexit/|work=Digital Spy|date=28 July 2016|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808041030/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a799058/coldplay-chris-martin-appeals-for-unity-after-brexit/|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Coldplay discography|List of songs by Coldplay|l2=songs}}

• Parachutes (2000)
• A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
• X&Y (2005)
• Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
• Mylo Xyloto (2011)
• Ghost Stories (2014)
• A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
• Everyday Life (2019)
• Music of the Spheres (2021)
• Moon Music (2024)

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• List of people associated with University College London
• List of British Grammy winners and nominees
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