When Coldplay's debut album Parachutes dropped 20 years ago in the U.K. on July 10, 2000, the title was fitting – while Coldplay would go on to soar as a global act, the album's international impact was up in the air at first, with Parachutes not even landing in America until November 2000.
But British audiences warmed up to Coldplay quickly, with Parachutes climbing to No. 1 on the U.K. album chart and earning a spot on the Mercury Prize shortlist.
After appearing in various international charts listed in the pages of Billboard, Coldplay netted their first significant shout out in the Aug.
5, 2000 issue of Billboard, appearing in Nigel Williamson's Global Music Pulse column. The lead story of his column that week, Williamson noted the band
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