Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (also known as Viva la Vida) is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Coldplay. It was released on 12 June 2008 in the UK and on 17 June 2008 in North America. In May 2008, Coldplay released two successful singles from the record: "Violet Hill" and "Viva la Vida", the latter becoming the band's first song to reach #1 in the United States and the United Kingdom.
In the United States, the album sold well over 300,000 copies in its first day, and 721,000 after a week. In the UK, the album sold 125,000 copies in its first day of release and 302,074 in three days, debuting at #1.The album has since sold over 500,000 copies in 10 days since its release, beating the first week UK sales of Coldplay's previous album, X&Y.The ba
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