They wanted more control over NelsonвЂ™s process and philosophy of вЂњassisting bands in realizing their own ideas, rather than imposing their own opinion on how the project should sound,вЂќ said Allison, who was replaced. The band started working on the album in 1999 and produced an EP with British producer Chris Allison, but were not satisfied with the result. Nelson was offered the job while Coldplay were performing in Liverpool with English indie rock band Gomez, whose debut album, Bring It On, was produced by him. Nelson stated that as soon as he heard vocalist Chris MartinвЂ™s voice on the song вЂњBigger StrongerвЂќ, he вЂњrealized something specialвЂќ. He was introduced to Coldplay by his manager Pete who gave him a copy of the bandвЂ™s debut EP released by Fierce Panda.

Д«ritish music producer Ken Nelson produced all but one of ParachutesвЂ™ songs. Parachutes is the 12th album on the list of the 20 best selling albums of the 21st century in the United Kingdom, and won the award for Best British Album in 2001 at the Brit Awards. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2002, and the band has won several accolades since its release. In the United States, the album reached number 51 on the Billboard 200, and was certified double platinum. Upon release, the album quickly reached number one in the UK, and was certified seven times Platinum. The album was generally successful by critics and international business.

Parachutes spawned four hit singles вЂњ Shiver вЂњ, вЂњ Yellow вЂњ, вЂњ Trouble вЂќ and вЂњ DonвЂ™t Panic вЂњ. The album was produced by the band itself and British producer Ken Nelson, with the exception of one track that was produced by Chris Allison. Parachutes is the debut album by English rock band Coldplay, released by the label Parlophone on Jin the United Kingdom.

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