自2000年盛夏，一首满载少年浪漫情愫的情歌《Yellow》登上英国单曲排行第4名，红遍全英大街小巷开始；随后《Parachutes(降落伞)》专辑旋即空降英国金榜冠军宝座，98年正式成军于伦敦校园的Coldplay(酷玩乐团)已平地震雷一声响地迅速在全球乐坛窜起。
《Parachutes》是Coldplay在利物浦的Parr Street Studio录音室，与曾为Gomez、Badly drawn boy作嫁的Ken Nelson共同制作。纯净、美丽的中、慢板旋律加上主唱Chris Martin神似Thom Yorke(Radiohesd主唱)轻柔却极具戏剧张力的淳美歌声，10首慢流一致浪漫、迷美情绪的歌谣。
“Shiver”是一首绚烂美丽，关于单恋的故事的歌曲，令人感到颤栗的歌曲名称；以澎湃汹涌的吉他反复乐节，加上Chrir戏剧性嗓音，简单手法表现的畅销单曲“Yellow”；年少轻狂的“Spies”，伴随着彷复来自天堂的中八度圣音；赤裸，贝斯乐声轻抚的民谣“Sparks”简单、有力的生活宣言；“Trouble”以惊人、独特的轻柔钢琴尾曲开场，紧接着Jon和谐的吉他切入，瞬间整首歌曲彷复飞了起来；专辑最后一曲“Everything's Not Lost”结尾部分的低声吟唱，充满了轻柔爵士味，是酷玩乐团Coldplay自信展现实力的进一步证明。
聆听《Parachutes》像感受一次美丽，但又寂寞的坠落；一段远离每日烦嚣，但又可以更清楚观看的经验。

Born to Do It is the debut studio album by English singer Craig David, released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2000 by Wildstar Records and in the United States later in 2001 by Atlantic Records. Following exposure from his work with British group Damage, David began performing vocals for garage duo Artful Dodger.

Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, known professionally as Dido, is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album No Angel. Hit singles from the album include "Here with Me" and "Thank You".

UK CD pressing of the first single to be released from X Factor winner Leona Lewis's highly anticipated debut album. 'Bleeding Love' was written and produced by LA's hottest emerging talent, Ryan Tedder, whose credits include Mary J Blige, JLO, Timbaland and Natasha Bedingfield. Leona Lewis was the first X Factor winner with international potential. As Simon Cowell simply put it: "She's mesmerizing. I literally couldn't believe how good she was." Features 'Bleeding Love' and 'Forgiveness'. RCA.

UK CD pressing of the first single to be released from X Factor winner Leona Lewis's highly anticipated debut album. 'Bleeding Love' was written and produced by LA's hottest emerging talent, Ryan Tedder, whose credits include Mary J Blige, JLO, Timbaland and Natasha Bedingfield. Leona Lewis was the first X Factor winner with international potential. As Simon Cowell simply put it: "She's mesmerizing. I literally couldn't believe how good she was." Features 'Bleeding Love' and 'Forgiveness'. RCA.

21 is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele. Released on 21 January 2011 in the UK and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America, the album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production. While it relies heavily on the folk and Motown influences that framed her debut 19, the album also explores various genres and styles from country and blues to alternative pop, indie-rock, and R&B. 21 is a break-up album, with songs exploring aspects of the singer's most recently ended relationship.
The majority of the album's production was handled by Grammy Award-winning American producer Rick Rubin, with additional producers including Jim Abbiss, Paul Epworth, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder and Dan Wilson. Released to positive reviews, critics complimented Adele's vocal performance and introspective songwriting. Preceded by lead single "Rolling in the Deep", 21 debuted at number one on the UK Album Chart with first-week sales of 208,000 copies. It also debuted at number one in over ten countries, including Canada, Germany and Ireland. In the U.S., the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 352,000 copies in its first week.
Following a well-received performance of the album's second single "Someone Like You" at the 2011 BRIT Awards, the album maintained its number one position in the UK for eleven consecutive weeks, before being dethroned by the Foo Fighters' Wasting Light on the week of 17 April 2011. However, 21 returned to the top spot the following week, and as of July 2011, has spent a total of seventeen aggregate weeks at number one. The album's eleven-week consecutive run at the top broke the record for the longest running consecutive number-one studio album for a solo artist. It also became the biggest-selling digital album of all-time in the UK. 21 has been certified 10-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, denoting domestic shipments in excess of three million units. A third single, "Set Fire to the Rain", attained success across several European territories and has peaked at number eighty-eight on Billboard thus far. In the U.S., the album spent ten non-consecutive weeks at number one, and has sold over 2.6 million copies. Total worldwide sales have surpassed eight million copies, making 21 the best-selling album of the year so far.