Last.fm Trends: Coldplay And Eno Combine

Coldplay have announced that they will be teaming up with ambient music pioneer/producer Brian Eno for their upcoming fifth album.

Billboard reports that it will be a concept album about “Two like-minded outsiders who meet in a very difficult environment and therefore have a journey together.”

Whilst the album currently has no release date, Coldplay has teased fans with a Christmas single entitled “Christmas Lights”.

Last.fm Trends looks at how the single has fared so far and their career to date in anticipation of their album.

It is proof to Coldplay’s popularity that with just four albums the band have still managed to rack up an enormous 174,927,900 scrobbles spread across 3,272,423 listeners (that’s an average of 53 scrobbles per listener).

2005′s X&Y has proved to be their most popular album to date, taking in 31,055,432 scrobbles, narrowly piping 2002′s sophomore album A Rush of Blood to the Head which has 30,360,549 scrobbles.

2008′s Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, despite being home to Coldplay’s most scrobbled track (“Viva La Vida” with 8,752,315 scrobbles), comes in at third with 25,320,204 scrobbles, although we may see it rise to the top over time.

The recent Christmas single, “Christmas Lights,” which was released on November 30th with an accompanying video, has already gained 104,002 scrobbles and has entered the band’s weekly top tracks, coming in at #9 this week with 12,171 listeners.

You can find out more info on Coldplay on their Last.fm page. In the meantime check back with Last.fm Trends every week day for the latest news in your scrobbles.