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Chris Martin

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  1. #001

    For the music video of his song "The Scientist", Chris Martin learned to sing the lyrics backwards, so that in the final product his body appears to move in reverse while he sings the lyrics normally.

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  2. #002

    He wrote the song "Fix You" for his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow.

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  3. #003

    He said he considers The Verve's song "Bittersweet Symphony" to be possibly the best song ever written, and the band's singer, Richard Ashcroft, to be the best singer of all time.

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  4. #004

    He met his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, at his band's concert in October 2002.

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  5. #005

    Simon Pegg is the godfather of his daughter, Apple Martin.

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  6. #006

    He plays piano and guitar.

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  7. #007

    He is the singer of the band Coldplay.

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  8. #008

    He won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "In My Place" [2002].

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  9. #009

    He wrote the song "Moses" for his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow.

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  10. #010

    He performed at the anti-war "One Big No" concert at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London.

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  11. #011

    He shares his birthday with Jon Bon Jovi.

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  12. #012

    His son, Moses Martin, was born on 8 April 2006 in New York with his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow.

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  13. #013

    He won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for "Parachutes" [2001].

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  14. #014

    His daughter, Apple Martin (Apple Blythe Alison Martin), was born with Gwyneth Paltrow on 14 May 2004 in London, England, United Kingdom.

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  15. #015

    He is a big fan of the 1980s cult rockers Echo & The Bunnymen.

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  16. #016

    He won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Clocks" [2003].

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  17. #017

    He performed a version of The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" at the London Astoria.

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  18. #018

    He was voted "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" by PETA.

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  19. #019

    He has been in a relationship with the actress Dakota Johnson since October 2017.

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  20. #020

    Chris Martin was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset (whose other alumni include Jeremy Irons, John le Carré, James Purefoy, Hugh Bonneville and Richard Eyre) and at University College London, where Coldplay was formed.

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  21. #021

    Chris and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow were expecting their second child (12 January 2006).

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  22. #022

    He won the Best International Group award at the 2006 Juno Awards in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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  23. #023

    He is the son-in-law of Blythe Danner and Bruce Paltrow.

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  24. #024

    Chris Martin was born at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in Exeter, England. Other people born at this hospital include Bradley James, Matthew Goode, Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway, Ben Lamb and Luke Newberry.

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  25. #025

    Mary Wigmore is the godmother of his daughter, Apple Martin.

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  26. #026

    He is Jake Paltrow's brother-in-law.

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