Chris Martin
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- Chris and his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, are expecting their second child (January 12, 2006).
- Won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" (2002).
- Learned how to sing the lyrics to his song "The Scientist" in reverse for the music video, so that the final product would show his body in reverse while he sang the lyrics normally.
- Is a vegetarian.
- Brother-in-law of Jake Paltrow.
- Won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "In My Place" (2002).
- Wrote a song for the late Johnny Cash, the song is called "Til Kingdom Come".
- Performed a version of The Smiths' "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" at London's Astoria. (29 October 2002)
- Besides Simon Pegg, Martin's Coldplay band-mate Jon Buckland is also godfather of his daughter Apple.
- Singer with the band Coldplay.
- Won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for "Parachutes" (2001).
- Son, Moses, with his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, born on April 8, 2006 in New York City.
- Simon Pegg is godfather of his daughter Apple.
- Educated at Sherborne School, Dorset (other alumni include Jeremy Irons, John le Carré, James Purefoy, Hugh Bonneville and Richard Eyre) and University College, London, where Coldplay was formed.
- Shares a birthday with Jon Bon Jovi.
- Won Best International Group at the 2006 Juno Awards in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Performed at the anti-war "One Big No" concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London. (15 March 2003)
- Wrote the song "Moses" for wife Gwyneth Paltrow
- Godmother of his daughter Apple is Mary Wigmore.
- Plays piano and guitar.
- Wrote the song "Fix You" for his wife Gwyneth Paltrow.
- Took part in the Band Aid 20 re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?". (14 November 2004)
- Daughter, with Gwyneth Paltrow, Apple Blythe Alison Martin, born on 14 May 2004 in London, England, UK.
- He has said that he considers The Verve's song "Bittersweet Symphony" to be probably the best song ever written and the band's singer, Richard Ashcroft, to be the greatest singer of all time.