With seven Grammy Awards and nine BRIT Awards under his belt, British drummer Will Champion has certainly earned icon status.
Today, Champion celebrates his 48th birthday. Born on July 31, 1978, in Southampton, England, he has been Coldplay's drummer since the band began in 1997. He was the final piece of the band, joining frontman Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, and bassist Guy Berryman as the fourth member of the now-legendary band.
Champion met his future bandmates while studying at University College London. While he already played other instruments since a teenager, he "didn't really look at a drum kit" and agreed to "give it a go".
While Champion has been a part of Coldplay's core line-up since the start, he was briefly fired by Martin following some disagreements. Martin immediately regretted letting Champion go, and he almost immediately rejoined the band. This incident inspired the hit song "Trouble," released in 2001 on the debut studio album Parachutes. The song was hugely successful, reaching No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Rock & Metal Chart.
Also featured on the album Parachutes is "Yellow," which is arguably one of the band's most famous songs. Despite never reaching No. 1 on the charts, the song became one of the most streamed songs in Spotify's history and, Parachute landed the band its first-ever Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
Since the first win in 2002, Champion has gone on to earn six more Grammy Awards for his work with Coldplay, along with nine BRIT Awards, with the band holding the record for the most BRIT wins in categories like British Group and British Album of the Year for a band.
Despite the incredible successes, Champion and his bandmates remained extremely humble through it all.
"Just before we go on stage, we have a little moment,” the drummer told the Daily Echo in 2015. "We all get together and remind each other of why and how we are in the position we are and that it’s not an opportunity to be wasted. Every day we wake up knowing how lucky we are, but it drives us to work harder."
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