But you see, Coldplay is struggling just like everyone else. Look at Coldplay's US album sales for each album since 2002:
2002 - AROBTTH: 4.4 million
2005 - X&Y: 3.1 million
2008 - Viva La Vida: 2.8 million
2011 - Mylo Xyloto: 1.6 million
2014 - Ghost Stories: 467,000
Notice a trend?
Ok, Ghost Stories has only been out two weeks but there is a chance that it will not reach the 1 million mark. All of the radio friendly songs have been released already and none of them were able to get any real traction at radio. There is no tour. Its likely the album will fall like a rock in a few months and not reach the million mark by the end of the year. Despite that, it will likely be the biggest selling album released in 2014. We live in a world where the biggest selling album of the year may not even sell a million copies in the USA.