Claim: Coldplay have worked with others.

A Head Full of Dreams is the seventh studio album by British rock band Coldplay . It was released on 4 December 2015 , by Parlophone in the United Kingdom , and by Atlantic Records in the United States . Coldplay recorded the album from late 2014 to mid 2015 , right after the completion of their previous album Ghost Stories , with a markedly different style and sound from its predecessors . For various songs , Coldplay collaborated with Beyoncé , Noel Gallagher , Tove Lo , Khatia Buniatishvili and Merry Clayton . The album was produced by Rik Simpson and Stargate . The album also features a sample of President Barack Obama singing `` Amazing Grace '' at Clementa C. Pinckney 's funeral on the song `` Kaleidoscope '' .   The album received mixed reviews from critics . Commercially , it topped the UK Albums Chart , and was the runner-up in the United States , Australia , Canada , the Netherlands and Italy where it was held off the top spot by Adele 's 25 . At the 2016 Brit Awards the album was nominated for British Album of the Year . It was the eighth best-selling album of 2015 with 1.9 million copies sold worldwide , according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . As of March 2017 , the album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide . It was the ninth best-selling album of 2016 , with 1.4 million copies sold worldwide , according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . It was supported by five singles : `` Adventure of a Lifetime '' , `` Hymn for the Weekend '' , `` Up & Up '' , the title track , and `` Everglow '' . A 5.1 Surround Blu-ray Audio version of the album was released via the band 's website on 23 September 2016 .