[Pop] Coldplay, Beatles Share Chart Feat

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Coldplay became the first British band since the Beatles to score a single debut in the U.S. top 10 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, the music magazine said on Friday.

The single, “Speed of Sound,” opened at No. 8 on the chart, which ranks sales and airplay, making Coldplay the only other U.K. band besides the Beatles to register such a hit.

The Beatles first graced the U.S. chart in the top 10 in the week of September 14, 1968, when “Hey Jude,” the Beatles’ first single on their own Apple imprint, entered the chart at No. 10, according to Billboard.

A year later, the Beatles’ “Get Back” also opened at No. 10. In 1970, the Beatles’ “Let It Be” became the highest Hot 100 debut at the time when it bowed at No. 6.

The Beatles’ “Free as a Bird” debuted at No. 10 in 1995.