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Chris Martin

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Chris Martin is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of a-ha, Brandon Flowers, Gavin Rossdale, Sho Madjozi and Sounds That Can't Be Made. Those roots explain a lot about how Chris Martin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gappy Ranks, Khago, Bugle, Kalado and Da'Ville, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ron Sexsmith, The Streets, Nelly Furtado, JAY-Z and Kanye West, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Chris Martin, reaching back through a-ha and forward to Ron Sexsmith. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Chris Martina-haBrandon FlowersGavin RossdaleSho MadjoziSounds That Can't Be…GriffTim BergStingRon SexsmithThe StreetsNelly FurtadoJAY-ZKanye WestAviciiDua LipaKygoGappy RanksKhagoBugleKaladoDa'VilleTifaChevaughnG Whizz

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Chris Martin connections

Chris Martin grew out of a-ha, Brandon Flowers, Gavin Rossdale and Sho Madjozi, shares an orbit with Gappy Ranks, Khago, Bugle and Kalado, went on to shape Ron Sexsmith, The Streets, Nelly Furtado and JAY-Z. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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