It won Best Rock Album at the Grammy's and was nominated for Album of the Year. The second single, " Viva la Vida", was released on 25 September 2008 and was a huge success, becoming Coldplay's first Number One on the UK Singles Chart and first Number One on the US Billboard Hot 100. The first single, " Violet Hill", was released on to moderate success. On their website, the band also described taking acoustic guitars and basic recording equipment to churches and experimenting with particular sounds. However, it was stressed that the influence was not in any specific sound but a general feel to the songs taken as a whole. The band's drummer Will Champion said in an interview for MTV: "One of the main things we tried to focus on with this record is changing vocal identities, because Chris has a very recognizable voice." Coldplay sparked an interest at Hispanic influences after having recorded in churches and in Spanish-speaking countries such as in Mexico in North America and Spain in Europe, such as Barcelona. This is explored in " Yes", where the main characteristic of the Velvet Underground-inspired song is the lowest vocals Chris Martin ever recorded – this was suggested by the producer Brian Eno, to make every single song sound different. Additionally, Martin wanted to make a vocal transition from his trademark falsetto to a lower register. The songs written during their time at the studio are lyrically "much more abstract, much more visual than before", and musically "less straight-forward, more oblique". In late 2006, Coldplay acquired a former bakery in a northwest London backstreet, converting it into a studio facility and naming it The Bakery. Their initial conversations had suggested that Timbaland could produce a substantial part of Viva la Vida however, a spokesperson for the band communicated that Coldplay were not currently scheduled to work with him at the time. In February 2007, American record producer, rapper, and record executive Timbaland expressed interest in working with the band, revealing that he planned to come to the United Kingdom in April to meet with them and discuss a possible collaboration. With someone like Brian, if you can persuade him to work with you, you're doing well." Eno confirmed his involvement in the production of the album on January 26, 2007, and claimed he expected the record to “be very original and very different from what have done before.” Jon Hopkins was invited to the project and introduced to the band by Eno himself to assist them during the production of some songs that would require piano and keyboard parts Hopkins co-produced two songs on the album, " Life in Technicolor" and " The Escapist", based on his original song "Light Through the Veins". Eno (who had previously worked with the band on X&Y's track " Low") embarked on the project after Chris asked him if he knew of any producers who could improve them as a band lead guitarist Jonny Buckland admitted that the producer had "picked us, really. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was produced by English ambient musician and record producer Brian Eno, Markus Dravs, Rik Simpson, and Jon Hopkins. Initial work on the album began in November 2006 at their studio in North London, although being interrupted by the Latin American leg of the Twisted Logic Tour from February to March 2007. However, Healy clarified that Coldplay was indeed "enjoying a much-deserved break", and that there was no timetable for the follow-up to the band's third studio album, X&Y. Dispelling such reports, Ambrosia Healy, spokesperson to Capitol Records, sent an e-mail message to MTV saying that there was no self-imposed hiatus. The group's parenthood, coupled with the fact that Coldplay had no touring or recording schedule at the time, had fans wondering if the band's new album would not be released until 2011. In October 2006, two weeks after bassist Guy Berryman had his first daughter, Nico, reports circulated that the band would take a five-year hiatus, after lead singer Chris Martin had reportedly discussed with friends after performing on stage with Jay-Z the band's decision of not working on new material unless it was organically.
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