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Ireland ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an ___MASK89___ in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . Ireland is the second - largest ___MASK89___ of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . The ___MASK97___ Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea of Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France , and joins the southern part of the North Sea to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean . Northern Ireland (; Ulster Scots : "") is a top - level constituent unit of the ___MASK16___ in the northeast of Ireland . It is variously described as a country , province , region , or " part " of the ___MASK16___ , amongst other terms . Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland . In 2011 , its population was 1 , 810 , 863 , constituting about 30 % of the island ' s total population and about 3 % of the UK ' s population . Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement , the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters , while other areas are reserved for the British government . Northern Ireland co - operates with the Republic of Ireland in some areas , and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to " put forward views and proposals " with " determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments ". This is a summary of 2000 in music in the ___MASK16___ . " A Song for the Lovers " is a song by ___MASK97___ singer - songwriter Richard Ashcroft and is the opening track on his 2000 album , " Alone with Everybody ". The song was also released on April 3 , 2000 as the first single from that album in the ___MASK16___ ( see 2000 in British music ). The single peaked at # 3 in the UK Singles Chart , a position that would be matched by Ashcroft ' s 2006 single " Break the Night with Colour ". Ireland , also described as the Republic of Ireland ('), is a sovereign state in north - western ___MASK33___ occupying about five - sixths of the ___MASK89___ of Ireland . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern part of the ___MASK89___ , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country ' s 4 . 75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland , a part of the ___MASK16___ . It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George ' s Channel to the south - east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the ', consists of a lower house , ', an upper house , ', and an elected President (') who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state , but with some important powers and duties . The head of government is the ' ( Prime Minister , literally ' Chief ', a title not used in English ), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President , and appoints other government ministers . Richard Paul Ashcroft ( born 11 September 1971 ) is an ___MASK97___ singer and songwriter . He was the lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their original split in 1999 . He became a successful solo artist in his own right , releasing three UK top three solo albums . The Verve reformed in 2007 but again broke up by summer 2009 . Ashcroft then founded a new band , RPA & The United Nations of Sound , and released a new album on 19 July 2010 . On 22 February 2016 Ashcroft announced his fourth solo album , " These People ", set for release 20 May 2016 . Chris Martin of Coldplay has described Ashcroft as " the best singer in the world ". A book is a set of written , printed , illustrated , or blank sheets , made of paper , parchment , or other materials , fastened together to hinge at one side , with text and / or images printed in ink . A single sheet within a book is a ___MASK28___ , and each side of a ___MASK28___ is a page . A set of text - filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book , or e - book . Compact disc ( CD ) is a ___MASK7___ optical disc data storage format released in ___MASK5___ and co - developed by Philips and ___MASK87___ . The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data ( CD - ROM ). Several other formats were further derived from these , including write - once audio and data storage ( CD - R ), rewritable media ( CD - RW ), Video Compact Disc ( VCD ), Super Video Compact Disc ( SVCD ), Photo CD , PictureCD , CD - i , and Enhanced Music CD . Audio CD players have been commercially available since October ___MASK5___ , when the first commercially available CD player was released in Japan . `` C ' mon People ( We ' re Making It Now ) '' is a song by ___MASK97___ singer - songwriter Richard Ashcroft and is the tenth track on his 2000 album Alone with Everybody . The song was also released on September 11 , 2000 as the third single from that album in the ___MASK16___ ( see 2000 in British music ) . The single peaked at # 21 in the UK Singles Chart . The ___MASK16___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK16___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK92___ . The Verve were an ___MASK97___ rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft , guitarist Nick McCabe , bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury . Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong became a member at a later date . Coldplay are a British rock band formed in ___MASK59___ by lead vocalist and keyboardist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London ( UCL ). After they formed under the name Pectoralz , Guy Berryman joined the group as bassist and they changed their name to Starfish . Will Champion joined as drummer and backing vocalist , completing the performing line - up . Creative Director Phil Harvey is often referred to as the official fifth member by the band . The band renamed themselves " Coldplay " in 1998 , before recording and releasing three EPs : " Safety " in 1998 , " Brothers & Sisters " as a single in 1999 , and " The Blue Room " in the same year . " The Blue Room " was their first release on a major label , after signing to ___MASK49___ . Urban Hymns is the third ___MASK15___ by ___MASK97___ alternative rock band The Verve , released on 29 September 1997 on ___MASK11___ . It earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release , and went on to become the band ' s best - selling release and one of the biggest selling albums of the year . As of 2015 , " Urban Hymns " is ranked the 18th best - selling album in UK chart history and has sold over ten million copies worldwide . The Irish Sea (, , , Ulster - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest ___MASK89___ within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle of Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century ___MASK14___ sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George ' s Channel ; other limits include the Bristol Channel , the ___MASK97___ Channel , and the Bay of Biscay , as well as adjacent portions of ___MASK51___ , Cornwall , Devon , and Brittany . The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea . The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , and ___MASK38___ . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the ___MASK97___ Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . The ___MASK92___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . MPEG - 1 and / or MPEG - 2 Audio Layer III , more commonly referred to as MP3 , is an audio coding format for ___MASK20___ which uses a form of lossy data compression . It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage , as well as a de facto standard of ___MASK20___ compression for the transfer and playback of music on most ___MASK20___ players and computing devices . Alternative rock ( also called alternative music , alt - rock or simply alternative ) is a genre of ___MASK10___ that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s . In this instance , the word " alternative " refers to the genre ' s distinction from mainstream ___MASK10___ . The term ' s original meaning was broader , referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent , D . I . Y . ethos of punk rock , which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music . At times , " alternative " has been used as a catch - all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition , or for any music , whether rock or not , that is seen to be descended from punk rock ( including some examples of punk itself , as well as new wave , and post - punk ). Christopher Anthony John " Chris " Martin ( born 2 March 1977 ) is a British singer , songwriter , ___MASK50___ producer , and multi - instrumentalist . He is the co - founder and lead singer of the British alternative rock band Coldplay . Born in Whitestone , near Exeter in Devon , Martin went to University College London where he formed a rock band with fellow musician Jonny Buckland in ___MASK59___ called Pectoralz , which was eventually renamed Coldplay in 1998 . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large ___MASK89___ in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European ___MASK89___ and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the ___MASK89___ had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous ___MASK89___ after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The ___MASK89___ of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . The LP ( from " long playing " or " long play ") is an analog sound storage medium , a vinyl ___MASK50___ format characterized by a speed of rpm , a 12 or 10 inch ( 30 or 25 cm ) diameter , and use of the " microgroove " groove specification . Introduced by Columbia in 1948 , it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire ___MASK50___ industry . Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound , it has remained the standard format for vinyl albums . The Official Charts Company ( previously known as the Chart Information Network ( CIN ) The Official UK Charts Company and also referred to Official Charts ) is a British inter - professional organisation that compiles various " official " ___MASK50___ charts in the ___MASK16___ , including the UK Singles Chart , the UK Albums Chart , the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart , as well as genre - specific and music video charts . The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Millward Brown , and claims to cover 99 % of the singles market and 95 % of the album market , and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week . Alone with Everybody is the first solo ___MASK14___ by ___MASK97___ singer - songwriter Richard Ashcroft , released via ___MASK11___ in June 2000 ( see 2000 in British music ). The songs " A Song for the Lovers ", " C ' mon People ( We ' re Making It Now )" and " New York " were initially recorded with the Verve for their 1997 ___MASK14___ " Urban Hymns ", but were never released . The Kingdom of Great Britain , officially Great Britain , was a sovereign state in western ___MASK33___ from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800 . The state came into being following the Treaty of Union in 1706 , ratified by the Acts of Union 1707 , which united the kingdoms of England and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole ___MASK89___ of Great Britain and its outlying islands . It did not include Ireland , which remained a separate realm . The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster . The former kingdoms had been in personal union since James VI , King of Scots , became King of England and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I , bringing about a " Union of the Crowns ". Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714 , the kingdom was in a personal union with the Electorate of Hanover . VC Recordings trading as ___MASK11___ was a British record label brand which was started in 1990 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Virgin Records . Despite being wholly owned by a major label , it was classed as an independent label for the purposes of the UK Indie Chart due to the independent distribution , which was used by Virgin as a means of gaining exposure for new acts . The ___MASK2___ ( currently entitled Official Singles Chart ) is compiled by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ), on behalf of the British ___MASK50___ industry , listing the top - selling singles in the ___MASK16___ , based upon physical sales , paid - for downloads and streaming . To be eligible for the chart , a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) as either a ' single bundle ' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence . The rules have changed many times as technology has developed , the most notable being the inclusion of digital downloads in 2005 and streaming in 2014 . ___MASK33___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK33___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK33___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK33___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK33___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries .