Coldplay named Top songwriters at ASCAP Awards
Coldplay's skills made them the top songwriters at the 30th annual ASCAP Awards in London on Wednesday.
Bandmates Chris Martin, Will Champion, Jonny Buckland and Guy Berryman were named the Songwriters of the Year at the ceremony, while their Viva La Vida hit won them the Song of the Year award.
Other big winners included Taio Cruz, who picked up the ASCAP Vanguard Award for his record Departure, and chart-topping band Scouting For Girls won the ASCAP College Award for Everybody Wants to Be on TV.
Another 20 song awards were also handed out during the event to honour songwriters - Sir Paul McCartney's Come Together, U2's I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and Phil Collins' track In The Air Tonight were among the tracks recognised.
Here you can watch the video of Coldplay "Viva la Vida" :
