  The 6-man group Linkin Park
hails from Los Angeles. Linkin Park's mix of
heavy metal, alternative rock and hip-hop is
more than evident on their aptly-titled debut
LP - Hybrid
Theory. The band began in 1996 with
Shinoda and Delson first recording material
together. As Linkin Park became a 6-man band
(after the brief departure of Phoenix), they
signed with Warner Bros. Records and began
work on their 1st LP.
 The single "One Step
Closer" became a hit on rock and
alternative radio stations.
Linkin Park released their debut
LP - Hybrid
Theory.
Linkin Park could be heard on
the soundtrack for Little
Nicky on the track "Points Of
Authority" (available for download at iTunes).
Hybrid
Theory was certified gold.
 Linkin Park could be heard on
the soundtrack for Dracula
2000 with the track "One Step
Closer" (available for download at iTunes).
 # 94
Singles Artist of the Year
 Hybrid
Theory was certified platinum.
Linkin Park
could be heard on the soundtrack for Valentine with the track
"Pushing Me Away."
Linkin Park toured with The
Deftones.
 Hybrid
Theory was certified 2x platinum.
Linkin Park toured as part of
the Ozzfest package tour.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 3x platinum.
 The video for
"Crawling" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Rock Video and Best Direction (The Brothers Straus).
The band performed at the ceremony.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 4x platinum.
Linkin Park toured with
the Family Values tour.
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"In The End."
Hybrid
Theory was certified 5x platinum.
Hybrid
Theory ended up being the best-selling
LP of the year, selling 4.8 million copies
during 2001.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with
"In The End."
Linkin Park topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Modern Rock
Artist.
Readers of Rolling
Stone voted Linkin Park as Best Hard
Rock/Metal Band of the Year. Critics in Rolling
Stone voted Linkin Park as Best Rock
Artist of the Year.
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park were nominated for
an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park were nominated for a
Brit Award for Best International Newcomer.
Linkin Park hit the Top 10 with "In The End."
Linkin Park embarked on the
'Projekt Revolution' tour.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 7x platinum.
Linkin Park won
a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
("Crawling"), and were nominated
for Best
New Artist and Best Rock Album (Hybrid
Theory).
 Linkin Park hit #1 with "In The End."
Linkin Park won a World Music
Award for World's Best-Selling Rock Group.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 8x platinum.
 Linkin Park released Reanimation - a LP of
'reinterpretations' of the band's songs.
The video for
"In The End" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video and was nominated for Video of the Year and Best Group Video.
 Reanimation was certified
platinum.
Linkin Park won 2 MTV Europe
Music Awards for Best Hard Rock Act and Best
Group.
 # 95
Singles Artist of the Year
 March 25: Linkin Park released Meteora.
Meteora topped the UK
LP charts for a week.
Meteora topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks and Top
Internet Albums chart for a week selling over
810,000 copies its first week of release.
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for a week
and the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 5
weeks with "Somewhere I Belong."
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Somewhere I Belong."
Meteora was certified 2x
platinum.
Bennington was hospitalized for
severe back and abdominal pains in LA.
Several concerts in Europe had to be
cancelled. He was released after a week in
the hospital and it was believed that an
intestinal disorder may have led to his
illness.
 Linkin Park's video for "Somewhere I Belong" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video.
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 6
weeks with "Faint."
Meteora was certified 3x
platinum.
Linkin Park won a World
Music Award for Best Rock Group.
 Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 12 weeks with
"Numb."
Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park released Live
In Texas.
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Numb."
Live
In Texas was certified gold.
Readers of Rolling
Stone named Linkin Park as the Best
Metal/Hard Rock Band.
Linkin Park had
the 3rd biggest selling LP of the year - Meteora - which sold
over 3.4 million copies during the year in
the US.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3
weeks with "Numb."
Linkin Park hit the Top 10 with "Numb."
Meteora was certified 4x
platinum.
 Linkin Park were nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("Session").
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3
weeks with "Lying From You."
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Breaking The Habit."
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks with
"Breaking The Habit."
The video for "Breaking The Habit" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Viewer's Choice and was also nominated
for Best Rock Video.
 Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park won a MTV Europe
Award for Best Rock Act.
Linkin Park collaborated with Jay-Z on MTV
Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin
Park: Collision Course with the track "Numb/Encore."
Linkin Park and Jay-Z hit the Top 40 with
"Numb/Encore."
Linkin Park and Jay-Z topped the Billboard
Hot Digital Tracks chart with "Numb/Encore."
 MTV
Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin
Park: Collision Course topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for a week and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for a week
selling over 368,000 copies its first week of
release.
Linkin Park donated $100,000 to
the victims of a massive tsunami that hit
southern Asia. The band also established 'Music
For Relief' to gain further donations.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Modern Rock
Artist and with the Top Music Video Sales (Live
In Texas).
# 296 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 97
Singles Artist of the Year
Hybrid
Theory was certified 10x platinum.
Linkin Park and Jay-Z hit the Top 10 with "Numb/Encore."
The single "Numb/Encore" was certified
gold.
 On July 2nd, Linkin Park
performed in Philadelphia as part of the
worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
MTV
Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin
Park: Collision Course was certified
platinum.
 Fort
Minor: # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park won
a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Numb/Encore" with Jay-Z). Linkin Park also
performed at the ceremony.
Mike Shinoda
hit the charts with his side project Fort
Minor with "Where'd You Go" and "Remember The Name" from the LP The
Rising Tied.
 # 26
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"What I've Done."
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and Hot
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "What I've Done."
Linkin Park
performed on Saturday Night Live.
Linkin Park
released their next LP Minutes
To Midnight.
Linkin Park
topped the UK and Canadian LP charts with Minutes
To Midnight.
 Linkin Park
topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Top
Digital Albums chart, Top Rock Albums chart
and Top Internet Albums chart with Minutes
To Midnight. The LP sold over 623,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Minutes
To Midnight was certified platinum.
 On July 7th, Linkin Park
performed at the Live
Earth
concert in the Japan. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
Linkin Park was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Group, Best Direction (Joseph Hahn) and Best Editing (Igor Kovalik) ("What I've Done").
 Bennington broke his
arm when he fell off stage during a
performance in Australia, but kept singing
until the concert ended.
Linkin Park won a MTV Europe
Music Award for Band of the Year.
Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Shadow Of The Day."
Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist, and was nominated for
Favorite Pop/Rock
Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Album.
Minutes
To Midnight was certified 2x platinum and Live
In Texas was certified platinum.
 Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Modern Rock
Artist and with the Top Modern Rock Track
("What I've Done").
Linkin Park had
the #7 selling LP of 2007 with Minutes
To Midnight selling over 2 million copies
in the US.
 # 51
Singles Artist of the Year
 The singles "Numb" and "In The End" were certified
gold.
The video for "Shadow Of The Day" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video and was nominated for Best Direction (Joe Hahn). The video
for "Bleed It Out" was nominated
for Best Special Effects (David Lebensfeld and
Adam Catino).
 The CD/DVD Road
To Revolution Live At Milton Keynes (CD/DVD) was
released.
Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
 # 57
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"New Divide" from the Transformers:
Revenge Of The Fallen soundtrack.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and Rock Songs
chart with "New Divide."
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "New Divide."
Linkin Park was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance (live version of
"What I've Done").
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Rock Songs chart with "The
Catalyst."
 Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Alternative Songs chart with "The
Catalyst."
Linkin Park released A
Thousand Suns.
Linkin Park topped the Canadian
LP chart with A
Thousand Suns.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Rock Albums chart, Alternative
chart, Hard Rock Albums chart, and Digital
Albums chart with A
Thousand Suns. The LP sold over 241,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Bennington could be seen in the
film Saw 3D.
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Waiting For The End."
 # 66
Singles Artist of the Year
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Alternative Songs chart with "Waiting For The End."
A
Thousand Suns was certified gold.
Linkin Park
performed on Saturday Night Live.
 The video for "Waiting For The End" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Special Effects.
 # 50
Singles Artist of the Year
Linkin Park
topped the Billboard Rock Songs chart with
"Burn It Down."
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Burn It Down."
Linkin Park released Living
Things.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Rock Albums chart, Hard Rock
Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart
with Living
Things. The LP sold over 223,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Linkin Park topped the UK LP
chart with Living
Things.
Linkin Park
topped the Billboard Alternative Songs chart
with "Burn It Down."
The video for "Burn It Down" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Rock Video and Best Visual Effects.
 Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park released Recharged.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Hard Rock Albums chart and Dance Electronic
Albums chart with Recharged.
- April 3: Shinoda won a Grammy
Award for Best
Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
("Passenger" (Mike Shinoda
Remix)).
- February 25: Linkin Park
topped the Billboard Rock &
Alternative Airplay chart and Hard Rock
Songs chart with "Lost."
- March 18: Linkin Park
topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock
Airplay chart with "Lost."
- March 25: Linkin Park
topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay
chart with "Lost."
- December 31: Linkin Park
topped the Billboard
2023 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Rock
& Alternative Airplay Artist, Top
Alternative Digital Song Sales Artist,
and Top Hard Rock Artist, and with the
Top Rock & Alternative Airplay Song,
Top Alternative Airplay Song, and Top
Mainstream Rock Airplay Song
("Lost").
- March 9: Linkin Park
topped the Billboard Rock &
Alternative Airplay chart with
"Friendly Fire."
 September: Linkin Park
announced the additions of singer Emily
Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain. - September
11: The video for
"Friendly Fire" was nominated
for an MTV Video
Music Award for
Best Alternative
Video.
- September
21: Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay
chart and Hard Rock Songs chart with
"The Emptiness Machine."
- October 5: Linkin Park
topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay
chart and Mainstream Rock Airplay chart
with "The Emptiness Machine."
- Linkin Park
will release From Zero on November 15th.
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Hybrid Theory
Released: October 24, 2000
US: 12x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks:
"Papercut" - "One Step
Closer" - "With You" -
"Points Of Authority" -
"Crawling" -
"Runaway" - "By
Myself" - "In The End" - "A
Place For My Head" -
"Forgetten" - "Cure For
The Itch" - "Pushing Me
Away" |
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Reanimation
Released: July, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks:
"Opening" -
"Pts.Of.Athrty" - "Enth E
Nd" - "[Chali]" -
"Frgt/10" - "P5hng Me
A*wy" - "Plc.4 Mie Haed" -
"X-ecutioner Style" - "H!
Vltg3" - "[Riff Raff]" -
"Wth>You" -
"PPr:Kut" - "Rnw@y" -
"MyDsmbr" - "[Stef]"
- "By_Myslf" - "Kyur4 Th
Ich" - "1stp Klosr" -
"Krwlng" |
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Meteora
Meteora (20th
Anniversary Edition)
Released: March 25, 2003
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 2 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Don't
Say" - "Somewhere I Belong" -
"Lying From You" - "Hit
The Floor" - "Easier To
Run" - "Faint" -
"Figure.09" - "Breaking The Habit" - "From
The Inside" - "Nobody's
Listening" - "Session" -
"Numb" |
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Live In Texas
Released: November, 2003
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 23
Live Tracks: "Somewhere I Belong" -
"Lying From You" -
"Papercut" - "Points Of
Authority" - "Runaway" -
"Faint" - "From The
Inside" - "P5hng Me A*wy"
- "Numb" - "Crawling"
- "In The End" - "One
Step Closer" |
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MTV Ultimate
Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin Park:
Collision Course (with Jay-Z)
Released: November 30, 2004
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for
1 week)
Rolling
Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks: "Dirty Off
Your Shoulder/Lying From You" -
"Big Pimpin'/Papercut" -
"Jigga WhatFaint" - "Numb/Encore" -
"Izzo/In The End" -
"Points Of Authority/99 Problems/One
Step Closer" |
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Minutes To
Midnight
Released: May 15, 2007
US: 5x
Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Wake"
- "Given Up" - "Leave Out
All The Rest" - "Bleed It
Out" - "Shadow Of The Day" - "What I've Done" -
"Hands Held High" - "No
More Sorrow" - "Valentine's
Day" - "In Between" -
"In Pieces" - "The Little
Things Give You Away" |
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Road To
Revolution Live At Milton Keynes (CD/DVD)
Released: November, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 41
Live Tracks: "One Step
Closer" - "From The
Inside" - "No More Sorrow"
- "Given Up" - "Lying From
You" - "Hands Held High" -
"Leave Out All The Rest" -
"Numb" - "The Little
Things Give You Away" - "Breaking The Habit" - "Shadow Of The Day" -
"Crawling" - "In The End" -
"Pushing Me Away" - "What I've Done" - "Numb/Encore" -
"Jigga What/Faint" -
"Bleed It Out" |
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A Thousand Suns
Released: September 14,
2010
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks: "The
Requiem" - "The Radiance"
- "Burning In The Skies" -
"Empty Spaces" - "When
They Come For Me" - "Robot
Boy" - "Jornada Del
Muerto" - "Waiting For The End" -
"Blackout" - "Wretches And
Kings" - "Wisdom, Justice And
Love" - "Iridescent" -
"Fallout" - "The
Catalyst" - "The
Messenger" |
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Living Things
Released: June 26, 2012
US:
Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks: "Lost In The
Echo" - "In My Remains" -
"Burn It Down" - "Lies
Greed Misery" - "I'll Be
Gone" - "Castle Of Glass"
- "Victimized" - "Roads
Untraveled" - "Skin To
Bone" - "Until It Breaks"
- "Tinfoil" -
"Powerless" |
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Recharged
Released: October 29, 2013
Tracks: "A Light
That Never Comes" - "Castle Of
Glass" (M. Shinoda Remix) -
"Lost In The Echo" (Killsonik
Remix) - "Victimized" (M.
Shinoda Remix) - "I'll Be Gone"
(Vice Remix) (featuring Pusha T) -
"Lies Greed Misery"
(Dirtyphonics Remix) - "Roads
Untrabeled" (Rad Omen Remix)
(featuring Bun B) - "Powerless"
(Enferno Remix) - "Burn It Down" (Tom Swoon
Remix) - "Until It Breaks"
(Datsik Remix) - "Skin To Bone"
(Nick Catchdubs Remix) - "I'll Be
Gone" (Schoolboy Remix) -
"Until It Breaks" (Money Mark
Headphone Remix) - "A Light That
Never Comes" (Rick Rubin Reboot) |
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The Hunting
Party
Released: June 17, 2014
US:
Platinum
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 3
Tracks: "Keys To The
Kingdom" - "All For
Nothing" (featuring Page Hamilton) -
"The Summoning" -
"War" - "Wastelands"
- "Until It's Gone" -
"Rebellion" (featuring Daron
Malakian) - "Mark The Graves" -
"Drawbar" (featuring Tom
Morello) - "Final Masquerade" -
"A Line In The Sand" |
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One More Light
Released: May 19, 2017
US:
Gold
Tracks: "Nobody Can
Save Me" - "Good Goodbye"
(featuring Pusha T & Stormzy) -
"Talking To Myself" -
"Battle Symphony" -
"Invisible" - "Heavy"
(featuring Kiiara) - "Sorry For
Now" - "Halfway Right" -
"One More Light" - "Sharp
Edges" |
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One More Night
Live
Released: December 15, 2017
Live Tracks: "Talking To
Myself" - "Burn It Down" -
"Battle Symphony" - "New
Divide" - "Invisible" -
"Nobody Can Save Me" -
"One More Light" -
"Crawling" - "Leave Out
All The Rest" - "Good
Goodbye" (featuring Stormzy) -
"What I've Done" - "In The End" -
"Sharp Edges" -
"Numb" - "Heavy" -
"Bleed It Out" |
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Papercuts
Released: April 12, 2024
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 6
Billboard #
1: Hard Rock Albums
Tracks:
"Crawling" - "Faint"
- "Numb/Encore" -
"Papercut" - "Breaking The
Habit" - "In The End" -
"Bleed It Out" -
"Somewhere I Belong" -
"Waiting For The End" -
"Castle Of Glass" - "One
More Light" - "Burn It
Down" - "What I've Done" -
"Qwerty" - "One Step
Closer" - "New Divide" -
"Leave Out All The Rest" -
"Lost" - "Numb" -
"Friendly Fire" |
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