Joe Hahn (turntables) and Dave Farrell (bass) were later recruited, and in 1999, Chester Bennington (lead vocals) became a member, staying with the band until his death in 2017.
Linkin Park rose to international fame in 2000 with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200. It was the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s, and certified Diamond in US and quadruple platinum in Europe. The fourth single from the album, " In the End", peaked at the second spot on the Billboard Hot 100 (the highest of Linkin Park's career), and stayed on the chart for 38 weeks. With first-week sales of 810,000, Linkin Park's second album Meteora (2003) entered the Billboard 200 at number one, becoming the third-best-selling album of the year. In 2007, their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight, also debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200, selling 623,000 copies in its first week. A Thousand Suns (2010) became Linkin Park's third studio album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, but its first-week sales were less than half of its predecessor-240,000 copies. Living Things followed in 2012, selling 223,000 copies in its first week and becoming the band's fourth studio album to debut at number-one. Linkin Park has sold 70 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. The band has produced eleven number-one singles on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and is the second-ever act to have at least ten weeks with three or more tracks on that chart. Two of these singles, " Crawling" and " Numb/Encore", earned the band two Grammy Awards. Linkin Park Underground, the band's official fan club, annually released EPs with rare tracks, demos, live recordings and remixes until 2017.
Live albums List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Īlbums Studio albums List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Since Chester Bennington's death in July 2017, the band had not put together an LPU release. Label: Warner Bros.Linkin Park is a rock band from Los Angeles playing alternative rock.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The ScoreĮxtended plays List of extended plays, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Soundtrack albums List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions Formats: CD, cassette, DVD-A, LP, download.Remix albums List of remix albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications "-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. The group was founded in 1996 by classmates Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson. In spite of the limited finances, the band started recording several songs in Shinoda's bedroom, their first studio. It took the group a while to find a new vocalist.Īfter multiple refusals of labels to cooperate, the original singer Mark Wakefield made up his mind to seek his fortune in another band. His unique voice made a deep impression on the other members.
As he had agreed to join the band, it was called Hybrid Theory. The young men went into troubles with the other band under the same name charging them with a copyright infringement. Thus, they called themselves Linkin Park. In 1999, Linkin Park managed to get a contract with Warner Bros. In a year, they released their debut album Hybrid Theory, featuring the material accumulated for many years. This album was a good seller with 4 million and 800,000 copies sold for the first year and earned then Grammy as the best rock album of the year.
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