Rock On The Net: Linkin Park (original) (raw)

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.

Meteoratopped the UK LP charts for a week.

Meteoratopped 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 Awardfor 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 Texaswas 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 aGrammy 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 Awardfor Viewer's Choice and was also nominated for Best Rock Video.

Linkin Park won an American Music Awardfor Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park won a MTV Europe Award for Best Rock Act.
Linkin Park collaborated with Jay-Zon 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 Awardfor 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 Awardsfor 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 Awardfor Favorite Alternative Artist, and was nominated forFavorite 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 Awardfor 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/DVDRoad To Revolution Live At Milton Keynes(CD/DVD) was released.
Linkin Park won an American Music Awardfor Favorite Alternative Artist.

# 57Singles 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.

# 50Singles 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 Awardsfor Best Rock Video and Best Visual Effects.

Linkin Park won an American Music Awardfor Favorite Alternative Artist.

Linkin Park released Recharged.

Linkin Park topped the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and Dance Electronic Albums chart with Recharged.

• June 17: Linkin Park released Hunting Party.
• July 5: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart, Alternative Albums chart, and Hard Rock Albums chart with Hunting Party.
• August 24: The video for "Until It's Gone" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video.

• March 4: Linkin Park hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Kiiara with "Heavy."
• May 19: Linkin Park released One More Light.
• June 10: Linkin Park topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart, Rock Album chart, and Alternative Albums chart with One More Light.
• July 20: Chester Bennigton died at the age of 41 of an apparent suicide. The group cancelled their up-coming tour a few days later.
• August 15: Hybrid Theory was certified 11x platinum, Meteora was certified 7x platinum, Minutes To Midnight was certified 4x platinum, MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin Park: Collision Course was certified 2x platinum, and Living Things and A Thousand Suns were certified platinum.
• November 19: Linkin Park won an American Music AwardforFavorite Alternative Artist.
• December 13: The Hunting Party was certified platinum.
• December 15: Linkin Park released the live LP One More Night Live.

• June 15: Shinoda released the solo LP Post Traumatic.
  Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 16
• June 30: Shinoda topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart and Alternative Albums chart with Post Traumatic.
• August 20: The video for "One More Light" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video.

• March 4: WhatOne More Light was certified gold.

• Hybrid Theory was certified 12x platinum.

• April 3: Shinoda won a Grammy Awardfor Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ("Passenger" (Mike Shinoda Remix)).
• May 12: Minutes To Midnight was certified 5x platinum.

• 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."
• April 7: Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) was released.
• April 21:Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition) topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart and Hard Rock Albums chart.
• September 12: The video for "Lost" was nominated for a MTV Video Music AwardforBest Rock Video.
• 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").

• February 8: Meteora was certified 8x platinum.
• March 9: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with "Friendly Fire."
• April 12: The compilation set Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)was released.
• April 20: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with "Friendly Fire."
• April 27: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart with Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023).
• 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 AwardforBest 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."
• November 15: Linkin Park released From Zero.
• November 22: Linkin Park topped the UK LP chart with From Zero.
• November 30: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart, Alternative Albums chart, and Hard Rock Albums chart with From Zero.
• December 31: Linkin Park topped the Billboard 2024 Year-End Chart Toppers as Top Hard Rock Artist and Top Hard Rock Albums Artist.

• January 25: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with "Heavy Is The Crown."
• February 15: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart and Hard Rock Songs chart with "Heavy Is The Crown."
• April 23: Linkin Park won an American Music Awardfor Favorite Rock Song ("The Emptiness Machine"), and was nominated for Favorite Rock Artist.
• April 26: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with "Up From The Bottom."
• May 31: Linkin Park topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart and Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with "Up From The Bottom."
• September 7: "The Emptiness Machine" was nominated for an MTV Video Music AwardforBest Rock Video.
• December 31: Linkin Park topped the Billboard 2025 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Rock & Alternative Airplay Artist, Top Mainstream Rock Airplay Artist, and Top Hard Rock Albums Artist.

• February 1: Linkin Park was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance ("The Emptiness Machine") and Best Rock Album (From Zero).

iTunes Amazon.mp3	Hybrid TheoryReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	ReanimationReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	MeteoraMeteora (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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Live In TexasReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Minutes To MidnightReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	A Thousand SunsReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Living ThingsReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	RechargedReleased: 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)
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Hunting PartyReleased: June 17, 2014 US: PlatinumBillboard 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	One More LightReleased: 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"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	One More Night LiveReleased: 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"
	PapercutsReleased: April 12, 2024Billboard 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"
	From ZeroReleased: November 15, 2024 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Billboard # 1: Rock Albums, Alternative Albums, Hard Rock Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album Tracks: "From Zero" (Intro) - "The Emptiness Machine" - "Cut The Bridge" - "Heavy Is The Crown" - "Over Each Other" - "Casualty" - "Overflow" - "Two Faced" - "Stained" - "IGYEIH" - "Good Things Go"