Linkin Park

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Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills,

California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international Linkin Park
fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000), which
was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-
Platinum in several other countries.[1] Their following studio
album Meteora continued the band's success, topping the
Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by
extensive touring and charity work.[2]

Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly

yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and
Meteora,[3][4][5] the band explored other genres on their next Linkin Park performing in Berlin on October 20,
studio album, Minutes to Midnight (2007).[6][7] The album 2010. From left to right: Joe Hahn, Dave Farrell,
topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon and
week of any album that year.[8][9] The band continued to Chester Bennington.
explore a wider variation of musical types in their fourth
Background information
album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with
more electronic sounds and beats. Their fifth album, Living Also known as Xero (199699)
Things (2012), combines musical elements from all of their Hybrid Theory (1999)
previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party
Origin Agoura Hills, California, U.S.
(2014), returned to a heavier rock sound. Their seventh
album One More Light, a more electronic and pop-oriented Genres Alternative rock nu metal
record, was released on May 19, 2017.[10][11] alternative metal rap rock
electronic rock
In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band
Years active 1996present
of the music video era and the third-best of the new
millennium.[12] Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Labels Warner Bros. Machine Shop
Best Artists of the Decade chart.[13] In 2012, the band was Associated acts Jay-Z Steve Aoki
voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket
Madness poll on VH1.[14] In 2014, the band was declared as Website linkinpark.com
the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Members Rob Bourdon
Kerrang!.[15][16] Linkin Park has sold over 70 million Brad Delson
albums worldwide and has won two Grammy
Mike Shinoda
Awards.[17][18][19]
Dave Farrell
Joe Hahn

Contents Past members Mark Wakefield

Chester Bennington
1 History Kyle Christner
1.1 19962000: Early years
1.2 20002002: Hybrid Theory and
Reanimation
1.3 20022004: Meteora
1.4 20042006: Side projects
1.5 20062008: Minutes to Midnight
1.6 20082011: A Thousand Suns
1.7 20112013: Living Things and Recharged
1.8 20132015: The Hunting Party
1.9 2015present: One More Light and
Bennington's death
2 Charity
 3 Musical style and influences
4 Legacy and influence
5 Band members
6 Discography
7 Awards and nominations
8 Concert tours
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

History
19962000: Early years

Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends: Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson.[20] The
three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. After graduating from
high school, the three began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix"
Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band, then called Xero. Though limited in resources, the band
began recording and producing songs within Shinoda's makeshift bedroom studio in 1996, resulting in a four-
track demo tape, entitled Xero.[20][21] Tensions and frustration within the band grew however after they failed
to land a record deal.[20] The lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the
band's vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects.[20][21] Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax, a
Christian punk and ska band.[22][23]

After spending a considerable time searching for Wakefield's replacement, Xero recruited Arizona vocalist
Chester Bennington, who was recommended by Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music in March
1999.[24][25] Bennington, formerly of a post-grunge band by the name of Grey Daze, became a standout among
applicants because of the dynamic in his singing style.[20] The band then agreed on changing its name from
Xero to Hybrid Theory; the newborn vocal chemistry between Shinoda and Bennington helped revive the band,
inciting them to work on new material.[20] In 1999 the band released a self-titled extended play, which they
circulated across internet chat-rooms and forums with the help of an online 'street team'.[26][27] The band's
renaissance culminated with another change in name, this time to Linkin Park, a play on and homage to Santa
Monica's Lincoln Park[20] (now called Christine Emerson Reed Park[28]). The band initially wanted to use the
name "Lincoln Park", however they changed it to "Linkin" to acquire the internet domain "linkinpark.com".[29]
The band still struggled to sign a record deal. Linkin Park turned to Jeff Blue for additional help after facing
numerous rejections from several major record labels. After failing to catch Warner Bros. Records on three
previous reviews, Jeff Blue, now the vice president of Warner Bros. Records, helped the band sign a deal with
the company in 1999. The band released its breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory, the following year.[24]

20002002: Hybrid Theory and Reanimation

Linkin Park released Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000.[30][31] The album, which represented half a decade's
worth of the band's work, was edited by Don Gilmore.[20] Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success; it
sold more than 4.8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001,
while singles such as "Crawling" and "One Step Closer" established themselves as staples among alternative
rock radio play lists during the year.[22] Additionally, other singles from the album were featured in films such
as Dracula 2000, Little Nicky, and Valentine.[22] Hybrid Theory won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock
Performance for the song "Crawling" and was nominated for two other Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and
Best Rock Album.[32] MTV awarded the band their Best Rock Video and Best Direction awards for "In the
End".[20] Through the winning of the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, Hybrid Theory's overall
success had catapulted the band into mainstream success.
 During this time, Linkin Park
received many invitations to
perform on many high-profile
tours and concerts including
Ozzfest, Family Values Tour,
and KROQ Almost Acoustic
Christmas.[22][33] The band
worked with Jessica Sklar to
found their official fan club and
street team, "Linkin Park
Underground", in November
2001.[34][35] Linkin Park also Joe Hahn performing with Linkin
The Linkin Park logo used from the formed its own tour, Projekt Park at Rock am Ring in 2001.
release of Hybrid Theory to the Revolution, which featured other
release of Minutes to Midnight notable artists such as Cypress Hill, Adema, and Snoop Dogg.[24]
Within a year's stretch, Linkin Park had performed at over 320
concerts. [20] The experiences and performances of the precocious band were documented in its first DVD, Frat
Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001. Now reunited with former bassist Phoenix,
the band began work on a remix album, dubbed Reanimation, which would include works from Hybrid Theory
and non-album tracks.[22] Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought,
Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others.[36] Reanimation claimed the second spot on the Billboard 200,
and sold nearly 270,000 copies during its debut week.[37] Hybrid Theory is also in the RIAA's Top 100
Albums.[38]

20022004: Meteora

Following the success of Hybrid Theory and Reanimation, Linkin Park spent a significant amount of time
touring around the United States. The band members began to work on new material amidst its saturated
schedule, spending a sliver of their free time in their tour bus' studio.[39] The band officially announced the
production of a new studio album in December 2002, revealing its new work was inspired by the rocky region
of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks.[40] Meteora features a
mixture of the band's nu metal and rap metal style with newer innovative effects, including the induction of a
shakuhachi (a Japanese flute made of bamboo) and other instruments.[20] Linkin Park's second album debuted
on March 25, 2003 and instantly earned worldwide recognition,[20] going to No. 1 in the US and UK, and No. 2
in Australia.[21]

Meteora sold more than 800,000 copies during its first week, and it ranked as the best selling album on the
Billboard charts at the time.[41] The album's singles, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Breaking the Habit",
"Faint", and "Numb", received significant radio attention.[42] By October 2003, Meteora sold nearly three
million copies.[43] The album's success allowed Linkin Park to form another Projekt Revolution, which
featured other bands and artists including Mudvayne, Blindside, and Xzibit.[20] Additionally, Metallica invited
Linkin Park to play at the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, which included well-known acts such as Limp
Bizkit, Mudvayne and Deftones.[44] The band released an album and DVD, titled Live in Texas, which featured
some audio and video tracks from the band's performances in Texas during the tour.[20] In early 2004, Linkin
Park started a world tour titled the Meteora World Tour. Supporting bands on the tour included Hoobastank,
P.O.D., Story of the Year and Pia.[45]

Meteora earned the band multiple awards and honors. The band won the MTV awards for Best Rock Video for
"Somewhere I Belong" and the Viewer's Choice Award for "Breaking the Habit".[46] Linkin Park also received
significant recognition during the 2004 Radio Music Awards, winning the Artist of the Year and Song of the
Year ("Numb") awards.[46] Although Meteora was not nearly as successful as Hybrid Theory, it was the third
best selling album in the United States during 2003.[22] The band spent the first few months of 2004 touring
around the world, first with the third Projekt Revolution tour, and later several European concerts.[22] At the
same time, the band's relationship with Warner Bros. Records was deteriorating rapidly on account of several
trust and financial issues.[47] After months of feuding, the band finally negotiated a deal in December 2005.[48]
20042006: Side pr ojects

Following Meteora's success, the band worked on many side projects.[49] Bennington appeared on DJ Lethal's
"State of the Art" and other work with Dead by Sunrise, while Shinoda did work with Depeche Mode.[22] In
2004, the band began to work with Jay-Z to produce another remix album, titled Collision Course. The album,
which featured intermixed lyrics and background tracks from both artists' previous albums, debuted in
November 2004. Shinoda also formed Fort Minor as a side project. With the aid of Jay-Z, Fort Minor released
its debut album, The Rising Tied, to critical acclaim.[50][51]

Linkin Park also participated in numerous charitable events, most notably raised money to benefit victims of
Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later Hurricane Katrina in 2005.[22] The band donated $75,000 to the Special
Operations Warrior Foundation in March 2004.[52] They also helped relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean
tsunami victims by staging several charity concerts and setting up an additional fund called Music for
Relief.[53] Most notably, however, the band participated at Live 8, a series of charitable benefit concerts set up
to raise global awareness.[54] Alongside Jay-Z, the band performed on Live 8's stage in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, to a global audience.[54] The band would later be reunited with Jay-Z at the Grammy Award
Ceremony 2006, during which they performed "Numb/Encore", en route to winning a Grammy for Best
Rap/Sung Collaboration.[55] They were joined on stage by Paul McCartney who added verses from the song
"Yesterday". They would later go on to play at the 2006 Summer Sonic music festival, which was hosted by
Metallica in Japan.[56]

20062008: Minutes to Midnight

Linkin Park returned to the recording studios in 2006 to work on new

material. To produce the album, the band chose producer Rick Rubin.
Despite initially stating the album would debut sometime in 2006, the
album was delayed until 2007.[6] The band had recorded thirty to fifty
songs in August 2006, when Shinoda stated the album was halfway
completed.[57] Bennington later added that the new album would stray
away from its previous nu metal sound.[58] Warner Bros. Records
officially announced that the band's third studio album, titled Minutes to
Midnight, would be released on May 15, 2007 in the United States.[59]
After spending fourteen months working on the album, the band
Linkin Park performing at Nova Rock
members opted to further refine their album by removing five of the
Festival on June 17, 2007
original seventeen tracks. The album's title, a reference to the
Doomsday Clock, foreshadowed the band's new lyrical themes.[60]
Minutes to Midnight sold over 625,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the most successful debut week
albums in recent years. The album also took the top spot on the Billboard Charts.[9]

The album's first single, "What I've Done", was released on

Mike Shinoda performing with Linkin Park in
2008 during the Projekt Revolution tour.
which was released on April 29.[64]
April 2, and premiered on MTV and Fuse within the same
week.[61] The single was acclaimed by listeners, becoming the
top-ranked song on the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and
Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.[62] The song is also used in
soundtrack for the 2007 action film, Transformers. Mike
Shinoda was also featured on the Styles of Beyond song
"Second to None", which was also included in the film. Later in
the year, the band won the "Favorite Alternative Artist" in the
American Music Awards.[63] The band also saw success with
the rest of the album's singles, "Bleed It Out", "Shadow of the
Day", "Given Up", and "Leave Out All the Rest", which were
released throughout 2007 and early 2008. The band also
collaborated with Busta Rhymes on his single "We Made It",
Linkin Park embarked on a large world tour titled "Minutes to Midnight World Tour". The band promoted the
album's release by forming their fourth Projekt Revolution tour in the United States which included many
musical acts like My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo, and many others. They also
played numerous shows in Europe, Asia, and Australia which included a performance at Live Earth Japan on
July 7, 2007.[65] and headlining Download Festival in Donington Park, England and Edgefest in Downsview
Park, Toronto, Canada. The band completed touring on its fourth Projekt Revolution tour before taking up an
Arena tour around the United Kingdom, visiting Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester, before finishing on a
double night at the O2 arena in London. Bennington stated that Linkin Park plans to release a follow-up album
to Minutes to Midnight.[66] However, he stated the band will first embark on a United States tour to gather
inspiration for the album.[66] Linkin Park embarked on another Projekt Revolution tour in 2008. This was the
first time a Projekt Revolution tour was held in Europe with three shows in Germany and one in the United
Kingdom. A Projekt Revolution tour was also held in the United States which featured Chris Cornell, The
Bravery, Ashes Divide, Street Drum Corps and many others. Linkin Park finished the tour with a final show in
Texas. Mike Shinoda announced a live CD/DVD titled Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes, which is a
live video recording from the Projekt Revolution gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl on June 29, 2008, which was
officially released on November 24, 2008.[67]

20082011: A Thousand Suns

In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth

studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. Shinoda told
IGN that the new album would be 'genre-busting,' while building off of
elements in Minutes to Midnight.[68] He also mentioned that the album
would be more experimental and "hopefully more cutting-edge".[69]
Bennington also addressed the media to confirm that Rick Rubin would
return to produce the new album. The band later revealed the album
would be called A Thousand Suns.[70] While working on the new Linkin Park performing at Sonisphere
album, Linkin Park worked with successful film composer Hans Festival in Finland on July 25, 2009.
Zimmer to produce the score for Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen.[71] The band released a single for the movie, titled "New
Divide". Joe Hahn created a music video for the song, which featured clips from the film.[72] On June 22,
Linkin Park played a short set in Westwood Village after the premier of the movie.[73] After completing work
for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the band returned to the studio to finalize their album.[74]

On April 26, the band released an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, a game called 8-Bit Rebellion! It
featured the band as playable characters, and a new song called "Blackbirds" which was unlockable by beating
the game. The song was also later released as an iTunes bonus track on A Thousand Suns.[75]

A Thousand Suns was released on September 14. The album's first single, "The Catalyst", was released on
August 2. The band promoted their new album by launching a concert tour, which started in Los Angeles on
September 7.[76][77][78] Linkin Park also relied on MySpace to promote their album, releasing two additional
songs, "Waiting for the End" and "Blackout" on September 8.[79][80][81][82] Furthermore, a documentary about
the album's production, titled Meeting of A Thousand Suns, was available for streaming on the band's MySpace
page. On August 31, 2010, it was announced that the band would perform the single live for the first time at the
2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010.[83] The venue of the debut live performance of the
single was Griffith Observatory, an iconic location used in Hollywood movies.[84][85][86] "Waiting for the End"
was released as the second single of A Thousand Suns.

Linkin Park reached No.8 in Billboard Social 50, a chart of the most active artists on the world's leading social
networking sites.[87] In other Billboard Year-End charts, the band reached No.92 in the "Top Artists" chart,[88]
as well as A Thousand Suns reaching No.53 in the Year-End chart of the Billboard Top 200 albums[89] and No.7
in the 2010 Year-End Rock Albums, and "The Catalyst" reaching No.40 in the Year-End Rock Songs chart.[90]
 The band was nominated for six Billboard Awards in 2011 for Top Duo
or Group, Best Rock Album for A Thousand Suns, Top Rock Artist, Top
Alternative Artist, Top Alternative Song for "Waiting for the End" and
Top Alternative Album for A Thousand Suns, but did not win any
award.[91] The band charted in numerous Billboard Year-End charts in
2011. The band was No.39 in the Top Artists Chart,[92] No.84 in the
Billboard 200 Artists chart,[93] No.11 in the Social 50 Chart,[94] No.6 in
the Top Rock Artists Chart,[95] No.9 in the Rock Songs Artists
Chart,[96] No.16 in the Rock Albums Chart,[97] No.4 in the Hard Rock
Albums Chart,[98] and No.7 in the Alternative Songs Chart.[99]

20112013: Living Things and Recharged

In July 2011, Bennington told

Rolling Stone that Linkin Park
aims to produce a new album
every eighteen months, and that
he would be shocked if a new
Brad Delson performing with Linkin album did not come out in 2012.
Park on A Thousand Suns World Tour He later revealed in another
in 2010. interview in September 2011
that the band was still in the
beginning phases of the next album, saying "We just kind of began. We
like to keep the creative juices flowing, so we try to keep that going all
the time ... we like the direction that we're going in".[100] Later, on
March 28, 2012, Shinoda confirmed that the band is filming a music
The Linkin Park logo used from the
video for "Burn It Down".[101][102] Joe Hahn directed the video.[103] release of Minutes to Midnight to the
Shinoda spoke to Co.Create about the album's art, saying that it will
release of One More Light
"blow them [the fans] away ... the average person is not going to be able
to look at it and go, I understand that that's completely new, like not just
the image but the way they made the image is totally new. So there's going to be that".[104]

On April 15, 2012, Shinoda announced that Living Things would be the title of Linkin Park's fifth album.[105]
Shinoda stated that they chose the title Living Things because the album is more about people, personal
interactions, and it is far more personal than their previous albums.[106] The band promoted the album on the
2012 edition of the Honda Civic Tour, with co-headliners Incubus. The band performed "Burn It Down" at
2012 Billboard Music Awards. On May 24, the band released the music video for "Burn It Down" and debuted
"Lies Greed Misery", another song from Living Things, on BBC Radio 1. "Powerless", the twelfth and closing
track of the album, was featured in the closing credits of the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.[107]

Living Things sold over 223,000 copies during its debut week, ranking No. 1 on the US Albums Charts.[108]
Linkin Park's single, "Castle of Glass", was nominated for 'Best Song in a Game' at the 2012 Spike Video
Game Awards. The band also performed at the award ceremony on December 7, but lost the award to "Cities"
by Beck.[109] Linkin Park also played at the Soundwave music festival in Australia, where they shared the
stage with Metallica, Paramore, Slayer and Sum 41.[110]

On August 10, 2013, the band collaborated with American musician Steve Aoki to record the song "A Light
That Never Comes" for Linkin Park's online puzzle-action game LP Recharge (short for Linkin Park
Recharge), which was launched on Facebook and the official LP Recharge website on September 12, 2013. On
the day of the game's release, Linkin Park made a post on their Facebook explaining that the song used to
promote the game would be included on a new remix album, entitled Recharged, which was released on
October 29, 2013 on CD, vinyl, and digital download. Similar to Reanimation, the album features remixes of
ten of the songs from Living Things, with contributions from other artists, such as Ryu of Styles of Beyond,
Pusha T, Datsik, KillSonik, Bun B, Money Mark, and Rick Rubin.[111][112] The band also worked on the
soundtrack for the film Mall, which was directed by Joe Hahn.[113]
20132015: The Hunting Party

In an interview with Fuse, Shinoda confirmed that Linkin Park had

begun recording their sixth studio album in May 2013.[114] The band
released the first single from their upcoming album, titled, "Guilty All
the Same" on March 6, 2014 through Shazam.[115] The single was later
released on the following day by Warner Bros. Records and debut at No.
28 on the US Billboard Rock Airplay charts before peaking at No. 1 on
the Mainstream Rock charts in the following weeks.[116][117] Shortly
after the single's release, the band revealed their sixth album would be
titled The Hunting Party. The album was produced by Shinoda and
Bennington and Shinoda performing
Delson, who wanted to explore musical elements from Hybrid Theory
live in Montreal on August 23, 2014
and the band's earlier material.[118] Shinoda commented the album is a
"90s style of rock record". He elaborated, "It's a rock record. It's loud
and it's rock, but not in the sense of what you've heard before, which is more like '90s hardcore-punk-
thrash.'[119] The album includes musical contributions from rapper Rakim, Page Hamilton of Helmet, Tom
Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and Daron Malakian of System of a Down.[120][121] The Hunting Party
was released on June 13, 2014, in most countries, and later released in the United States on June 17.[122]

Linkin Park performed at Download Festival on June 14, 2014, where they played their debut album, Hybrid
Theory, in its entirety.[19][123][124] Linkin Park headlined Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in 2014, along with
Metallica, Kings of Leon, and Iron Maiden.[125][126] They also headlined with Iron Maiden again at the
Greenfield Festival in July.[127] On June 22, Linkin Park made an unscheduled headline appearance at the Vans
Warped Tour, where they played with members of Issues, The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember,
Yellowcard, Breathe Carolina, Finch, and Machine Gun Kelly.[128] In January 2015, the band embarked on a
tour to promote the release of The Hunting Party, consisting of 17 concerts across the United States and
Canada. The tour was canceled after only three concerts when Bennington injured his ankle.[129][130] On May
9, Linkin Park performed at the first edition of Rock in Rio USA, in direct support for Metallica.[131]

On November 9, 2014, MTV Europe named Linkin Park the "Best Rock" act of 2014 at their annual music
awards ceremony.[132] The band won the 'Best Rock Band' and 'Best Live Act' titles of 2014 on Loudwire's
Music Awards.[133] Revolver ranked The Hunting Party as the fourth best album of 2014.[134] In an interview
with AltWire on May 4, Shinoda reflected on The Hunting Party and commented on Linkin Park's future,
stating; "I'm really happy with the reaction from The Hunting Party, and I think we're ready to move
somewhere new on the next album, which will be coming [in 2016]".[135]

Linkin Park collaborated with Steve Aoki on the song "Darker Than Blood" for Aoki's album Neon Future II,
which was released in May 2015.[136] The first preview of the song came during Aoki's performance on
February 28, 2015 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois.[137] The song was debuted on Twitch.tv on
April 13 and released on April 14.[138]

Linkin Park performed at the closing ceremony of Blizzcon 2015, Blizzard's video game convention.[139]

2015present: One More Light and Bennington's death

Linkin Park began working on new material for a seventh studio album in November 2015.[140] Chester
Bennington commented on the album's direction by stating, "Weve got a lot of great material that I hope
challenges our fanbase as well as inspires them as much as it has us".[141] In February 2017, Linkin Park
released promotional videos on their social network accounts, which featured Shinoda and Bennington
preparing new material for the album.[142] Mike Shinoda stated the band was following a new process when
producing the album. Brad Delson elaborated: "We've made so many records and we clearly know how to make
a record and we definitely didn't take the easy way out this time".[143]
The first single from the new album was revealed to be titled "Heavy"
and features pop singer Kiiara, the first time the band has featured a
female vocalist on an original song for a studio album. The lyrics for the
song were co-written by Linkin Park with Julia Michaels and Justin
Tranter.[144] The single was released for download on February
16.[145][146] As they have done in the past, Linkin Park had cryptic
messages online in relation to the new album. The album cover was
revealed through digital puzzles across social media; The cover features
six kids playing in the ocean.[147] The band's seventh album, One More
Light was released on May 19, 2017.[10]

Bennington died on July 20, 2017; his death was ruled a suicide by
hanging.[148] Shinoda confirmed Bennington's death on Twitter, writing
Linkin Park logo in use since the
"Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come
death of Chester Bennington. The
out as soon as we have one".[149] The band had released a music video
new logo retains the "LP" design, but
for their single "Talking to Myself" earlier that day.[150] One day after
replaces the complete hexagon around
Bennington's death, the band canceled the North American leg of their
it with an open hexagon to represent
One More Light Tour.[151] On the morning of July 24, Linkin Park
the band not being complete after the
released an official statement on their website as a tribute to
loss of Bennington.
Bennington.[152]

Charity
On January 19, 2010, Linkin Park released a new song titled "Not Alone" as part of a compilation from Music
for Relief called Download to Donate for Haiti in support of the Haiti Earthquake crisis. On February 10, 2010,
Linkin Park released the official music video for the song on their homepage. The single itself was released on
October 21, 2011.

On January 11, 2011, an updated version of Download to Donate for Haiti was launched, called Download to
Donate for Haiti V2.0, with more songs to download. For the updated compilation, the band released Keaton
Hashimoto's remix of "The Catalyst" from the "Linkin Park featuring YOU" contest.[153]

Shinoda designed two T-shirts, in which the proceeds will go to Music for Relief to help the victims of the 2011
Thoku earthquake and tsunami disasters.[154][155] Music for Relief released Download to Donate: Tsunami
Relief Japan, another compilation of songs, in which the proceeds will go to Save the Children.[156] The band
released the song titled as "Issho Ni", meaning "we're in this together", on March 22, 2011 via Download to
Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan.

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Linkin Park played at Club Nokia during the "Music for Relief: Concert for
the Philippines" in Los Angeles, and raised donations for victims. The show was broadcast on AXS TV on
February 15. Other artists during the show included The Offspring, Bad Religion, Heart, and The
Filharmonic.[157][158]

Musical style and influences

Linkin Park combines elements of rock music, hip hop and electronica, and have been categorized as
alternative metal and rap rock by AllMusic.[159] They are also tagged as rap rock by About.com.[160] Despite
also being characterized as nu metal,[161][162] the band never considered themselves as such.[163] Their
MusicMight biography lists them as alternative rock, nu metal and rap metal.[22] WatchMojo.com identifies
them as alternative rock, electronic rock and industrial rock,[164] while Billboard characterizes them as
alternative metal and electronic rock.[165]

Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal,[5][166]

Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal,[5][166]
nu metal,[167][168][169] and rap rock[168][170] sound with influences and
elements from hip hop, alternative rock,[171] and electronica, utilizing
programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic
regarded it as "a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical
style,"[172] whereas Rolling Stone described their song "Breaking the
Habit" as "risky, beautiful art".[173]

In Minutes to Midnight the band experimented with their established

sound and drew influences from a wider and more varied range of
genres and styles, a process Los Angeles Times compares to a stage in
U2's work.[7] In it, only two of the songs feature rapping, and the
majority of the album can be considered alternative rock.[174][175] NME
The official logo of Linkin Park from
magazine's Dan Silver criticized the band's approach, calling it the
2014 to 2016
"sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity", and
referring to the song "Hands Held High", a song about terrorist attacks
and war, as "far and away the funniest thing you will hear all year".[176]

The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda plays as a major part within Linkin Park's
music, with Bennington being the lead vocalist and Shinoda as the rapping vocalist. On Linkin Park's third
album, Minutes to Midnight, Shinoda sings lead vocals on "In Between", "Hands Held High", and on the B-side
"No Roads Left". On numerous songs from band's fourth album, A Thousand Suns, such as the album's four
singles ("The Catalyst", "Waiting for the End", "Burning in the Skies", "Iridescent"), both Shinoda and
Bennington sing. On most of the record's tracks, the band notably used electronic drumbeats along with outro
drumbeats. The album has been regarded as a turning point in the band's musical career, having a stronger
emphasis on electronica.[177][178] James Montgomery, of MTV, compared the record to Radiohead's Kid A,[179]
while Jordy Kasko of Review, Rinse, Repeat likened the album to both Kid A and Pink Floyd's landmark album
The Dark Side of the Moon.[180] Shinoda stated that he and the other band members were deeply influenced by
Chuck D and Public Enemy. He elaborated: "Public Enemy were very three-dimensional with their records
because although they seemed political, there was a whole lot of other stuff going on in there too. It made me
think how three-dimensional I wanted our record to be without imitating them of course, and show where we
were at creatively".[181] One of the record's political elements is its samples of notable speeches by American
political figures.[182]

Their fifth album, Living Things, is also an electronic-heavy album, but includes other influences, resulting in a
harder sound by comparison.[183][184] The band returned to a heavier sound compared to their last three albums
on The Hunting Party, which was described as an alternative metal and hard rock album.[185][186] Their
seventh album, One More Light, was described as pop,[187][188] pop rock[189][190] and electropop.[191]

Linkin Park's influences include Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, The Roots and Aphex Twin.[192]

Legacy and influence

Linkin Park has sold more than 70 million records.[17][193] The group's
first studio album Hybrid Theory is one of the best-selling albums in the
US (10 million copies shipped) and worldwide (27 million copies
sold).[194] Billboard estimates that Linkin Park earned US$5 million
between May 2011 and May 2012, making them the 40th-highest-paid
musical artist.[195] 11 of the band's singles have reached the number one
position on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, the second-most for any
artist.[196]

In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music Alternative logo used on Minutes to
video era and the third-best of the new millennium.[12] Billboard ranked Midnight
Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart.[13] The
band was recently voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.[14] In 2014, the
band was recently voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.[14] In 2014, the
band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang!.[15][16] In 2015, Kerrang!
gave "In the End" and "Final Masquerade" the top two positions on Kerrang!'s Rock 100 list.[197]

Linkin Park became the first rock band to achieve more than one billion YouTube hits.[198] Linkin Park also
became the fifteenth most liked page on Facebook, tenth most liked artist, and most liked group followed by
the Black Eyed Peas.[199] Linkin Park's "Numb" is the third and "In The End" is the sixth "timeless song" on
"Spotify". The two songs making Linkin Park the only artist to have two timeless songs in top ten.[200]

Hybrid Theory by the group is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, It was also
ranked at #11 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.[201] In addition the album was included in Best of
2001 by Record Collector, The top 150 Albums of the Generation by Rock Sound and 50 Best Rock Albums of
the 2000's by Kerrang!. The album Meteora was included in Top 200 Albums of the Decade by Billboard at
#36. The album sold 20 million copies worldwide. The collaborated EP Collision Course with Jay-Z, became
the second ever EP to top the Billboard 200, going on to sell over 300,000 copies in its first week after Alice in
Chains' Jar of Flies in 1994. The album Minutes to Midnight in the United States, the album had the biggest
first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold.[202] In Canada, the album sold over 50,000
copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart. Worldwide, the album
shipped over 3.3 million copies in its first four weeks of release.[203]

The New York Times' Jon Caramanica commented Linkin Park "brought the collision of hard rock and hip-hop
to its commercial and aesthetic peak" at the beginning of the 2000s.[204] Several rock and non-rock artists have
cited Linkin Park as an influence, including Of Mice & Men,[205] One Ok Rock,[206] Bishop Nehru,[207]
Misono, Evanescence,[208] From Ashes to New,[209][210][211][212] Josh Devine (live drummer of One
Direction),[213] Bring Me the Horizon,[214] Red, Girl on Fire, Manafest, Silent,[215] Tony Dougard,[216]
3OH!3,[217] The Prom Kings,[217] AJ Tracey,[218] Kiiara,[219] Kevin Rudolf,[217] Blackbear,[220] Tokio
Hotel,[217] Stormzy[221] and Emery. Prince William stated the band as his all-time favorite along with
Coldplay.[222]

Band members

Current members Former members

Mike Shinoda vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, Mark Wakefield lead vocals (19961998)
synthesizer (1996present) Chester Bennington lead vocals (19992017;
Brad Delson lead guitar, backing vocals (1996 died 2017)
present) ; bass (2000) Kyle Christner bass (19982000)
Dave Farrell bass, backing vocals (19961998;
2000present)
Joe Hahn turntables, samples, programming,
backing vocals (1996present)
Rob Bourdon drums, percussion (1996present)

Discography
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)
Awards and nominations
Concert tours
Headlining

Hybrid Theory World Tour (2001)

Projekt Revolution (20022008, 2011)
LP Underground Tour (2003)
Meteora World Tour (2004)
Minutes to Midnight World Tour (200708)
International Tour (2009)
A Thousand Suns World Tour (201011)
Living Things World Tour (201213)
The Hunting Party Tour (201415)
One More Light Tour (2017)

Co-headlining

11th Annual Honda Civic Tour (2012)

Carnivores Tour (with Thirty Seconds to Mars ) (2014)

See also
List of best-selling albums
List of best-selling remix albums
List of best-selling albums in the United States
List of songs recorded by Linkin Park
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. alternative rock chart

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