Linkin Park
American rock band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linkin Park is American rock/ Nu nu metal band from Agoura Hills, California. They started making music in 1996. The band became a household with their first album, Hybrid Theory, which was given a diamond certification by the RIAA for selling more than 10 million copies. It got multi-platinum certifications in many other countries.[3] Their second album, Meteora, made the band even more popular. It reached number one on the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003. It was promoted with concerts and giving for charities around the world.[4] In 2003, MTV2 called Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video time and the third best band of the new millennium, only beaten by Oasis and Coldplay.[5] Billboard ranked Linkin Park #19 on the Best Artists of the Decade (Past 10 Years) chart.[6]
Linkin Park | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Xero Hybrid Theory |
Origin | Agoura Hills, California, USA |
Genres | Nu metal alternative metal[1][2] rap metal alternative rock |
Years active | 1996 – present |
Labels | Warner Bros. Machine Shop |
Members | Rob Bourdon Brad Delson David "Phoenix" Farrell Joe Hahn Mike Shinoda |
Past member(s) | Chester Bennington Mark Wakefield |
The band used the genres nu metal and rap metal to make it suitable for radio yet heavy in layers in Hybrid Theory and Meteora.[7][8][9] The band used other types of music in their next studio album Minutes to Midnight, which was released in 2007.[10][11] The album also reached number one at the Billboard and had the third best beginning at number one of any album that year.[12][13] The band also worked with other artists and bands. The most famous would be rapper Jay-Z in their mash-up (mixing more than one song together) extended play Collision Course and many other people on their remix album Reanimation.[8] The band's album, A Thousand Suns, was released on 2010. They further changed their sound again. Linkin Park have sold more than 50 million albums and have won two Grammys.[14][15][16][16]