Group

Linkin Park

American rock band

From: Agoura Hills, United States
Since: 1996–present
Rating: ★ 4.4 (42 votes)
Releases: 246

nu metal
rock
rap rock
metal
alternative rock
rap metal
alternative metal
electropop

About

Linkin Park is an American rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn, bassist Dave Farrell, vocalist Emily Armstrong, and drummer Colin Brittain. The lineup for the band's first seven studio albums included lead vocalist Chester Bennington and drummer Rob Bourdon; after Bennington's suicide in July 2017, the band endured a seven-year hiatus, during which Bourdon chose to depart from the band. In September 2024, Linkin Park's reformation was announced along with the addition of Armstrong and Brittain.

Categorized mainly as alternative rock and nu metal, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip-hop, with their later music featuring more electronica and pop elements. The band rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's heavy airplay on MTV led to the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling", and "In the End" all charting highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the number two spot on the nation's Billboard Hot 100. The band's second album, Meteora (2003), continued in Hybrid Theory's footsteps, while their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007), marked a change in sound. By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.
The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier alternative metal/rock sound, while their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop/pop rock-oriented record. The band's eighth album, From Zero (2024), once again returned to a heavier, more stylistically diverse sound.
Linkin Park is one of the best-selling music acts of all time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards, and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared "the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.

From Linkin Park on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heard on the radio

Heavy Is the Crown From Zero
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Lying from You Meteora (Deluxe Edition)
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Numb Meteora (Deluxe Edition)
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Somewhere I Belong Meteora (Deluxe Edition)
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Members

David Michael Farrell 1996–now · original member bass guitar, background vocals
Joseph “Joe” Hahn 1996–now · original member turntable, background vocals, sampler, synthesizer
Mike Shinoda 1996–now · original member guitar, keyboard, sampler, synthesizer, lead vocals, background vocals
Brad Delson 1996–now, 1999–2000, 2007–2017 · original member electric guitar, background vocals, bass guitar, keyboard
Emily Armstrong 2024–now lead vocals
Colin Brittain 2024–now drums (drum set)
Mark Wakefield 1996–1998 · original member · former lead vocals
Rob Bourdon 1996–2017 · original member · former drums (drum set), percussion
Chester Bennington 1999–2017 · former lead vocals