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Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American 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]
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 Minut Agoura Hills, California, United States Alternative rock Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 100 million albums and has been awarded by The Recording Academy in two occasions. It achieved mainstream success with its debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Its following studio album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200’s album charts in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era. Having adapted the nu metal and rap metal genres to a radio-friendly yet densely-layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band explored numerous other genres in their next studio album, Minutes to Midnight. The album topped the Billboard charts and had the The seeds of what would become the rap-rock sensation Linkin Park were sown in Southern California in 1996 when three high school friends—drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, and vocalist Mike Shinoda—decided to form a band. Soon after graduation, they completed their lineup by recruiting three more members: bassist Dave Farrell, turntablist Joe Hahn, and temporary lead singer Mark Wakefield. Calling themselves first SuperXero and then simply Xero, the group began recording demos but failed to garner much interest in their songs. Xero’s lack of success spurred the departure of Wakefield, setting the stage for Chester Bennington’s arrival as the band’s frontman in 1999. The group changed its name to Hybrid Theory (a nod to the band’s hybrid sound that combined rock and rap), but after facing legal issues with another act with a similar moniker, the group chose Lincoln Park, in honor of a neighborhood park in Santa Monica, California, that the band members passed on their way to recor
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Linkin Park
Origin
Genres
Nu metal
Rap metal
Alternative metal
Experimental rock
Electronic rock
Rap rock
Pop-rock
Pop (since 2017)
Electropop (since 2017)•
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