Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Since their formation in 1996, the band has sold more than fifty million albums and won two Grammy Awards. Marketwire.com, blank">Linkin Park on top of the charts, Retrieved on June 07 2007 They achieved mainstream success with their debut album, _Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Their following studio album, Meteora, 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.

Recognized for their adaptation of the nu metal genre into a radio-friendly yet densely-layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, MSN Music, blank">Linkin Park: Biography, Retrieved on June 14, 2007 the band moved away from this and explored a variety of other genres in their latest studio album, _Minutes to Midnight. The album topped the Billboard Charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year. Billboard.com, display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003589114" target="_blank">Linkin Park Scores Year's Best Debut With 'Midnight', Retrieved on May 28 2007 They are also known for their several collaborations, most notably with rapper _Jay-Z in their mash-up album Collision Course, and many other artists on Reanimation.

Linkin Park is a band from Los Angeles, California, classified as nu-metal . The band consists of Joe “ Mr. Hahn ” Hahn, Mike Shinoda , Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Chester Bennington , Brad Delson and Rob Bourdon . Released under the band name “Hybrid Theory”, the band’s first album, Hybrid Theory EP was released in 1999. Only 1000 copies of this very rare original EP were made. The band’s first full studio album, Hybrid Theory , released in 2000, was a huge success, selling 24 milli