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Meteora is het tweede studioalbum van de Amerikaanse rockband Linkin Park. Aan het door Don Gilmore geproduceerde album werd er tijdens het toeren in april 2002 begonnen met het schrijven en het opnemen en op 25 maart 2003 werd het album uitgebracht onder Warner Bros. en Machine Shop. Het album is de opvolger van het remixalbum Reanimation uit 2002 maar wel het tweede album met nieuw opgenomen materiaal. Het album was een commercieel succes en was in 2007 elf miljoen exemplaren keer verkocht. Kritisch werd het album gemengd opgevangen, met als grootste kritiekpunt dat het als een tweede Hybrid Theory werd gezien. De keuze voor de leadsingle viel op Somewhere I Belong, dat op 17 maart 2003 werd uitgebracht. In een tijdsspan van veertien maanden werden er vijf andere singles uitgebracht: Faint, Numb, From the Inside, Lying from You en Breaking the Habit.

Meteora is the second studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on March 25, 2003, through Warner Bros. Records, following Reanimation, a collaboration album which featured remixes of songs included on their 2000 debut studio album Hybrid Theory. The album was produced by the band alongside Don Gilmore. The title Meteora is taken from the Greek Orthodox monasteries originally bearing the name. Meteora has a similar sound to Hybrid Theory, as described by critics, and the album took almost a year to be recorded. It is the first Linkin Park studio album to feature bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell after he rejoined the band in 2000 following his temporary touring with other bands.

Meteora debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling over 810,000 copies in its first week. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From the Inside", and "Breaking the Habit". “Lying from You” was released in March 2004 as a promotional single. Meteora received generally positive reviews, although some critics felt the album's style was too similar to its predecessor.

Meteora has sold around 16 million copies worldwide, making it the 8th best-selling album of the 21st century. It is certified 8× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was ranked number 36 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums of the 2000s. Some songs from the album were remixed with some of Jay-Z's songs for the EP Collision Course (2004). "Session" was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards.

In February 2023, it was announced that the band would release a 20th anniversary edition of Meteora on April 7, 2023. They released a previously never-before-heard outtake from the album titled "Lost" as the lead single of the reissue.