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Linkin Park is een Amerikaanse rockband uit Agoura Hills, Californië. Oorspronkelijk in 1996 opgericht als Xero door de vrienden Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon en Mike Shinoda, waarna later ook Joseph Hahn, Dave Farrell en Chester Bennington toetraden tot de bezetting. Sinds 2024 is Emily Armstrong de zangeres van de band. Linkin Park brak in 2000 door met het debuutalbum Hybrid Theory, dat de diamanten status kreeg in de Verenigde Staten en multiplatina was in verschillende andere landen. De band was o.a. succesvol met de nummers "In the End", "Numb", "Faint" en "What I've Done" en heeft sinds de oprichting wereldwijd meer dan zestig miljoen albums verkocht en twee Grammy's gewonnen.

Met het tweede studioalbum Meteora borduurde de band voort op de mainstream nu metal-/raprock-sound waarmee het op Hybrid Theory beroemd werd. Op het in 2007 uitgebrachte Minutes to Midnight verliet de band grotendeels de nu metal en ging richting de alternatieve rock, met nadruk op experimenteren met andere muziekstijlen lag. Het in elektronische rock gedoopte A Thousand Suns kwam in september 2010 uit. Op 22 juni 2012 kwam het vijfde studioalbum Living Things uit dat de vorige albums samenvoegde met als doel een nieuw geluid te creëren. In de zomer van 2014 kwam het zesde studioalbum uit: The Hunting Party. Drie jaar later volgde in 2017 hun zevende plaat One More Light waarin ze radicaal van stijl veranderden en meer in de richting van pop gaan.

Op 20 juli 2017 pleegde zanger Chester Bennington zelfmoord.

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 until Bennington's suicide in July 2017, which caused the band to enter an indefinite hiatus. 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, while their later music features more electronica and pop elements. Linkin Park 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 singles' 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. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). 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 rock sound, while their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. The band's eighth album, From Zero, was released in November 2024.

Linkin Park is among both the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six 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!.