American rock band

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American Rock music, 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, bass ...

have released eight

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

s, three

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

s, four

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

s, two

remix album A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson ('' Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'', 1971). As of 200 ...

s, three

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...

s, 4

video album A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s, 12

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

s, 47

singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

, 20

promotional single A promotional recording, promo, or plug copy is an audio or video recording distributed free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available. Promos are normally sent directly to broadcasters, such as mu ...

s, and 75

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s. Linkin Park was formed in

Agoura Hills, California Agoura Hills () is a city situated in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 20,330 as of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, which decreased to 20,299 in 2020. Agoura H ...

, in 1996 by

Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda ( ; born February 11, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and graphic designer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and is the band's co-lead vocalist, as well as rhythm guitarist, ...

(vocals, keyboards, samplers and guitars),

Brad Delson Bradford Philip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

(guitar), and

Rob Bourdon Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician, best known as a co-founding member and the former drummer of the rock band Linkin Park. He remained in the band until their hiatus in 2017; when the band members began work ...

(drums).

Joe Hahn Joseph Hahn (born March 15, 1977) is an American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist best known as the DJ and creative director of the rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all eight of ...

(turntables) and

Dave Farrell David Michael Farrell (born February 8, 1977), also known by his stage name Phoenix, is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also a member of Tasty Snax, a ska punk band. Early life Farrell wa ...

(bass) were later recruited, and in 1999,

Chester Bennington Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer who was the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, and Stone Temple Pilots at various po ...

(lead vocals) became a member, staying with the band until his death in 2017. Before Bennington joined the band, Mark Wakefield was their lead singer. Linkin Park rose to international fame in 2000 with their debut album ''

Hybrid Theory ''Hybrid Theory'' is the debut studio album by American Rock music, rock band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000, by Warner Bros. Records. Recorded at NRG Recording Studios, NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, North Hollywo ...

'', which peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It was the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s, and certified Diamond in US and quadruple platinum in Europe. The fourth single from the album, "

In the End "In the End" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the eighth track on their debut album, ''Hybrid Theory'' (2000), and was released as the album's fourth and final single. "In the End" received positive reviews by music critics, ...

", peaked at the second spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (the highest of Linkin Park's career), and stayed on the chart for 38 weeks. With first-week sales of 810,000, Linkin Park's second album ''

Meteora The Meteora (; , ) is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece, hosting one of the most prominent complexes of Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox monastery, monasteries, viewed locally as se ...

'' (2003) entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at number one, becoming the third-best-selling album of the year. In 2007, their third studio album, ''

Minutes to Midnight ''Minutes to Midnight'' is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin; it is Linkin Park's first studio album produced w ...

'', also debuted at number-one on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 623,000 copies in its first week. '' A Thousand Suns'' (2010) became Linkin Park's third studio album to debut at the top of the ''Billboard'' 200, but its first-week sales were less than half of its predecessor—240,000 copies. '' Living Things'' followed in 2012, selling 223,000 copies in its first week and becoming the band's fourth studio album to debut at number one. '' The Hunting Party'' (2014) was their first album since ''Meteora'' not to debut at number one, debuting at number three, while ''

One More Light ''One More Light'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on May 19, 2017, through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop. It is the band's first album to have a title track, as they felt that the song " ...

'' (2017) peaked atop the chart and was the last album to be released before frontman Chester Bennington's sudden death in July 2017 and Rob Bourdon's departure in 2023. The band's eighth studio album ''

From Zero ''From Zero'' is the eighth studio album by American Rock music, rock band Linkin Park. It was released on November 15, 2024, through Warner Records and Machine Shop Records, Machine Shop, and is Linkin Park's first studio album since ''One Mor ...

'' was announced on September 5, 2024, and was released on November 15, 2024, with vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer

Colin Brittain Colin Cunningham (born December 29, 1986), known professionally as Colin "Doc" Brittain, is an American songwriter, producer, and musician signed to Warner Chappell Music. In September 2024, he joined Linkin Park and has been the band's new drum ...

subsequently replacing Bennington and Bourdon respectively. Linkin Park has sold 70 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide, as well as selling over 29.4 million albums in their home country alone. The band has produced thirteen number-one singles on the ''Billboard''

Alternative Songs Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine ''Billboard'' since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-play ...

chart, and is the second-ever act to have at least ten weeks with three or more tracks on that chart. Two of these singles, " Crawling" and " Numb/Encore", earned the band two

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...

s. Linkin Park Underground, the band's official fan club, annually released EPs with rare tracks, demos, live recordings and remixes until 2017. Since Chester Bennington's death in July 2017, the band has not put together an LPU release.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Remix albums

Demo albums

Soundtrack albums

Extended plays

LP Underground extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted and certified songs

Other appearances

Video albums

{, class="wikitable" !Title !Album details !

Certifications Certification is part of testing, inspection and certification and the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements. It is the formal attestatio ...

!Ref(s) , - , '' Frat Party at the Pankake Festival'' , * Release: November 20, 2001 * Label: Warner Bros., Machine Shop * Format: DVD,

VHS VHS (Video Home System) is a discontinued standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by JVC. It was the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period of the 1980s and 1990s. Ma ...

, *US: Platinum * AUS: Gold * UK: Gold , , - , '' Live in Texas'' , * Release: November 18, 2003 * Label: Warner Bros., Machine Shop * Format: DVD , * US: Platinum , , - , '' Collision Course'' (with

Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American Rapping, rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he was named Billboard and Vibe's 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time, the ...

) , * Release: November 30, 2004 * Label: Warner Bros., Machine Shop, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam * Format: DVD , , , - , '' Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes'' , * Release: November 24, 2008 * Label: Warner Bros., Machine Shop * Format: DVD, BD , ,

Music videos

Traditional videos

{, class="sortable wikitable" style="width:800px;" , - ! style="width:30px;", Year ! Details ! Director(s) ! Album ! Type ! Link , - , 2000 , " One Step Closer" ,

Gregory Dark Gregory Dark (born Gregory Hippolyte Brown) is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter. Dark is an Pornographic film, adult filmmaker who transitioned into directing Hollywood movies. He has also been cr ...

, rowspan="6", ''

'' , rowspan="3", Performance , , - , rowspan="5", 2001 , " Crawling" , Brothers Strause , , - , " Papercut" , rowspan="2", Nathan "Karma" Cox and

, , - , "

" , Surrealist , , - , "

Points of Authority "Points of Authority" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the fourth track on their first studio album, ''Hybrid Theory''. The song was released in 2001 as a promo release. A CD single for the song was set to be released in the UK ...

" , Nathan "Karma" Cox , Live, studio footage , , - , "Cure for the Itch" , rowspan="2",

, Animation , , - , rowspan="21", 2002 , "Opening" , rowspan="21", '' Reanimation'' , rowspan="2" , Narrative , , - , " Pts.OF.Athrty" (

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

Version) , Nathan "Karma" Cox , , - , "Enth E Nd" ,

Jason Goldwatch Jason Goldwatch (born September 1, 1976) is an American music video director and commercial director and self described "disrupter" who is a co-founder and Executive Creative Director of Decon / Mass Appeal creative agency and record label based ...

, Performance , , - , " hali ,

, Narrative , , - , "FRGT/10" , Joshua Cordes , Animation, narrative , , - , "P5hng Me A*wy" , Scott Patton , rowspan="2" , Narrative , , - , "Plc.4 Mie Hæd" , Shawn M. Foster , , - , "X-Ecutioner Style" , David Zager , Animation , , - , "H! Vltg3" , Estevan Oriol , rowspan="2" , Narrative , , - , " iff Raff ,

, , - , "Wth>You" , Ryan Thompson , Performance , , - , "Ntr\Mssn" ,

, Narrative , , - , "Ppr:Kut" , Mike Piscatelli , Footage , , - , "Rnw@y" ,

Kimo Proudfoot Kimo Proudfoot is an American Music video director, director of music videos and concert films. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Proudfoot has directed videos for several artists & groups such as Fort Minor ("Remember the Name"), Soulfly ("Roots Bloody ...

, rowspan="4" , Narrative , , - , "Mytef ,

, , - , "By_Myslf" , Matt Bass , , - , "Kyur4 Th Ich" ,

, Footage , , - , "1Stp Klosr" , Shaun Smith , Narrative , , - , "KRWLNG" , Jonathan Ruppel , rowspan="2" , Animation , , - , " Pts.OF.Athrty" (Animated Version) ,

, , - , rowspan="3", 2003 , "

Somewhere I Belong "Somewhere I Belong" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released to US radio on February 24, 2003, as the lead single from their second studio album, ''Meteora'' (2003), and is the album's third track. It entered the top ten o ...

" , Joe Hahn , rowspan="7", ''

'' , rowspan="2", Performance , , - , " Faint" ,

Mark Romanek Mark Lee Romanek (; born September 18, 1959) is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films ''One Hour Photo'' (2002) and ''Never Let Me Go (2010 film), Never Let Me Go'' (2010) ...

, , - , " Numb" , rowspan="3", Joe Hahn , rowspan="2", Narrative , , - , rowspan="5", 2004 , " From the Inside" , , - , " Breaking the Habit" (Animated Version) , Animation, n , , - , "Breaking the Habit" (5.28.04, 3:37 P.M. Version) , rowspan="2", Kimo Proudfoot , Studio footage , , - , "

Lying from You "Lying from You" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park, released on March 16, 2004. It was released as an airplay-only single from their second album, ''Meteora'', which was released on March 25, 2003. Song information The song opens up wit ...

" , Live footage , , - , " Numb/Encore" , Joe DeMaio and Kimo Proudfoot , '' Collision Course'' , Narrative, live footage , , - , rowspan="3" , 2007 , " What I've Done" , rowspan="3", Joe Hahn , rowspan="4", ''

'' , rowspan="2", Performance , , - , "

Bleed It Out "Bleed It Out" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was released as the second single from their third studio album, '' Minutes to Midnight''. The single was released on August 17, 2007. On July 30, 2007, the music video was s ...

" , , - , " Shadow of the Day" , Narrative , , - , rowspan="3" , 2008 , " Given Up" , Mark Fiore and Linkin Park , rowspan="2", Performance , , - , " We Made It"
(

Busta Rhymes Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, singer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after National Football League, NFL and Canadian Football Lea ...

featuring Linkin Park) , Chris Robinson , ''Non-album single'' , , - , " Leave Out All the Rest" , rowspan="2", Joe Hahn , ''Minutes to Midnight'' , Narrative , , - , 2009 , " New Divide" , '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album'' , Performance , , - , rowspan="4", 2010 , " Not Alone" , Bill Boyd , '' Download to Donate for Haiti'' , Footage , , - , "Blackbirds" , , ''

8-Bit Rebellion! ''8-Bit Rebellion!'' is a massively multiplayer online, and single player, video game released and based on the American rock band, Linkin Park for iOS. Gameplay The game stages a plot in which players aim to defeat PixxelKorp, an "evil HD empi ...

'' , Montage , , - , " The Catalyst" , rowspan="5", Joe Hahn , rowspan="4", '' A Thousand Suns'' , Narrative , , - , "

Waiting for the End "Waiting for the End" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park, released on October 1, 2010. It is the second single and eighth track from their fourth studio album, '' A Thousand Suns'', which was released on September 14, 2010. A music video ...

" , Performance , , - , rowspan="2", 2011 , " Burning in the Skies" , rowspan="2", Narrative , , - , "

Iridescent Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear gradually to change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Iridescence is caused by wave interference of light in microstruc ...

" (

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...

version) , , - , rowspan="4", 2012 , " Burn It Down" , rowspan="4", '' Living Things'' , rowspan="2", Performance , , - , " Powerless" ,

Timur Bekmambetov Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (, ; ; born 25 June 1961) is a Kazakh-born Russian film director, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic '' Night Watch'' (2004) and the action thriller '' Wanted' ...

, , - , " Lost in the Echo" , Jason Zada and Jason Nickel , rowspan="2", Narrative , , - , " Castle of Glass" , Drew Stauffer and Jerry O'Flaherty , , - , 2013 , " A Light That Never Comes" , Joe Hahn , '' Recharged'' , rowspan="2", Animation , , - , rowspan="8", 2014 , "A Light That Never Comes (

Vicetone Vicetone is a Dutch electronic music production DJ duo formed by Ruben den Boer (; born 22 January 1992) and Victor Pool (; born 9 July 1992) from Groningen. The duo began as a DJ act, and in 2013, they were voted into the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJ ...

Remix)" , Vicetone , rowspan="2", '' A Light That Never Comes (Remixes)'' , , - , "A Light That Never Comes (

Coone Koen Bauweraerts (born 30 May 1983), better known by his stage name Coone, is a Belgian hardstyle producer and DJ. Career Coone first started producing in 1998 at age 15. He released his first EP in 2002, ''Protect the Innocent''. Under th ...

Remix)" , Editz.nl , Performance , , - , " Guilty All the Same" , Project Spark , rowspan="4", '' The Hunting Party'' , Gameplay , , - , " Until It's Gone" , Joe Hahn , Narrative , , - , " Wastelands" , , Performance , , - , " Final Masquerade" ,

Mark Pellington Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962) is an American film director, writer, and producer. Life and career Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bill Pellington, an All-Pro linebacker who played American Football, football with t ...

, rowspan="2", Narrative , , - , "Iridescent" ( Stars of the Season version) , David Kinsler , ''A Thousand Suns'' , , - , "White Noise" , rowspan="3", ''Joe Hahn'' , rowspan="3", '' Mall'' , rowspan="3", Excerpt , , - , rowspan="3", 2015 , "Devil's Drop" , , - , "The Last Line" , , - , " Darker Than Blood" , Dan Packer , '' Neon Future II'' , rowspan="3", Narrative , , - , rowspan="4" , 2017 , "

Heavy Heavy may refer to: Measures * Heavy, a characterization of objects with substantial weight * Heavy, a wake turbulence category used by pilots and air traffic controllers to refer to aircraft with a maximum takeoff mass of 136,000 kgs or mo ...

" , Tim Mattia , rowspan="4", ''

'' , , - , "

Good Goodbye "Good Goodbye" is a promotional single by American rock band Linkin Park, featuring guest vocals from American rapping, rapper Pusha T and British rapper Stormzy. The song is a Streaming media, promotional single from their seventh studio album, ' ...

" , Isaac Rentz , , - , " Talking to Myself" , Mark Fiore , rowspan="2" , Live footage , , - , "

" , Joe Hahn and Mark Fiore , , - , 2023 , " Lost" , Maciej Kuciara and pplpleasr , ''Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition'' , Narrative, performance , , - , rowspan="5", 2024 , "

Friendly Fire In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets. Examples include misidentifying the target as hostile, cross-fire while ...

" , Mark Fiore , ''Papercuts'' , Footage, performance , , - , " The Emptiness Machine" , Joe Hahn , rowspan="4", ''

'' , Narrative, performance , , - , " Heavy Is the Crown" , Eddy.tv , Narrative, Performance, Animated , , - , "Over Each Other" , rowspan="3", Joe Hahn , Narrative , , - , "Two Faced" , Performance , , - , 2025 , "Up From the Bottom" , ''From Zero (Deluxe Edition)'' , , -

Lyric videos

{, class="wikitable" style="width:800px;" , - ! style="width:30px;", Year ! Song ! Album ! Type ! Link , - , rowspan="4", 2010 , " The Catalyst" , rowspan="4", ''A Thousand Suns'' , rowspan="4", Static and chaotic imagery , , - , "

" , , - , " Blackout" , , - , " Burning in the Skies" , , - , rowspan="3", 2012 , " Burn It Down" , rowspan="3", ''Living Things'' , rowspan="3", Rotating Living Things art , , - , " Lies Greed Misery" , , - , " Lost in the Echo" , , - , 2013 , " A Light That Never Comes" , ''Recharged'' , Rotating Recharged art , , - , rowspan="5", 2014 , " Guilty All the Same" , rowspan="5", ''The Hunting Party'' , Cloud animation , , - , " Until It's Gone" , Narrative film clip , , - , " Wastelands" , rowspan="3", White text on black background , , - , "

Rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

" , , - , " Final Masquerade" , , - , 2015 , " Darker Than Blood" , ''Neon Future II'' , Moving shape animations , , - , 2016 , "

" , ''Hybrid Theory'' , White text on black background , , - , rowspan="6", 2017 , "

" , rowspan="6", ''One More Light'' , Chester and Kiiara animation , , - , " Battle Symphony" , Narrative film clip , , - , "

" , Stock footage and animations , , - , "

Invisible Invisibility is the state of an object that cannot be seen. An object in this state is said to be ''invisible'' (literally, "not visible"). The phenomenon is studied by physics and perceptual psychology. Since objects can be seen by light fr ...

" , Photography of various scenery and people , , - , "

" , Compilation of fan lyric videos , , - , " Talking to Myself" , Performance stills of the band ,

Notes

References

External links

*
Linkin Park Underground

Linkin Park
at

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

* * {{featured list

Discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

Alternative rock discographies Rap rock discographies Discographies of American artists Rock music group discographies Heavy metal group discographies Hip-hop group discographies