  The 6-man group Linkin Park
hails from Los Angeles. Linkin Park's mix of
heavy metal, alternative rock and hip-hop is
more than evident on their aptly-titled debut
LP - Hybrid
Theory. The band began in 1996 with
Shinoda and Delson first recording material
together. As Linkin Park became a 6-man band
(after the brief departure of Phoenix), they
signed with Warner Bros. Records and began
work on their 1st LP.
 The single "One Step
Closer" became a hit on rock and
alternative radio stations.
Linkin Park released their debut
LP - Hybrid
Theory.
Hybrid
Theory was certified gold.
 # 94
Singles Artist of the Year
 Hybrid
Theory was certified platinum.
Linkin Park toured with The
Deftones.
 Hybrid
Theory was certified 2x platinum.
Linkin Park toured as part of
the Ozzfest package tour.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 3x platinum.
 The video for
"Crawling" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Rock Video and Best Direction (The Brothers Straus).
The band performed at the ceremony.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 4x platinum.
Linkin Park toured with
the Family Values tour.
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"In The End."
Hybrid
Theory was certified 5x platinum.
Hybrid
Theory ended up being the best-selling
LP of the year, selling 4.8 million copies
during 2001.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with
"In The End."
Linkin Park topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Modern Rock
Artist.
Readers of Rolling
Stone voted Linkin Park as Best Hard
Rock/Metal Band of the Year. Critics in Rolling
Stone voted Linkin Park as Best Rock
Artist of the Year.
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park were nominated for
an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park were nominated for a
Brit Award for Best International Newcomer.
Linkin Park hit the Top 10 with "In The End."
Linkin Park embarked on the
'Projekt Revolution' tour.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 7x platinum.
Linkin Park won
a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
("Crawling"), and were nominated
for Best
New Artist and Best Rock Album (Hybrid
Theory).
 Linkin Park hit #1 with "In The End."
Linkin Park won a World Music
Award for World's Best-Selling Rock Group.
Hybrid
Theory was certified 8x platinum.
 Linkin Park released Reanimation - a LP of
'reinterpretations' of the band's songs.
The video for
"In The End" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video and was nominated for Video of the Year and Best Group Video.
 Reanimation was certified
platinum.
Linkin Park won 2 MTV Europe
Music Awards for Best Hard Rock Act and Best
Group.
 # 95
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park released Meteora.
Meteora topped the UK
LP charts for a week.
Meteora topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks and Top
Internet Albums chart for a week selling over
810,000 copies its first week of release.
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for a week
and the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 5
weeks with "Somewhere I Belong."
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Somewhere I Belong."
Meteora was certified 2x
platinum.
Bennington was hospitalized for
severe back and abdominal pains in LA.
Several concerts in Europe had to be
cancelled. He was released after a week in
the hospital and it was believed that an
intestinal disorder may have led to his
illness.
 Linkin Park's video for "Somewhere I Belong" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rock Video.
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 6
weeks with "Faint."
Meteora was certified 3x
platinum.
Linkin Park won a World
Music Award for Best Rock Group.
 Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 12 weeks with
"Numb."
Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park released Live
In Texas.
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Numb."
Live
In Texas was certified gold.
Readers of Rolling
Stone named Linkin Park as the Best
Metal/Hard Rock Band.
Linkin Park had
the 3rd biggest selling LP of the year - Meteora - which sold
over 3.4 million copies during the year in
the US.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3
weeks with "Numb."
Linkin Park hit the Top 10 with "Numb."
Meteora was certified 4x
platinum.
 Linkin Park were nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("Session").
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3
weeks with "Lying From You."
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Breaking The Habit."
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Breaking The Habit."
The video for "Breaking The Habit" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Viewer's Choice and was also nominated
for Best Rock Video.
Linkin Park topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3
weeks with "Breaking The Habit."
 Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.
Linkin Park won a MTV Europe
Award for Best Rock Act.
Linkin Park collaborated with Jay-Z on MTV
Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin
Park: Collision Course with the track "Numb/Encore."
Linkin Park and Jay-Z hit the Top 40 with
"Numb/Encore."
Linkin Park and Jay-Z topped the Billboard
Hot Digital Tracks chart with "Numb/Encore."
 MTV
Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin
Park: Collision Course topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for a week and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for a week
selling over 368,000 copies its first week of
release.
Linkin Park donated $100,000 to
the victims of a massive tsunami that hit
southern Asia. The band also established 'Music
For Relief' to gain further donations.
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Modern Rock
Artist and with the Top Music Video Sales (Live
In Texas).
# 296 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 97
Singles Artist of the Year
Hybrid
Theory was certified 10x platinum.
Linkin Park and Jay-Z hit the Top 10 with "Numb/Encore."
The single "Numb/Encore" was certified
gold.
 On July 2nd, Linkin Park
performed in Philadelphia as part of the
worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
MTV
Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z / Linkin
Park: Collision Course was certified
platinum.
 Fort
Minor: # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park won
a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Numb/Encore" with Jay-Z). Linkin Park also
performed at the ceremony.
Mike Shinoda
hit the charts with his side project Fort
Minor with "Where'd You Go" and "Remember The Name" from the LP The
Rising Tied.
 # 26
Singles Artist of the Year
 Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"What I've Done."
Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and Hot
Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "What I've Done."
Linkin Park
performed on Saturday Night Live.
Linkin Park
released their next LP Minutes
To Midnight.
Linkin Park
topped the UK and Canadian LP charts with Minutes
To Midnight.
 Linkin Park
topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Top
Digital Albums chart, Top Rock Albums chart
and Top Internet Albums chart with Minutes
To Midnight. The LP sold over 623,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Minutes
To Midnight was certified platinum.
 On July 7th, Linkin Park
performed at the Live
Earth
concert in the Japan. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
Linkin Park was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Group, Best Direction (Joseph Hahn) and Best Editing (Igor Kovalik) ("What I've Done").
 Bennington broke his
arm when he fell off stage during a
performance in Australia, but kept singing
until the concert ended.
Linkin Park won a MTV Europe
Music Award for Band of the Year.
Linkin Park hit the Top 40 with
"Shadow Of The Day."
Linkin Park won an American Music
Award for Favorite Alternative Artist, and was nominated for
Favorite Pop/Rock
Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Album.
Minutes
To Midnight was certified 2x platinum and Live
In Texas was certified platinum.
 Linkin Park topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Modern Rock
Artist and with the Top Modern Rock Track
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