linkin park released their first album in 2000.
linkin park released their first album in 2000.
when did linkin park release their first album?
2000
in may 2009, linkin park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. mike shinoda told ign that the new album would be 'genre-busting', while building off of elements in "minutes to midnight". he also mentioned that the album would be more experimental and "hopefully more cutting-edge." chester bennington also addressed the media to confirm rick rubin would return to produce the new album. the band later revealed the album would be called, "a thousand suns". while working on the new album, linkin park worked with successful film composer, hans zimmer to produce the score for "". the band released a single for the movie entitled, "new divide". joe hahn created a music video for the song, featuring clips from the film. on june 22, linkin park played a short set in westwood village after the premier of the movie. after completing work for "transformers: revenge of the fallen", the band returned to the studio to finalize their album. the album featured four singles, "the catalyst", "waiting for the end", "burning in the skies" and "iridescent". for the next album, the band again started recording in 2011 and the album, "living things" was released in june 2012. the album sold over 220,000 copies during its debut week, ranking no. 1 on the us album charts. linkin park's single, "castle of glass" was nominated for 'best song in a game' at the 2012 spike video game awards. the band also performed at the award ceremony on december 7, but lost the award to "cities" by beck. the album featured four singles, "burn it down", "lost in the echo", "powerless" and "castle of glass". on august 10, 2013, the band collaborated with american musician steve aoki to record the song, "a light that never comes" for linkin park's online puzzle-action game, "lp recharge" (short for "linkin park recharge"), which was launched on facebook and the official "lp recharge" website on september 12, 2013. on the day of the game's release, linkin park made a post on their facebook explaining that the song used to promote the game would be included on a new remix album entitled, "recharged". the band also worked on the soundtrack for the film "mall", which was directed by joe hahn.
list of songs recorded by linkin park
despite the mtv report that nu metal was declining, nu metal remained extremely popular with bands such as linkin park, godsmack, trapt, and evanescence. linkin park's remix album "reanimation" was released in july 2002 and sold more than a million copies that year, which mtv described as "impressive for a remix album". trapt's 2002 song "headstrong" launched the band into the mainstream; the song peaked at number 16 on the "billboard" hot 100, number 4 on the mainstream top 40 chart and number 1 on the "billboard" mainstream rock tracks chart. trapt's song "still frame" peaked at number 69 on the "billboard" hot 100. the band's self-titled album was certified platinum by the riaa in 2003. evanescence's debut album "fallen" was released in march 2003. johnny loftus of allmusic noted the nu metal sound of the album. "fallen" grammy award-winning lead single "bring me to life" peaked at number 5 on the "billboard" hot 100 chart and number 1 on the mainstream top 40 chart. in 2003, linkin park's album "meteora" peaked at number 1 on the "billboard" 200 and sold at least 810,000 copies in its first week of being released. "meteora" by linkin park and "fallen" by evanescence ranked third and fourth respectively on the best-selling albums of 2003. both linkin park and evanescence released high-charting singles throughout 2003 to "fallen" by evanescence sold at least 7,600,000 copies in the united states and "meteora" by linkin park sold at least 6,100,000 copies in the united states. in 2003, korn released a song called "did my time", which peaked at number 38 on the "billboard" hot 100. that same year, godsmack released their third studio album "faceless", which peaked at number 1 on the "billboard" 200 and was certified platinum by the riaa in its first five weeks of being released.
nu metal