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Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, all of whom are founding members. Vocalists Mark Wakefield and Chester Bennington are former members of the band. Categorized as alternative rock, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip hop, while their later music features more electronica and pop elements.

Formed in 1996, 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 the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the Mainstream Rock chart; the latter crossed over to the pop chart. 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, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was their first pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died by suicide in July 2017. In April 2020, bassist Dave Farrell revealed the band was working on new music, though they have stated they will not be touring for the foreseeable future.

Linkin Park is among 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, two 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 as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.

History

1996–2000: Early years

Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends: Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson. The three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. After graduating from high school, the three began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band, then called Xero. Though limited in resources, the band began recording and producing songs within Shinoda's makeshift bedroom studio in 1996, resulting in a four-track demo tape, entitled Xero. However, tensions and frustration within the band grew after they failed to land a record deal. The lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects. Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax, a Christian punk and ska band.

After spending a considerable time searching for Wakefield's replacement, Xero recruited Arizona vocalist Chester Bennington, who was recommended by Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music in March 1999. Bennington, formerly of a post-grunge band Grey Daze, became a standout among applicants because of the dynamic in his singing style. The band then agreed on changing their name from Xero to Hybrid Theory; the newborn vocal chemistry between Shinoda and Bennington helped revive the band, inciting them to work on new material. In 1999, the band released a self-titled extended play, which they circulated across internet chat-rooms and forums with the help of an online 'street team'.

The band still struggled to sign a record deal. They turned to Jeff Blue for additional help after facing numerous rejections from several major record labels. After failing to catch Warner Bros. Records on three previous reviews, Blue, who was now the vice president of Warner Bros. Records, helped the band sign a deal with the company as a developing artist in 1999. However, the label advised the band to change their name to avoid confusion with Hybrid. The band considered the names "Plear" and "Platinum Lotus Foundation" before deciding on "Linkin Park", a play on and homage to Santa Monica's Lincoln Park, now called Christine Emerson Reed Park. They initially wanted to use the name "Lincoln Park", however they changed it to "Linkin" to acquire the internet domain "linkinpark.com".

Bennington and Shinoda both reported that Warner Bros. Records was skeptical of Linkin Park's initial recordings. The label's A&R was not pleased with the band's hip-hop and rock-style approach. An A&R representative suggested that Bennington should demote or fire Shinoda and exclusively focus on making a rock record. Bennington supported Shinoda and refused to compromise Linkin Park's vision for the album. Farrell returned in 2000, and the band released their breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory, that same year.

2000–2002: Hybrid Theory and Reanimation

Linkin Park released Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000. The album, which represented half a decade's worth of the band's work, was edited by Don Gilmore. Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success; it sold more than 4.8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001, while singles such as "Crawling" and "One Step Closer" established themselves as staples among alternative rock radio play lists during the year. Additionally, other singles from the album were featured in films such as Dracula 2000, Little Nicky, and Valentine. Hybrid Theory won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "Crawling" and was nominated for two other Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Rock Album. MTV awarded the band their Best Rock Video and Best Direction awards for "In the End". Through the winning of the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, Hybrid Theorys overall success had catapulted the band into mainstream success.

During this time, Linkin Park received many invitations to perform on many high-profile tours and concerts including Ozzfest, Family Values Tour, and KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas. The band worked with Jessica Sklar to found their official fan club and street team, "Linkin Park Underground", in November 2001. Linkin Park also formed their own tour, Projekt Revolution, which featured other notable artists such as Cypress Hill, Adema, and Snoop Dogg. Within a year's stretch, Linkin Park had performed at over 320 concerts. The experiences and performances of the precocious band were documented in their first DVD, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001. Now reunited with former bassist Phoenix, the band began work on a remix album, dubbed Reanimation, which would include works from Hybrid Theory and non-album tracks. Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others. Reanimation claimed the second spot on the Billboard 200, and sold nearly 270,000 copies during its debut week. Hybrid Theory is also in the RIAA's Top 100 Albums.

2002–2004: Meteora

Following the success of Hybrid Theory and Reanimation, Linkin Park spent a significant amount of time touring around the United States. The band members began to work on new material amidst their saturated schedule, spending a sliver of their free time in their tour bus' studio. The band officially announced the production of a new studio album in December 2002, revealing their new work was inspired by the rocky region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks. Meteora features a mixture of the band's nu metal and rap metal style with newer innovative effects, including the induction of a shakuhachi (a Japanese flute made of bamboo) and other instruments. Linkin Park's second album debuted on March 25, 2003 and instantly earned worldwide recognition, going to No. 1 in the US and UK, and No. 2 in Australia.

Meteora sold more than 800,000 copies during its first week, and it ranked as the best selling album on the Billboard charts at the time. The album's singles, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Breaking the Habit", "Faint", and "Numb", received significant radio attention. By October 2003, Meteora sold nearly three million copies. The album's success allowed Linkin Park to form another Projekt Revolution, which featured other bands and artists including Mudvayne, Blindside, and Xzibit. Additionally, Metallica invited Linkin Park to play at the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, which included well-known acts such as Limp Bizkit, Mudvayne and Deftones. The band released an album and DVD, titled Live in Texas, which featured some audio and video tracks from the band's performances in Texas during the tour. In early 2004, Linkin Park started a world tour titled the Meteora World Tour. Supporting bands on the tour included Hoobastank, P.O.D., Story of the Year and Pia.

Meteora earned the band multiple awards and honors. The band won the MTV awards for Best Rock Video for "Somewhere I Belong" and the Viewer's Choice Award for "Breaking the Habit". Linkin Park also received significant recognition during the 2004 Radio Music Awards, winning the Artist of the Year and Song of the Year ("Numb") awards. Although Meteora was not nearly as successful as Hybrid Theory, it was the third best selling album in the United States during 2003. The band spent the first few months of 2004 touring around the world, first with the third Projekt Revolution tour, and later several European concerts. At the same time, the band's relationship with Warner Bros. Records was deteriorating rapidly on account of several trust and financial issues. After months of feuding, the band finally negotiated a deal in December 2005.

2004–2006: Side projects

Following Meteoras success, the band worked on many side projects. Bennington appeared on DJ Lethal's "State of the Art" and other work with Dead by Sunrise, while Shinoda did work with Depeche Mode. In 2004, the band began to work with Jay-Z to produce another remix album, titled Collision Course. The album, which featured intermixed lyrics and background tracks from both artists' previous albums, debuted in November 2004. Shinoda also formed Fort Minor as a side project. With the aid of Jay-Z, Fort Minor released their debut album, The Rising Tied, to critical acclaim.

Linkin Park also participated in numerous charitable events, most notably raised money to benefit victims of Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The band donated $75,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation in March 2004. They also helped relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims by staging several charity concerts and setting up an additional fund called Music for Relief. Most notably, however, the band participated at Live 8, a series of charitable benefit concerts set up to raise global awareness. Alongside Jay-Z, the band performed on Live 8's stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a global audience. The band would later be reunited with Jay-Z at the Grammy Award Ceremony 2006, during which they performed "Numb/Encore", en route to winning a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. They were joined on stage by Paul McCartney who added verses from the song "Yesterday". They would later go on to play at the 2006 Summer Sonic music festival, which was hosted by Metallica in Japan.

2006–2008: Minutes to Midnight

Linkin Park returned to the recording studios in 2006 to work on new material. To produce the album, the band chose producer Rick Rubin. Despite initially stating the album would debut sometime in 2006, the album was delayed until 2007. The band had recorded thirty to fifty songs in August 2006, when Shinoda stated the album was halfway completed. Bennington later added that the new album would stray away from their previous nu metal sound. Warner Bros. Records officially announced that the band's third studio album, titled Minutes to Midnight, would be released on May 15, 2007 in the United States. After spending fourteen months working on the album, the band members opted to further refine their album by removing five of the original seventeen tracks. The album's title, a reference to the Doomsday Clock, foreshadowed the band's new lyrical themes. Minutes to Midnight sold over 625,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the most successful debut week albums in recent years. The album also took the top spot on the Billboard Charts.

 
The album's first single, "What I've Done", was released on April 2, and premiered on MTV and Fuse within the same week. The single was acclaimed by listeners, becoming the top-ranked song on the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The song is also used in soundtrack for the 2007 action film, Transformers. Mike Shinoda was also featured on the Styles of Beyond song "Second to None", which was also included in the film. Later in the year, the band won the "Favorite Alternative Artist" in the American Music Awards. The band also saw success with the rest of the album's singles, "Bleed It Out", "Shadow of the Day", "Given Up", and "Leave Out All the Rest", which were released throughout 2007 and early 2008. The band also collaborated with Busta Rhymes on his single "We Made It", which was released on April 29.

Linkin Park embarked on a large world tour titled "Minutes to Midnight World Tour". The band promoted the album's release by forming their fourth Projekt Revolution tour in the United States which included many musical acts like My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo, and many others. They also played numerous shows in Europe, Asia, and Australia which included a performance at Live Earth Japan on July 7, 2007. and headlining Download Festival in Donington Park, England and Edgefest in Downsview Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band completed touring on their fourth Projekt Revolution tour before taking up an Arena tour around the United Kingdom, visiting Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester, before finishing on a double night at the O2 arena in London. Bennington stated that Linkin Park plans to release a follow-up album to Minutes to Midnight. However, he stated the band will first embark on a United States tour to gather inspiration for the album. Linkin Park embarked on another Projekt Revolution tour in 2008. This was the first time a Projekt Revolution tour was held in Europe with three shows in Germany and one in the United Kingdom. A Projekt Revolution tour was also held in the United States which featured Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Street Drum Corps and many others. Linkin Park finished the tour with a final show in Texas. Mike Shinoda announced a live CD/DVD titled Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes, which is a live video recording from the Projekt Revolution gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl on June 29, 2008, which was officially released on November 24, 2008.

2008–2011: A Thousand Suns

In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. 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". Bennington also addressed the media to confirm that 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 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The band released a single for the movie, titled "New Divide". Joe Hahn created a music video for the song, which featured 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.

On April 26, the band released an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, a game called 8-Bit Rebellion! It featured the band as playable characters, and a new song called "Blackbirds" which was unlockable by beating the game. The song was also later released as an iTunes bonus track on A Thousand Suns.

A Thousand Suns was released on September 14. The album's first single, "The Catalyst", was released on August 2. The band promoted their new album by launching a concert tour, which started in Los Angeles on September 7. Linkin Park also relied on MySpace to promote their album, releasing two additional songs, "Waiting for the End" and "Blackout" on September 8. Furthermore, a documentary about the album's production, titled Meeting of A Thousand Suns, was available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. On August 31, 2010, it was announced that the band would perform the single live for the first time at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. The venue of the debut live performance of the single was Griffith Observatory, an iconic location used in Hollywood movies. "Waiting for the End" was released as the second single of A Thousand Suns.

Linkin Park reached No.8 in Billboard Social 50, a chart of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. In other Billboard Year-End charts, the band reached No.92 in the "Top Artists" chart, as well as A Thousand Suns reaching No.53 in the Year-End chart of the Billboard Top 200 albums and No.7 in the 2010 Year-End Rock Albums, and "The Catalyst" reaching No.40 in the Year-End Rock Songs chart.

The band was nominated for six Billboard Awards in 2011 for Top Duo or Group, Best Rock Album for A Thousand Suns, Top Rock Artist, Top Alternative Artist, Top Alternative Song for "Waiting for the End" and Top Alternative Album for A Thousand Suns, but did not win any award. The band charted in numerous Billboard Year-End charts in 2011. The band was No.39 in the Top Artists Chart, No.84 in the Billboard 200 Artists chart, No.11 in the Social 50 Chart, No.6 in the Top Rock Artists Chart, No.9 in the Rock Songs Artists Chart, No.16 in the Rock Albums Chart, No.4 in the Hard Rock Albums Chart, and No.7 in the Alternative Songs Chart.

2011–2013: Living Things and Recharged

In July 2011, Bennington told Rolling Stone that Linkin Park aims to produce a new album every eighteen months, and that he would be shocked if a new album did not come out in 2012. He later revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the band was still in the beginning phases of the next album, saying "We just kind of began. We like to keep the creative juices flowing, so we try to keep that going all the time ... we like the direction that we're going in". Later, on March 28, 2012, Shinoda confirmed that the band is filming a music video for "Burn It Down". Joe Hahn directed the video. Shinoda spoke to Co.Create about the album's art, saying that it will "blow them [the fans] away ... the average person is not going to be able to look at it and go, I understand that that's completely new, like not just the image but the way they made the image is totally new. So there's going to be that".

On April 15, 2012, Shinoda announced that Living Things would be the title of Linkin Park's fifth album. Shinoda stated that they chose the title Living Things because the album is more about people, personal interactions, and it is far more personal than their previous albums. The band promoted the album on the 2012 edition of the Honda Civic Tour, with co-headliners Incubus. The band performed "Burn It Down" at 2012 Billboard Music Awards. On May 24, the band released the music video for "Burn It Down" and debuted "Lies Greed Misery", another song from Living Things, on BBC Radio 1. "Powerless", the twelfth and closing track of the album, was featured in the closing credits of the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Living Things sold over 223,000 copies during its debut week, ranking No. 1 on the US Albums 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. Linkin Park also played at the Soundwave music festival in Australia, where they shared the stage with Metallica, Paramore, Slayer and Sum 41.

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, which was released on October 29, 2013 on CD, vinyl, and digital download. Similar to Reanimation, the album features remixes of ten of the songs from Living Things, with contributions from other artists, such as Ryu of Styles of Beyond, Pusha T, Datsik, KillSonik, Bun B, Money Mark, and Rick Rubin. The band also worked on the soundtrack for the film Mall, which was directed by Joe Hahn.

2013–2015: The Hunting Party

In an interview with Fuse, Shinoda confirmed that Linkin Park had begun recording their sixth studio album in May 2013. The band released the first single from their upcoming album, titled, "Guilty All the Same" on March 6, 2014 through Shazam. The single was later released on the following day by Warner Bros. Records and debut at No. 28 on the US Billboard Rock Airplay charts before peaking at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock charts in the following weeks. Shortly after the single's release, the band revealed their sixth album would be titled The Hunting Party. The album was produced by Shinoda and Delson, who wanted to explore musical elements from Hybrid Theory and the band's earlier material. Shinoda commented the album is a "90s style of rock record". He elaborated, "It's a rock record. It's loud and it's rock, but not in the sense of what you've heard before, which is more like '90s hardcore-punk-thrash.' The album includes musical contributions from rapper Rakim, Page Hamilton of Helmet, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and Daron Malakian of System of a Down. The Hunting Party was released on June 13, 2014, in most countries, and later released in the United States on June 17.

Linkin Park performed at Download Festival on June 14, 2014, where they played their debut album, Hybrid Theory, in its entirety. Linkin Park headlined Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in 2014, along with Metallica, Kings of Leon, and Iron Maiden. They also headlined with Iron Maiden again at the Greenfield Festival in July. On June 22, Linkin Park made an unscheduled headline appearance at the Vans Warped Tour, where they played with members of Issues, The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Yellowcard, Breathe Carolina, Finch, and Machine Gun Kelly. In January 2015, the band embarked on a tour to promote the release of The Hunting Party, consisting of 17 concerts across the United States and Canada. The tour was canceled after only three concerts when Bennington injured his ankle. On May 9, Linkin Park performed at the first edition of Rock in Rio USA, in direct support for Metallica.

On November 9, 2014, MTV Europe named Linkin Park the "Best Rock" act of 2014 at their annual music awards ceremony. The band won the 'Best Rock Band' and 'Best Live Act' titles of 2014 on Loudwire's Music Awards. Revolver ranked The Hunting Party as the fourth best album of 2014. In an interview with AltWire on May 4, Shinoda reflected on The Hunting Party and commented on Linkin Park's future, stating; "I'm really happy with the reaction from The Hunting Party, and I think we're ready to move somewhere new on the next album, which will be coming [in 2016]".

Linkin Park collaborated with Steve Aoki on the song "Darker Than Blood" for Aoki's album Neon Future II, which was released in May 2015. The first preview of the song came during Aoki's performance on February 28, 2015 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois. The song was debuted on Twitch on April 13 and released on April 14.

Linkin Park performed at the closing ceremony of BlizzCon 2015, Blizzard's video game convention.

2015–2017: One More Light and Bennington's death

Linkin Park began working on new material for a seventh studio album in November 2015. Chester Bennington commented on the album's direction by stating, "We've got a lot of great material that I hope challenges our fanbase as well as inspires them as much as it has us." In February 2017, Linkin Park released promotional videos on their social network accounts, which featured Shinoda and Bennington preparing new material for the album. Mike Shinoda stated the band was following a new process when producing the album. Brad Delson elaborated: "We've made so many records and we clearly know how to make a record and we definitely didn't take the easy way out this time."

The first single from the new album was revealed to be titled "Heavy" and features pop singer Kiiara, the first time the band has featured a female vocalist on an original song for a studio album. The lyrics for the song were co-written by Linkin Park with Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter. The single was released for download on February 16. As they have done in the past, Linkin Park had cryptic messages online in relation to the new album. The album cover was revealed through digital puzzles across social media; the cover features six kids playing in the ocean. The band's seventh album, One More Light, was released on May 19, 2017.

Bennington died on July 20, 2017; his death was ruled a suicide by hanging. Shinoda confirmed Bennington's death on Twitter, writing, "Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one". The band had released a music video for their single "Talking to Myself" earlier that day. One day after Bennington's death, the band canceled the North American leg of their One More Light World Tour. On the morning of July 24, Linkin Park released an official statement on their website as a tribute to Bennington. On July 28, Shinoda announced that donations made to the band's Music for Relief charity would be redirected to the One More Light Fund, which had been set up in Bennington's memory. On August 4, when the band was initially scheduled to play on Good Morning America, Chris Cornell's twelve-year-old daughter Toni appeared with OneRepublic to perform "Hallelujah" as a tribute to Bennington (who was the godfather to her younger brother, Christopher) and her father. Bennington had previously performed the song at the funeral for Cornell, who had also died from a suicide by hanging two months earlier.

On August 22, Linkin Park announced plans to host a tribute concert in Los Angeles to honor Bennington. The band thanked fans for their support, stating, "The five of us are so grateful for all of your support as we heal and build the future of Linkin Park". The band later confirmed that the concert, titled Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington, would take place on October 27 at the Hollywood Bowl. The event included Linkin Park's first performance following Bennington's death. The event featured multiple guests performing Linkin Park songs along with the band. The event was over three hours long and was streamed live via YouTube.

In November 2017, the band announced that a live album compiled from their final tour with Bennington, titled One More Light Live, would be released on December 15. On November 19, Linkin Park received an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist and dedicated the award to Bennington.

2017–2020: Hiatus
Linkin Park remained on hiatus between Bennington's death and 2020.

During an Instagram live chat on December 17, 2017, Shinoda was asked whether Linkin Park would perform with a hologram version of Bennington in the future. He replied, "Can we not do a holographic Chester? I can't even wrap my head around the idea of a holographic Chester. I've actually heard other people outside the band suggest that, and there's absolutely no way. I cannot fuck with that."

On January 28, 2018, Shinoda replied to a tweet from a fan inquiring about his future with Linkin Park, writing "I have every intention on continuing with LP, and the guys feel the same. We have a lot of rebuilding to do, and questions to answer, so it'll take time." On March 29, however, Shinoda stated that he was uncertain of Linkin Park's future when being interviewed by Vulture. On April 17, Linkin Park was nominated for three awards at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, but did not win any of them. The band was presented with The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA on May 18.

On February 18, 2019, Shinoda said in an interview that the band is open to the idea of continuing though what form that takes has yet to be decided. Shinoda stated "I know the other guys, they love to be onstage, they love to be in a studio, and so to not do that would be like, I don't know, almost like unhealthy." When asked about the band's future minus Bennington, Shinoda stated, "It's not my goal to look for a new singer. If it does happen, it has to happen naturally. If we find someone that is a great person and good stylistic fit, I could see trying to do some stuff with somebody. I would never want to feel like we are replacing Chester."

2020–present: Return to music
On April 28, 2020, bassist Dave Farrell revealed the band is working on new music. On August 13, the band released "She Couldn't", a track that was originally recorded in 1999, and it was included on a 20th anniversary edition of their debut album Hybrid Theory, released on October 9.

On January 8, 2021, Linkin Park released a remix of "One Step Closer" by American electronic duo 100 Gecs. The band revealed it was the first of many new remixes inspired by Reanimation to come.

On October 29, 2021, when asked about the band playing live shows again, Mike Shinoda stated that "Now is not the time [for the band’s return]. We don’t have the focus on it. We don’t have the math worked out. And I don’t mean that by financially math, I mean that like emotional and creative math.”

Philanthropy
On January 19, 2010, Linkin Park released a new song titled "Not Alone" as part of a compilation from Music for Relief called Download to Donate for Haiti in support of the Haiti Earthquake crisis. On February 10, 2010, Linkin Park released the official music video for the song on their homepage. The single itself was released on October 21, 2011.

On January 11, 2011, an updated version of Download to Donate for Haiti was launched, called Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0, with more songs to download. For the updated compilation, the band released Keaton Hashimoto's remix of "The Catalyst" from the "Linkin Park featuring YOU" contest.

Shinoda designed two T-shirts, in which the proceeds would go to Music for Relief to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disasters. Music for Relief released Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan, another compilation of songs, in which the proceeds would go to Save the Children. The band released the song titled as "Issho Ni", meaning "we're in this together", on March 22, 2011 via Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan.

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, Linkin Park played at Club Nokia during the "Music for Relief: Concert for the Philippines" in Los Angeles, and raised donations for victims. The show was broadcast on AXS TV on February 15. Other artists during the show included The Offspring, Bad Religion, Heart, and The Filharmonic.

Musical style and influences
Linkin Park combines elements of rock music, hip hop and electronica, and have been categorized as alternative rock, nu metal, rap rock, , , , hard rock, hip hop, rap metal, pop, and industrial rock. Despite being considered nu metal, the band never considered themselves as such.

Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal, nu metal, rap rock, rap metal, and alternative rock sound with influences and elements from hip hop, and electronica, utilizing programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic regarded it as "a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical style," whereas Rolling Stone described their song "Breaking the Habit" as "risky, beautiful art".

In Minutes to Midnight the band experimented with their established sound and drew influences from a wider and more varied range of genres and styles, a process Los Angeles Times compares to a stage in U2's work. Only two songs on the album's tracklist feature rap vocals and the majority of the album can be considered alternative rock.Metacritic, Minutes To Midnight . Retrieved January 27, 2008.

The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda plays as a major part within Linkin Park's music, with Bennington being the lead vocalist and Shinoda as the rapping vocalist. On Linkin Park's third album, Minutes to Midnight, Shinoda sings lead vocals on "In Between", "Hands Held High", and on the B-side "No Roads Left". On numerous songs from band's fourth album, A Thousand Suns, such as the album's singles ("The Catalyst", "Burning in the Skies", "Iridescent"), both Shinoda and Bennington sing. The album has been regarded as a turning point in the band's musical career, having a stronger emphasis on electronica. James Montgomery, of MTV, compared the record to Radiohead's Kid A, while Jordy Kasko of Review, Rinse, Repeat likened the album to both Kid A and Pink Floyd's landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon. Shinoda stated that he and the other band members were deeply influenced by Chuck D and Public Enemy. He elaborated: "Public Enemy were very three-dimensional with their records because although they seemed political, there was a whole lot of other stuff going on in there too. It made me think how three-dimensional I wanted our record to be without imitating them of course, and show where we were at creatively". One of the record's political elements is its samples of notable speeches by American political figures. A Thousand Suns was described as trip hop, electronic rock, ambient, alternative rock, industrial rock, experimental rock, rap rock, and progressive rock.

Their fifth album, Living Things, is also an electronic-heavy album, but includes other influences, resulting in a harder sound by comparison. The band returned to a heavier sound compared to their last three albums on The Hunting Party, which was described as an alternative metal, nu metal, hard rock, rap rock, and rap metal album. Their seventh album, One More Light, was described as pop, pop rock and electropop.

Linkin Park's influences include Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Machines of Loving Grace, Metallica, Refused, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Descendents, Misfits, Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, N.W.A, Public Enemy, KRS-One, Boogie Down Productions, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine, and the Beatles.

Legacy and influence
Linkin Park has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.Linkin Park's Brad Delson talks One More Light: 'There really is a ton of guitar on this album'  MusicRadar April 3, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017. The group's first studio album Hybrid Theory is one of the best-selling albums in the US (12 million copies shipped) and worldwide (30 million copies sold). Billboard estimates that Linkin Park earned US$5 million between May 2011 and May 2012, making them the 40th-highest-paid musical artist. 11 of the band's singles have reached the number one position on Billboard Alternative Songs chart, the second-most for any artist.

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 chart. The band was recently voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang!.Linkin Park Are the 'Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now'  Ultimate Guitar August 28, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014. In 2015, Kerrang! gave "In the End" and "Final Masquerade" the top two positions on Kerrang!s Rock 100 list.

Linkin Park became the first rock band to achieve more than one billion YouTube hits.
Linkin Park also became the fifteenth most liked page on Facebook, tenth most liked artist, and most liked group followed by the Black Eyed Peas. Linkin Park's "Numb" is the third and "In the End" is the sixth "timeless song" on Spotify. The two songs making Linkin Park the only artist to have two timeless songs in top ten.

Hybrid Theory by the group is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, It was also ranked at #11 on Billboard Hot 200 Albums of the Decade. In addition the album was included in Best of 2001 by Record Collector, The top 150 Albums of the Generation by Rock Sound and 50 Best Rock Albums of the 2000s by Kerrang!. The album Meteora was included in Top 200 Albums of the Decade by Billboard at No. 36. The album sold 20 million copies worldwide. The collaborative EP Collision Course with Jay-Z became the second ever EP to top the Billboard 200, going on to sell over 300,000 copies in its first week after Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies in 1994. The album Minutes to Midnight, in the United States, had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold. In Canada, the album sold over 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart. Worldwide, the album shipped over 3.3 million copies in its first four weeks of release.

The New York Times Jon Caramanica commented Linkin Park "brought the collision of hard rock and hip-hop to its commercial and aesthetic peak" at the beginning of the 2000s. Several rock and non-rock artists have cited Linkin Park as an influence, including Proyecto Eskhata, Of Mice & Men, One OK Rock, Bishop Nehru, Misono, From Ashes to New, Bring Me the Horizon, Coldrain, Red, Girl on Fire, Manafest, Silentó, 3OH!3, The Prom Kings, AJ Tracey, Kiiara, The Chainsmokers, Kevin Rudolf, Blackbear, Amber Liu, Billie Eilish, Tokio Hotel, The Weeknd, Stormzy and Imagine Dragons.

On August 20, 2020, their 20th anniversary, Linkin Park collaborated with virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber to release 11 maps based on their songs.

Band membersCurrent members Mike Shinoda – vocals, rapping, rhythm guitar, keyboard, samples , 
 Brad Delson – lead guitar , backing vocals 
 Dave Farrell – bass , backing vocals 
 Joe Hahn – turntables, samples, programming , backing vocals 
 Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion , occasional backing vocals Former members Mark Wakefield – lead vocals 
 Chester Bennington – lead vocals , occasional rhythm guitar Session and touring musicians Kyle Christner – bass 
 Scott Koziol – bass 
 Ian Hornbeck – bass TimelineDiscography

 Hybrid Theory (2000)
 Meteora (2003)
 Minutes to Midnight (2007)
 A Thousand Suns (2010)
 Living Things (2012)
 The Hunting Party (2014)
 One More Light (2017)

Awards and nominations

Concert toursHeadlining Hybrid Theory World Tour (2001)
 Projekt Revolution (2002–2008, 2011)
 LP Underground Tour (2003)
 Meteora World Tour (2004)
 Minutes to Midnight World Tour (2007–08)
 International Tour (2009)
 A Thousand Suns World Tour (2010–11)
 Living Things World Tour (2012–13)
 The Hunting Party Tour (2014–15)
 One More Light Tour (2017)
 Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington (2017)Co-headlining 11th Annual Honda Civic Tour (2012)
 Carnivores Tour  (2014)

See also
 List of best-selling music artists
 List of best-selling albums
 List of best-selling remix albums
 List of best-selling singles
 List of best-selling albums in the United States
 List of songs recorded by Linkin Park
 List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. alternative rock chart

ReferencesWorks cited'''

 Saulmon, Greg. Linkin Park. Contemporary Musicians and Their Music. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2007. .
 Baltin, Steve. From The Inside: Linkin Park's Meteora. California: Bradson Press, 2004. .
 Blue, Jeff. One Step Closer: From Xero to #1: Becoming Linkin Park''. Tennessee: Permuted Press, 2020. .

External links

 
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American alternative metal musical groups
American pop rock music groups
American electronic rock musical groups
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Rap rock groups
Rap metal musical groups
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Musical groups established in 1996
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Warner Records artists
Echo (music award) winners
Grammy Award winners for rap music
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Projekt Revolution was a music festival hosted by Linkin Park, bringing artists of various genres of music together. Linkin Park started Projekt Revolution in the year 2002 with just one stage. Then, in 2004, they announced the Revolution Stage (Second Stage) where the smaller bands/artists would perform.

2002 

2002 brought Linkin Park the idea to plan the Projekt Revolution Tour series, and the series began in that year. They thought it was part festival tour, part concert tour, part national tour. It is the first of the Projekt Revolution Tour Series. For this edition, Linkin Park was supporting their debut album, Hybrid Theory. It was also one of the shortest of the PR Series.
 Main Stage
 Linkin Park
 Cypress Hill
 Adema
 DJ Z-Trip

Setlist

2003 

The 2003 Projekt Revolution Tour, was the shortest of the PR tour series until the 2011 edition. This marked the first of two Projekt Revolutions in support of Linkin Park's second album, Meteora.
 Main Stage
 Linkin Park
 Mudvayne
 Xzibit
 Blindside
 Cold (July dates only)
 Revis (last two dates only)

Setlist

2004 

The Projekt Revolution 2004 Tour's Stage has a big bit change. It was divided into the Main Stage and Revolution stages, while its set stays connected. The 2004 PR Tour was the longest of the Projekt Revolution Tour series. This was also Korn's last tour to feature their full original lineup with original guitarist Brian Welch, who leaves the band in February the following year until his return in 2013. Jonathan Davis of Korn would come out on "One Step Closer" to sing the reanimated part of the song.
 Main Stage
 Linkin Park
 Korn
 Snoop Dogg
 The Used
 Less Than Jake (except the Dallas show due to one of the band members being sick. Ghostface Killah replaced them on the main stage)
 Revolution Stage
 Ghostface Killah with P.A.W.N. LASERS / Louis Capet XXVI
 Funeral for a Friend (except shows from 27th to 30th August due to Reading and Leeds Festivals)
 downset.
 M.O.P. (except the first show due to travel plans)
 Mike V. and The Rats (select shows)
 No Warning (from 24th July to 13th August)
 Instruction (from 14th to 28th August)
 Autopilot Off (from 30th August to 5th September)

Setlist

2007 

For 2007, Linkin Park decided to make the tour ostensibly "green" by donating $1 of every ticket to American Forests through their charity Music for Relief and using biodiesel on a majority of their buses, eliminating an estimated 350 tons of carbon emissions. There were also informative booths that showed concert goers how to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.

It was revealed in Revolver magazine that Muse was in the list of bands Linkin Park had picked but couldn't join Projekt Revolution as they had other commitments to deal with.

On August 22, 2007, MySpace.com streamed the concert live, allowing MySpace users to watch the concert for free from their performance at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan. The event was hosted by Matt Pinfield.

Linkin Park sold their performance from the 2007 PR tour at the merchandise booth. Each CD came with a blank disc and a special code that allowed fans to download and burn that specific Linkin Park performance from the venue it was purchased at. The price of purchase for the CD was $11.00. It was sold at every venue except for Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY due to disagreements with the venue wanting a portion of the CD sales. In October 2013, Linkin Park revealed that they will relaunch Projekt Revolution in 2014; it is on the list for To-Come.

 Main Stage
 Linkin Park
 My Chemical Romance
 Taking Back Sunday
 HIM
 Placebo
 Julien-K
 Revolution Stage
 Mindless Self Indulgence
 Saosin
 The Bled
 Styles of Beyond
 Madina Lake (missed shows from 10th to 13th August due to Summer Sonic 2007)
Art of Chaos (Winner of the Battle of the Bands selected to 7 dates on the tour from 28th July to 5th August)
Setlist

2008 

This was the first time the tour was also outside of North America. Their performance in Milton Keynes was announced months beforehand, which made it highly anticipated amongst fans waiting to attend. Jay-Z came out and performed a modified "Numb/Encore" and "Jigga What/Faint" with the band. This show turned out to be the biggest capacity Projekt Revolution to date. Camera operators obtaining interviews revealed intentions for a DVD, which has been confirmed by Mike Shinoda to be a CD/DVD set on November 25, 2008. Shinoda posted on the band's online forum that anyone 18 or older can submit a title for the live CD/DVD which will later be turned into a poll for fans to vote for their favorite. Concerning the release date, Shinoda stated "we will be releasing it in a DVD/CD combo pack as soon as we can get it done".

Europe:

 June 21, 2008 – Reitstadion Riem, Munich, Germany
 Linkin Park
 HIM
 N*E*R*D
 The Used
 The Blackout
Setlist

 June 27, 2008 – Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
 Linkin Park
 HIM
 N*E*R*D

 June 28, 2008 – LTU Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
 Linkin Park
 HIM
 N*E*R*D
 The Used
 The Bravery
 Innerpartysystem

 June 29, 2008 – National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England
 Linkin Park
 Jay-Z
 Pendulum
 N*E*R*D
 Enter Shikari
 The Bravery
 Innerpartysystem
Setlist

US:

 Main Stage:
 Linkin Park
 Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden)
 The Bravery
 Busta Rhymes (left the tour – See Controversy during 2008 Tour)
 Ashes Divide
 Street Drum Corps (originally opened the Revolution Stage but were moved to the main stage)
 Revolution Stage:
 Atreyu
 10 Years
 Hawthorne Heights
 Armor for Sleep

Linkin Park changed the set-lists up a little bit, giving new intros and outros to a few songs and playing "We Made It" every show, until Busta Rhymes left the tour. Chris Cornell also collaborated with the band by singing on "Crawling". Also Chester Bennington performed "Hunger Strike" with Cornell. Street Drum Corps also performed a few songs with the band. On the two dates in Ohio, local band State Your Cause was asked to open the Revolution Stage.

Controversy during 2008 tour 

During the Projekt Revolution Tour of 2008, Busta Rhymes was announced to have left the tour after only eleven days due to "complicated business matters", amidst rumors he had been removed from the lineup after an alleged backstage confrontation with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda. Shinoda later posted on his blog that he and the rest of his band were disappointed to see Rhymes leave, implying that the rumour was false. Busta actually left the tour due to an argument with his now former label Interscope Records. Since he left the label, he no longer had support to be on the tour.

2011 

This was the shortest Projekt Revolution to date, with only four shows in Europe. This tour was done by Linkin Park, Dredg and Middle Class Rut
 June 16, 2011 – Kaisaniemi Park, Helsinki, Finland with Die Antwoord
 June 18, 2011 – Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany with Guano Apes and Anberlin
 June 19, 2011 – Hessentagsarena, Oberursel, Germany with Anberlin and Die Antwoord
 June 25, 2011 – Messegelände München Riem, Munich, Germany with Guano Apes and Anberlin

References

External links 
 Projekt Revolution Media Player
 Projekt Revolution Russia
 Linkin Park Network Russia

Linkin Park concert tours
Lists of concert tours
Music festivals established in 2002
Music festivals disestablished in 2011 Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Originally consisting of three high school friends, Linkin Park’s foundation was anchored by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson along with Rob Bourdon. After graduating from high school, the California natives began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band then titled Xero. Though limited in resources, the band began recording and producing songs within Shinoda’s makeshift bedroom studio in 1996. After they failed to land a record deal, however, tensions and frustration within the band grew, and the lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the band in search for other projects.

Linkin Park released its debut album Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000. In 2002, the band won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Linkin Park's second album Meteora sold more than 800,000 copies during its first week, and it ranked as the best selling album on the Billboard charts at the time. "Breaking the Habit", a single from the album, won an MTV Asia Award. "Somewhere I Belong", also on Meteora, won a MTV Video Music Award. After the success of Meteora, the band postponed working on a new studio album for several years. Linkin Park continued to tour and work on side projects; during the same period, Bennington appeared on DJ Lethal’s State of the Art and worked with Dead By Sunrise, while Shinoda worked with Depeche Mode. In 2004, the band worked with Jay-Z to produce an album entitled Collision Course; "Numb/Encore", a single from the album, won a Grammy Award the next year. Linkin Park's next album Minutes To Midnight was released in 2007 despite initially stating the album would debut in 2006. The album was nominated for a TMF Award in 2007, while "What I've Done", a single from the album, was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award. Linkin Park has won in the Favourite International Artist of Asia category at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards. Overall, Linkin Park has received a total of 67 awards from  197 nominations. Their next album was A Thousand Suns released in 2010 and the fifth album Living Things was released in June, 2012.

UN Global Leadership Award
Linkin Park have been known to rock for a good cause, and on November 8, 2011, the band was awarded for their efforts with a Global Leadership Award at the UN Foundation and UN Association of the USA Global Leadership Awards Dinner.

Linkin Park started their grassroots ‘Music for Relief’ non-profit organization in 2005 and encouraged the music community as well as their fans to take part in awareness and fundraising to help raise aid for those in need all over the world with an emphasis on those impacted by natural disasters.

The UN honored the band for their recent efforts, which included raising over $500,000 for ‘Save the Children’ and kids impacted by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

In accepting their award, Linkin Park also revealed their latest cause, their pledge to support the ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ campaign through their initiative 'Power the World.' The band is planning to harness social media to help spread awareness with their fans. People interested in learning more can visit http://powertheworld.org to get involved.

Read More: Linkin Park Celebrate Global Leadership Award With New Initiative | http://loudwire.com/linkin-park-global-leadership-award-new-initiative/?trackback=tsmclip

American Music Awards
The American Music Award are awarded for outstanding achievements in the record industry. Linkin Park has received six awards from ten nominations. They currently held the record for most wins and nominations in its Favorite Alternative Artist category. 

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|rowspan="2" align="center"| 2003(January) ||rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Favorite Alternative Artist || 
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| Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group || 
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|align="center"| 2003(November) || Linkin Park || Favorite Alternative Artist || 
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|align="center"| 2004 || Linkin Park || Favorite Alternative Artist || 
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|rowspan="3" align="center"| 2007 ||rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Favorite Alternative Artist || 
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| Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group || 
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| Minutes To Midnight || Favorite Pop/Rock Album || 
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|align="center"| 2008 ||| Linkin Park || Favorite Alternative Artist || 
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|align="center"| 2012 ||Linkin Park || Favorite Alternative Artist || 
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|align="center"| 2017 ||| Linkin Park || Favorite Alternative Artist ||

Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Awards, sponsored by Billboard magazine was one of several annual United States music awards shows. Linkin Park were nominated for six awards in the 2011 ceremony.

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|rowspan="3"| 2001 || rowspan="3"| Linkin Park || Modern Rock Artist Of The Year || 
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|Rock Artist of the Year || 
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|New Artist Of The Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2002 || Linkin Park ||Duo Or Group Artist Of The Year|| 
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| "In the End" || Modern Rock Track Of The Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2003 ||rowspan="2" | Linkin Park || Duo Or Group Artist Of The Year || 
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| Modern Rock Artist Of The Year || 
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|| 2004 || Linkin Park || Duo Or Group Artist Of The Year || 
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|rowspan="6"| 2011 ||rowspan="3" | Linkin Park || Top Duo/Group || 
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| Top Rock Artist || 
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| Top Alternative Artist || 
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|rowspan="2" | A Thousand Suns || Top Rock Album || 
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| Top Alternative Album || 
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| "Waiting for the End" || Top Alternative Song || 
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|rowspan="3"| 2018 || Linkin Park || Top Rock Artist || 
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| One More Light || Top Rock Album || 
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| "Heavy" <small>(featuring Kiiara) || Top Rock Song ||

Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Linkin Park has received two awards from six nominations.

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|rowspan="3"|  || "Crawling" || Best Hard Rock Performance || 
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| Hybrid Theory || Best Rock Album || 
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| Linkin Park || Best New Artist || 
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|  || "Session" || Best Rock Instrumental Performance || 
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|  || "Numb/Encore" (with Jay-Z) || Best Rap/Sung Collaboration || 
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|  || "What I've Done" (Road To Revolution: Live At Milton Keynes) || Best Hard Rock Performance ||  
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iHeartRadio Music Awards
The iHeartRadio Music Awards is an international music awards show founded by iHeartRadio in 2014. Linkin Park has received one award from one nomination.

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| 2018 || One More Light || Rock Album of the Year ||

MTV Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Linkin Park has received 10 awards from twenty two nominations.

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|rowspan="3"|  2002 || rowspan="2"|Linkin Park || Best Hard Rock || 
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| Best Group || 
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| www.linkinpark.com || Web Award || 
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| 2003 || Linkin Park || Best Rock || 
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| 2004 || Linkin Park || Best Rock || 
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|rowspan="3"|  2007 ||rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Best Group || 
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| Rock Out || 
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| Minutes To Midnight || Album of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"|  2008 || rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Rock Out || 
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| Headliner || 
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|rowspan="2"|  2009 || rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Best Rock || 
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| Best World Stage Performance || 
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|rowspan="2"|  2010 || rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Best Live Act || 
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| Best Rock || 
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|rowspan="2"|  2011 || rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Best Rock || 
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| Best World Stage Performance || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2012|| rowspan="2"| Linkin Park ||Best Rock|| 
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| Best North American Act || 
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|  2013 || Linkin Park || Best World Stage Performance || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2014 || rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Best World Stage Performance || 
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| Best Rock ||

MTV Video Music Brazil
The MTV Video Music Brazil (VMB) are MTV Brazil's annual award ceremony, established in 1995. Linkin Park has received three awards from four nominations, thus being the biggest non-Brazilian winner of the award

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| 2002 || "In the End" || Best International Video || 
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| 2003 || "Somewhere I Belong" || Best International Video || 
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| 2004 || "Numb" || Best International Video || 
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| 2005 || "Jigga What"/"Faint" (with Jay-Z) || Best International Video || 
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MTV Asia Awards
The MTV Asia Awards is an annual Asian awards ceremony established in 2002 by the MTV television network. Linkin Park has received six awards from eight nominations.

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|rowspan="2"| 2002 || rowspan="2"|Linkin Park || Favorite Breakthrough Artist || 
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| Favorite Rock Act || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2003 || "Pts.OF.Athrty" || Favorite Video || 
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| Linkin Park || Favorite Rock Act || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2004 || "Somewhere I Belong" || Favorite Video || 
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| Linkin Park || Favorite Rock Act || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2008|| rowspan="2"|Linkin Park || Favorite International Artist of Asia || 
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| Bring Da House Down ||

MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Linkin Park has received four awards from nineteen nominations.

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|rowspan="2"|  ||rowspan="2"| "Crawling" || Best Direction in a Video || 
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| Best Rock Video || 
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|rowspan="3"|  ||rowspan="3"| "In the End" || Best Rock Video || 
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| Video of the Year || 
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| Best Group Video || 
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||  || "Somewhere I Belong" || Best Rock Video || 
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|rowspan="2"|  || rowspan="2"| "Breaking the Habit" || Viewer's Choice Award || 
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| Best Rock Video || 
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|rowspan="3"|  ||rowspan="2"| "What I've Done" || Best Editing in a Video || 
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| Best Director || 
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| Linkin Park || Best Group || 
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|rowspan="3"|  ||rowspan="2"| "Shadow of the Day" || Best Rock Video || 
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| Best Direction || 
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| "Bleed It Out" || Best Special Effects || 
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||  || "Waiting for the End" || Best Special Effects || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2012 ||rowspan="2"| "Burn It Down" || Best Rock Video || 
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| Best Visual Effects || 
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|| 2014 ||| "Until It's Gone" || Best Rock Video || 
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|| 2018 ||| "One More Light" || Best Rock || 
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MTV Video Music Awards Japan
The MTV Video Music Awards Japan are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards that started in 2002 after branching out from the MTV Asia Awards.

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|| 2002 || Linkin Park || Best New Artist || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2004 || "Somewhere I Belong" || Best Rock Video || 
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| Meteora || Album of the Year || 
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|rowspan="3"| 2005 ||rowspan="2"| "Breaking the Habit" || Best Group Video || 
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| Best Rock Video || 
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| "Numb/Encore" (with Jay-Z) || Best Collaboration || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2008 ||rowspan="2"| "What I've Done" || Best Rock Video || 
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| Best Video from a Film || 
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|rowspan="3"| 2011 || A Thousand Suns || Album of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"|"The Catalyst" || Best Group Video || 
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| Best Rock Video || 
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|| 2013 || Living Things ||  Album of the Year  ||  
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Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica  the Latin American version of the Video Music Awards. They were established in 2002 to celebrate the top music videos of the year in Latin America and the world.

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|rowspan="2"| 2002 || rowspan="2"|Linkin Park || Best New Artist — International || 
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|  Best Rock Artist — International || 
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|| 2009 || Linkin Park || Best Rock Artist — International || 
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MTV Fan Music Awards
The MTV Fan Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 2011 by the MTV television network. Linkin Park has received two nominations in 2011.

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|rowspan="2"| 2011 || "The Catalyst" || Best Group Video || 
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| Linkin Park || Best Group || 
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mtvU Woodie Awards
The mtvU Woodie Awards is an annual awards show sponsored by mtvU, a division of MTV Networks. Linkin Park has received two nominations.

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|rowspan="2"| 2007 || Linkin Park ||The Good Woodie|| 
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| "What I've Done" ||Viral Woodie|| 
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MTV Game Awards 
The MTV Game Awards is an award given by the music channel MTV for video games. The nominations are selected by a jury consisting of established journalists and professional video game players.

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|| 2011 || "Blackout" || Best Song In A Video Game (FIFA 11) || 
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O Music Awards 
The O Music Awards are one of the major annual awards established by MTV to honor the art, creativity, personality and technology of music into the digital space. Linkin Park has received one award in 2013.

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|| 2013 || "Lost in the Echo" || Best Interactive Video || 
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Echo Awards
The Echo Awards is a German music award event which is held annually. Each year's winner is determined by the previous year's sales, Linkin Park has received four awards from nine nominations.

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|rowspan="2"| 2002 || rowspan="2"|Linkin Park || International Newcomer Of The Year || 
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| International Artist\Group Of The Year || 
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|| 2003 || Linkin Park ||International Artist\Group Of The Year|| 
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|rowspan="2"| 2004 || rowspan="2"|Linkin Park || International Artist\Group Of The Year || 
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| International Group Of The Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2008 || Minutes to Midnight || International\National Album Of The Year || 
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| Linkin Park || International Group Of The Year || 
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|| 2011 || Linkin Park (for A Thousand Suns) || Best International Rock\Alternative Group || 
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|| 2013 || Linkin Park || Best International Rock\Alternative Group || 
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|| 2015 || Linkin Park || Best International Rock/ Alternative Group || 
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Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards is an annual awards show established in 1988 by Nickelodeon. Linkin Park has received three nominations.

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| 2008 || rowspan="3"|Linkin Park || Favorite Music Group || 
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| 2009 ||  Favorite Music Group || 
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| 2010 ||  Favorite Music Group || 
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MuchMusic Video Awards
The MuchMusic Video Awards is an annual award show which is broadcast live on Much Music. Linkin Park has received two awards from two nominations.

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|| 2004 || "Numb" || People's Choice: Favourite International Group || 
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|| 2008 || "Bleed It Out" || Best International Group Video ||

International Dance Music Awards
The International Dance Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Winter Music Conference to recognize the achievement of dance artists, producers, DJ's, radio stations and record labels. Linkin Park received three nominations.

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| 2005 || "Numb/Encore" (Shared with jay-Z)  || Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track || 
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| 2011 || "The Catalyst" (remix)|| Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track || 
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| 2014 || "A Light That Never Comes"|| Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track ||

NME Awards
The NME Awards is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine, NME.

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|| 2018|| Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor ofChester Bennington || Music Moment of the Year|| 
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People's Choice Awards
The Peoples Choice Awards is an annual award show on Pop culture on Movies, TV, and Music. Linkin Park received four nominations.

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|| 2008  || "What I've Done" || Favorite Song from a Soundtrack: Transformers: The Album || 
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|| 2011 || Linkin Park || Favorite Rock Band || 
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|| 2012 || Linkin Park || Favorite Band || 
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|| 2013 || Linkin Park || Favorite Band ||

Radio Music Awards
The Radio Music Awards is an annuel award show honoring the best music in radio. Linkin Park has received two awards from three nominations.

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|rowspan="2"| 2004 || Linkin Park || Artist of the Year: Rock Radio || 
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|| "Numb" || Song of the Year: Rock Alternative Radio || 
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|| 2005 || Linkin Park || Artist of the Year/ Alternative and Active Rock Radio ||

Kerrang! Awards
The Kerrang! Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by Kerrang!, a British rock magazine. Linkin Park has received three awards from eight nominations.

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|rowspan="3"| 2001 ||rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Best International Newcomer || 
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| Best Band In the World || 
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| "Crawling" || Best Single || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2003 || Linkin Park || Best International Act|| 
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| "Faint" || Best Single || 
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|| 2004 || "Breaking the Habit" || Best Single || 
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|| 2007 || "What I've Done" || Best Video || 
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|| 2009 || Linkin Park || Classic Songwriter Award || 
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Planeta Awards
The Planeta Awards is an annual Peruvian awards ceremony established by Radio Planeta. Linkin Park has received two awards from six nominations.

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|rowspan="6"| 2007 ||rowspan="2"| Linkin Park || Group of the Year || 
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| Rock Artist of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| "What I've Done" || The Megaplaneta of the Year || 
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| Rock Song of the Year || 
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|rowspan="2"| "Bleed It Out" || Rock Song of the Year || 
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| Best Male Vocal Interpretation (Chester Bennington / Mike Shinoda) || 
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Spike TV Awards

Spike Guys' Choice Awards 
The Spike Guys' Choice Awards is an awards show produced by the Viacom cable channel Spike and held since 2007.  It is patterned after Viacom's MTV Movie Awards.  The winners are chosen based on voting by fans and viewers of the channel. Linkin Park has received one award from one nomination.

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|| 2008 || Linkin Park ||Ballsiest Band|| 
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Spike Video Game Awards
The Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) is an annual award show hosted by Spike TV that recognizes the best computer and video games of the year. Linkin Park has received one nomination.

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|| 2012|| "Castle of Glass" || Best Song in a Game (Medal of Honor: Warfighter) || 
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ESPN Action Sports & Music Awards
The ESPN Action Sports and Music Award was a ceremony honoring both extreme athletes and the music that stimulates them. Linkin Park received an award in 2001.

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|| 2001|| Linkin Park || Music Artist of the Year (Motocross riding) || 
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TMF Awards
The TMF Awards  are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory) in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK, Linkin Park has received two nominations in 2007.

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|rowspan="2"| 2007 || Linkin Park || Best Rock || 
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| Minutes To Midnight || Best Album || 
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NRJ Music Awards
The NRJ Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in Cannes, France, for popular musicians by various categories. Linkin Park has received one nomination.

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|| 2008 || Linkin Park ||International Group\Duo of the Year|| 
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Scream Awards
The Scream Awards is an award show dedicated to the (horror), (sci-fi), and (fantasy) genres of feature films.

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|| 2009 || "New Divide" ||Scream Song Of The Year|| 
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World Music Awards

The international World Music Awards honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Linkin Park has received three awards from eleven nominations.

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|| 2002 || rowspan="3"|Linkin Park ||World's Best Selling Rock Group|| 
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|| 2003 ||World's Best Selling Rock Group|| 
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|| 2007 || World's Best Selling Rock Group|| 
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|rowspan="8"| 2014 ||rowspan="2"| Linkin Park ||World's Best Group || 
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| World's Best Live Act || 
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|| Living Things || rowspan="2"| World's Best Album || 
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| Recharged || 
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|  "Burn It Down" ||rowspan="2"| World's Best Song|| 
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| "A Light That Never Comes" || 
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| "Burn It Down" ||rowspan="2"| World's Best Video|| 
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| "A Light That Never Comes" ||

Teen Choice Awards
The Teen Choice Awards is an annual awards show first aired in 1999 by Fox Broadcasting Company. Linkin Park received thirteen nominations.

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|| 2001 || "One Step Closer" || Choice Rock Track || 
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|| 2002 || Hybrid Theory || Choice Album || 
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|| 2004 || "Somewhere I Belong" || Choice Rock Track || 
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|| 2005 || "Numb/Encore" || Choice Collaboration || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2007 || Linkin Park || Choice Rock Group || 
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| "What I've Done" || Choice Rock Track ||  
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|rowspan="2"| 2008 || Linkin Park || Choice Rock Group || 
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| "Shadow of the Day" || Choice Rock Track || 
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|| 2009 || Linkin Park || Choice Rock Group || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2011 || Linkin Park || Choice Rock Band || 
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| "Waiting for the End" || Choice Rock Track || 
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| 2012 || Linkin Park || Choice Rock Group || 
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|rowspan="2"| 2017 || Linkin Park || Choice Rock Artist || 
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| "Heavy" || Choice Rock Track ||

Rockbjörnen Award
Rockbjörnen is a music prize in Sweden, divided into several categories, which is awarded annually by the newspaper Aftonbladet. Linkin Park has received two awards from two nominations.

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|rowspan="2"| 2001 || Hybrid Theory ||The year's foreign album|| 
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|| Linkin Park ||The year's foreign group|| 
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BRIT Awards
The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Linkin Park have received one nomination.

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|| 2002 || Linkin Park ||Best International Newcomer || 
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Xbox Entertainment Awards

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|| 2013 || Linkin Park || Best Artist || 
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Swedish Hit Music Awards

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|| 2002 || Linkin Park ||Best Foreign Rock|| 
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Emma Awards

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|| 2001 || Linkin Park ||Best Foreigner Artist of The Year|| 
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Mnet Asian Music Awards
Mnet Asian Music Awards, otherwise abbreviated as MAMA, is an award show held by Mnet annually that credits South Korean artists, as well as foreign artists who have had an impact in the South Korean Music industry.

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|2002
|"Points of Authority"
|rowspan=2|Best International Artist
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|| 2003 ||"Somewhere I Belong" || 
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IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards
 
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| 2003 || Meteora || Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Albums || 
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| 2005 || Collision Course (with Jay-Z) || Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Albums || 
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| 2007 || Minutes to Midnight || Top 10 Best Selling Foreign Albums || 
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Loudwire Music Awards
The Loudwire Music Awards are awarded for outstanding achievements in the rock music category. Linkin Park has received two awards from three nominations
 
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|rowspan="7"|2015 || The Hunting Party || Rock Album of the Year || 
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|| Rebellion || Rock Song of the Year || 
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|| Linkin Park || Rock Band of the Year || 
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|| Linkin Park || Live Act of the Year || 
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|| Linkin Park || Most Devoted Fans || 
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|| Chester Bennington || Best Vocalist || 
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|| Brad Delson || Best Guitarist || 
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|rowspan="1"|2017 || Chester Bennington || Best Vocalist || 
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Billboard Decade-End

Linkin Park has appeared on several Billboard Decade-End Charts. Linkin Park was ranked number 19 on ''Billboards 100 Best Artists of the Decade. This made Linkin Park the fifth best performing group and third best performing rock artist (behind Nickelback and Creed). Linkin Park ended the decade as the third best selling artist (behind Eminem and Britney Spears).

The band topped the decade as the Top Mainstream Rock Tracks Artist and Top Modern Rock Tracks Artist, making them the most successful rock group of the decade having accumulated over thirteen #1 hits and a total of 84 weeks at the top of both charts. Linkin Park achieved eight and four Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Top Tracks of the decade, respectively (more than any other artist). The band was the fifth best performing artist on the Billboard 200 this decade with three #1 albums (five Top 5 albums), becoming the best charting group and rock artist of the decade on the chart. The band achieved three Top Billboard 200 albums this decade (Collision Course, Meteora, Minutes To Midnight).

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!width="35"| Year
! style="width:200px;"| Charted Work
! style="width:220px;"| Decade-End Chart
!width="50"| Rank
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="25"| 2009
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| Linkin Park
| Billboard Artists of the Decade
| (#19)
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| Hot 100 Artists
| (#56)
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| Billboard 200 Album Artists
| (#5)
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| Hybrid Theory
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| Billboard 200 Albums
| (#11)
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| Meteora
| (#36)
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| Minutes To Midnight
| (#154)
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| Linkin Park
| Radio Songs Artists
| (#50)
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| "In the End"
| Radio Songs
| (#65)
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| Linkin Park
| Hot Digital Songs Artists
| (#36)
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| "What I've Done"
| Hot Digital Songs
| (#95)
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| "In the End"
| Pop Songs
| (#36)
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| Linkin Park
| Rock Songs Artists
| (#1)
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| "In the End"
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="8"| Rock Songs
| (#2)
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| "Faint"
| (#13)
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| "Numb"
| (#22)
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| "Somewhere I Belong"
| (#33)
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| "One Step Closer"
| (#43)
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| "Crawling"
| (#45)
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| "What I've Done"
| (#77)
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| "Breaking the Habit"
| (#84)
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| Linkin Park
| Alternative Songs Artists
| (#1)
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| "In the End"
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| Alternative Songs
| (#2)
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| "Faint"
| (#8)
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| "Numb"
| (#15)
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| "Somewhere I Belong"
| (#24''')
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References

External links
 Official site

Lists of awards received by American musicians
Awards