Linkin Park is an American
rock band from
Agoura Hills,
California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album,
Hybrid Theory, which was certified
Diamond by the
RIAA in 2005 and
multi-platinum in several other countries.
[1] Its following studio album,
Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the
Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.
[2]In 2003,
MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third best of the new millennium behind
Oasis and
Coldplay.
[3]