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Linkin Park

Hugely successful rock act fused metal, industrial, and pop styles with hip-hop to great effect, even collaborating with Jay-Z.

Biography

Alternative metal quintet Linkin Park signed to Warner Bros. after being turned down three times in late 1999 and got to work on their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was released in 2000. Singles such as "Crawling" and "One Step Closer" were massive radio hits and video favorites among the TRL crowd on MTV. The follow-up to their eight-times-platinum debut, Meteora was released in 2003. The first single, "Somewhere I Belong," was an instant hit. In late 2004, Linkin Park embarked on their most ambitious project yet: Collision Course, a collaboration with rapper Jay-Z. Minutes to Midnight followed in 2007. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

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