Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards. It achieved mainstream success with its debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200’s album charts in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era.

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, selling over 10 million units in the United States alone and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also reaching high positions on other charts worldwide, despite receiving mixed reviews from publications. It has also sold 24 million copies worldwide as of 2009, including over 10 million in the U.S. which makes it the band's best-selling album, the second best-selling album of the 21st century so far, and The Best selling Debut Album of all Time.
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Track listings:

1. 	"Papercut"   	 	   3:05
2. 	"One Step Closer"   	   2:36
3. 	"With You"   	 	   3:23
4. 	"Points of Authority"      3:20
5. 	"Crawling"   	 	   3:29
6. 	"Runaway"   	 	   3:04
7. 	"By Myself"   	 	   3:10
8. 	"In the End"   	 	   3:36
9. 	"A Place for My Head"      3:05
10. 	"Forgotten"   	 	   3:15
11. 	"Cure for the Itch"   	   2:37
12. 	"Pushing Me Away"   	   3:12
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A Few Facts:

* Critical opinion for Hybrid Theory was mixed. Some critics gave the album positive reviews; Stephanie Dickison of PopMatters commented that the band was a "far more complex and talented group than the hard rock boy bands of late", and claimed that "they will continue to fascinate and challenge music's standard sounds."

* The music that would ultimately become the Hybrid Theory album was first produced by Linkin Park in 1999 as a nine-track demo tape. The band sent this tape to various recording companies and played forty-two different showcases for recording industry representatives, including performances for Los Angeles promoter and imprasario, Mike Galaxy's showcase at The Gig on melrose .

* Linkin Park was formed in 1999 when lead vocalist Chester Bennington joined the five members of the rock group Xero: guitarist Brad Delson, MC Mike Shinoda, drummer Rob Bourdon, turntablist Joe Hahn, and bassist Dave Farrell.