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A Thousand Suns (Album) by Linkin Park

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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 US Mainstream Rock Chart. The Lattermost Also Crossed Over To The Nation's Billboard Hot 100. 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 A Substantially More Pop-Oriented Record. Linkin Park Went On A Hiatus When Longtime Lead Vocalist Bennington Died In July 2017. In April 2022 Shinoda Revealed The Band Was Neither Working On New Music Nor Planning On 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!. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Linkin_Park Studio Albums
Hybrid Theory 2000 Meteora 2003 Minutes To Midnight 2007 A Thousand Suns 2010 Living Things 2012 The Hunting Party 2014 One More Light 2017

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A Thousand Suns Is The Fourth Studio Album By American Rock Band Linkin Park. It Was Released On September 8 2010 Under Warner Bros. Records. The Album Was Written By The Band While Production Was Handled By Linkin Park Vocalist Mike Shinoda And Rick Rubin Who Previously Worked Together To Produce The Band's Third Studio Album Minutes To Midnight 2007 . Recording Sessions For The Album Took Place At NRG Recording Studios In North Hollywood California From 2008 Until Early 2010. A Thousand Suns Is A Multi-Concept Album Dealing With Human Fears Such As Nuclear Warfare. The Band Has Acknowledged That The Album Is A Drastic Departure From Their Previous Work As They Experimented On Different And New Sounds For A Thousand Suns. Shinoda Stated In An Interview With MTV That The Album References Numerous Social Issues As Well As Blending Human Ideas With Technology. The Album's Title Comes From The Hindu Sanskrit Scripture The Bhagavad Gita "If The Radiance Of A Thousand Suns Were To Burst At Once Into The Sky That Would Be Like The Splendor Of The Mighty One " A Quote Made Famous By J. Robert Oppenheimer In Reference To The Atomic Bomb Which References The Numerous Apocalyptic Themes Of The Album. The Lead Single For The Album "The Catalyst" Was Sent To Radio And Released To Digital Music Retailers On August 2 2010. "The Catalyst" Peaked At The Billboard Alternative Songs And Rock Songs Charts As Well As Reaching #27 At The Billboard Hot 100 Upon The Album's Release. Three More Singles Were Released To Promote The Album Namely "Waiting For The End" "Burning In The Skies" And "Iridescent". "The Catalyst" And "Waiting For The End" Have Been Both Certified Gold By The RIAA. The Band Promoted The Album Through The A Thousand Suns World Tour From October 2010 To September 2011. Upon Release The Album Was Met With Positive Reviews But It Polarized Critics And Fans Over The Band's New Direction. Despite This The Album Has Been A Commercial Success Debuting At Number One On Over Ten Charts. The Album Has Been Certified Gold By The RIAA On February 2011 And Has Sold 840 000 Copies In The United States As Of April 2012.