Hybrid Theory is Linkin Park's debut album, released on October 24, 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album was the best-seller of the year 2001 in the United States (5th best selling in 2002), and was the most popular of the early-2000s nu metal/rapcore acts like Limp Bizkit, P.O.D, Korn and Kid Rock. Hybrid Theory is certified Diamond (10 times Platinum) in the US by RIAA. It is also the 21st century's highest selling debut album selling 19 million albums worldwide. Moreover, it is sometimes considered the most commercially successful album of the nu metal genre. It is notable for its absence of profanity, in contrast to many other nu metal bands' songs.

The name Hybrid Theory was originally that of the band. After a copyright issue with a British band named Hybrid, then finally Linkin Park. Chester had driven by a park named Lincoln Park every day after recording and suggested the name. Hybrid Theory was kept as the album title.

Track listing

1. "Papercut" - 3:04
2. "One Step Closer" - 2:35
3. "With You" - 3:23
4. "Points of Authority" - 3:20
5. "Crawling" - 3:29
6. "Runaway" - 3:04
7. "By Myself" - 3:09
8. "In the End" - 3:36
9. "A Place for My Head" - 3:04
10. "Forgotten" - 3:14
11. "Cure for the Itch" - 2:37
12. "Pushing Me Away" - 3:11

Personnel

• Brian Gardner - Digital Editing, Mastering
• Don Gilmore - Producer, Engineer
• Steve Sisco - Engineer
• Andy Wallace - Mixing
• The Dust Brothers - Beats
• James Minchin - Photography
• Matt Griffin - Assistant Engineer
• Joseph Hahn - Turntables, Sampling, Illustrations, Drawing, Sketches
• Mike Shinoda - Vocals, Emcee, Gutair, Keyboard, Engineer, Sampling, Digital Editing, Beats, Drawing, Sketches
• Scott Koziol - Bass
• Chester Bennington - Vocals
• Brad Delson - Guitar, Bass
• Rob Bourdon - Drums
• Jeff Blue - Executive Producer, A&R

Charting album positions

Billboard Music Charts

Year Chart Position

2001 The Billboard 200 № 2

2001 Top Canadian Albums № 16

2001 #1 album of the year in the New Zealand (RIANZ) annual chart

2001 Top Internet Albums № 25

2001 The Billboard 200 № 2

2002 The Billboard 200 № 2

2002 Top Canadian Albums № 5

2002 Top Internet Albums № 17

Charting singles

Year Single Chart Position

2000 One Step Closer Modern Rock Tracks № 5

2000 One Step Closer Mainstream Rock Tracks № 4

2000 One Step Closer The Billboard Hot 100 № 75

2001 Crawling The Billboard Hot 100 № 79

2001 Crawling Mainstream Rock Tracks № 3

2001 Crawling Modern Rock Tracks № 5

2001 In The End Modern Rock Tracks № 1

2001 In The End Mainstream Rock Tracks № 3

2002 In The End Adult Top 40 № 15

2002 Papercut Modern Rock Tracks № 32

2002 In The End Top 40 Mainstream № 1

2002 In The End Top 40 Tracks № 2

2002 In The End The Billboard Hot 100 № 2

2002 Runaway Mainstream Rock Tracks № 37

2002 Runaway Modern Rock Tracks № 40

2002 In The End Top 40 Adult Recurrents № 9

External links

• Hybrid Theory Album Art

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