The Hunting Party 2014 Resume

#36 Global Chart Top 40 (900.000)
#63 United States Top 100 (266.000)
#9 German Top 50
#10 Japan Top 50 (73.861) (INTERNATIONAL ALBUM CHART)

10 Best Linkin Park Songs (loudwire.com)

10. What started off as Mike Shinoda's epic instrumental track called 'Drawing' eventually turned into a more fleshed-out hit single called 'Breaking the Habit.' Though it was the final song released off their 'Meteora' album, it's turned into one of their more enduring tracks, perhaps due to the personal nature of the lyrics. Chester Bennington belts, "I don't know how I got this way / I know it's not alright / So I'm breaking the habit" with every ounce of emotion.



9. 'Waiting for the End' just has that bouncy groove that both differentiates itself and makes it a natural fit as one of Linkin Park's 10 best songs. Bennington described the track as having a "summertime vibe," and the combination of Rob Bourdon's drums and Joe Hahn's samples really give the track that special sound. Add in Shinoda's rasta-like rapping with Bennington's more melodic delivery and you've got the makings of something special.
Listen to 'Waiting for the End'


8. 'Crawling' will always hold a special place for Linkin Park as it gave them their first Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Bennington delivers one of his fiercest screams to date, but admits it's one of the more difficult songs to perform. He told Spin, "[It's] about feeling like I had no control over myself in terms of drugs and alcohol … This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another."
Listen to 'Crawling'



7. 'With 'Bleed It Out,' Shinoda got a chance to come to the forefront though the 'Minutes to Midnight' album as a whole featured less of his rap style that its predecessors. The clap-along rocker was a meta track about the perfection they put into their recording process, with Shinoda spelling out their drive in the opening line: "Here we go for the hundredth time / hand grenade pins in every line / Throw 'em up and let something shine / Going out of my f---ing mind." Thankfully they did bleed it out and dig a little deeper, cause this song is no throw away.



6. 'Lying From You' is the perfect example of what the band did best early in their career and is a must for the 10 Best Linkin Park Songs list. It starts with a Joe Hahn viola-infused keyboard sample, then gives way to some hard-hitting Bourdon drumming, gritty guitar and bass work from Brad Delson and Phoenix Farrell and is offset with some of Shinoda's best rhymes and Bennington's supreme screams. It's no wonder the track has become a live favorite over the years.



5. Linkin Park delivered one of their hardest songs to date with 'Given Up' off the 'Minutes to Midnight' album. Guitarist Brad Delson shines on this track, not only for the infectious guitar lick that drives the song, but also for the keys jingling at the start of the cut. It's also notable for Bennington's excessive 17-second scream before the final chorus that drives home the alienation laid out in the lyrics.



4. Linkin Park's early sampling along with a sped up guitar track from Delson and some dexterous drumming from Bourdon make 'Faint' one of the band's more distinguishable songs. Though the title is never uttered in the track, the song itself is about making sure that you're never so faint that your opinion isn't heard. As Bennington belts, "I can't feel the way I did before / Don't turn your back on me / I won't be ignored."



3. 'One Step Closer' is the track for you. Linkin Park's ode to frustration ended up being the song that broke them to a mass audience. As a calling card, you could do a lot worse that Bennington's in-your-face declaration, "Shut up when I'm talking to you." As for the question of who was about to make Bennington break, the vocalist revealed in a 2011 with Kerrang that some of the lyrics were inspired by producer Don Gilmore who had repeatedly asked the band to rework the song.



2. 'Numb' is definitely one of Linkin Park's more powerful songs, speaking heavily about trying to live up to someone else's expectations. Bennington cuts right to the heart of the matter, singing, "Don't know what you're expecting of me / Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes / Every step that I take is another mistake to you." Blending equal parts melody and aggression, 'Numb' has become one of the band's most beloved tracks.



1. Though 'One Step Closer' was the song that broke Linkin Park, 'In the End' was the track that made sure that fans were around to stay. The song's perfect blend of melancholy melody and angst-driven aggression showed the range of what the band could do. While Bennington may say in the track that he tried so hard, but in the end nothing really mattered, Linkin Park fans might disagree. The craftsmanship put on this cut made it a solid choice for the top of the 10 Best Linkin Park Songs list.

The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014 (kerrang.com)

Billboard Year-End 2014

#67 Top Billboard 200 Albums
#44 Top Billboard 200 Artists
#29 Top Rock Artists
#2 Hard Rock Albums Artists
#2 Hard Rock Albums
#10 Mainstream Rock Artists
#10 Top Rock Albums Artists
#12 Top Rock Albums
#16 Top Rock Artists
#49 Social 50 Artists
#12 Catalog Albums (Hybrid Theory)

Best Selling SoundScan Albums of 2000s (Billboard)

2001 #01 4.810.000 Hybrid Theory
2002 #17 2.139.000 Hybrid Theory
2003 #03 3.478.361 METEORA
2007 #07 2.098.941 Minutes To Midnight

The Hunting Party (19 week)

Total: 834.000

#25 2014 Globally Top 40 
#51 US Globally Top 100 (248.000)
#164 Worldwide iTunes Album Chart Point Totals (1.303.636)

Top 10 Cross-Genre Collaborations (guestlist.net)

10. Driven To Tears – Robert Downey Jr and Sting
9.  Let Me Blow Ya Mind – Eve and Gwen Stefani
8. American Boy – Estelle and Kanye West
7. Take Off Your Cool – OutKast and Norah Jones

6. Numb/Encore – Linkin Park and Jay-Z
A perfect example of how well rock and rap can really work.  Even Linkin Park haters cannot deny this track is good. A very well-blended sound considering it’s the fusion of two vastly different tracks.

5. Heard Em’ Say – Kanye West and Adam Levine
4. You Got The Dirtee Love – Florence and The Machine and Dizzee Rascal
3. Dancing In The Street (1985) - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
2. Stan – Eminem and Dido
1. Walk This Way – Aerosmith and Run DMC.

Top 10 Best Albums of 2000s According to Kerrang

10. System of a Down - Toxicity

9. Paramore - Riot!

8. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

7. Tool - Lateralus

6. Mastodon - Leviathan

5. Deftones - White Pony

4. Biffy Clyro - Puzzle

3. Slipknot - Iowa

2. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

1. Green Day - American Idiot

The Hunting Party (13 week)

Total: 783 000
#OUT Global Chart Top 40  (17.000)
#24 2014 Globally Top 40 (+1)
#47 US Globally Top 100 (235,00) (-2)

Final Masquerade
#2 Kerrang! Radio Airplay Chart (Aug 25 to Sep 21) (-1)
#63 Germany Airplay Top 200 (+1) 5 weeks

Until It's Gone
#2 Daily US Radio Active Rock Top 50  (-1) (1619  spins)
#5 US Big Rock 100  (IMPS 1,902,589/SPINS 1,202) (=)

Hybrid Theory Nielsen SoundScan

#16 USA's Best Selling  Albums - 10,251,000
#116 2014 YTD -  118,000

10 Nu-Metal Albums You Need to Own (revolvermag.com)

Korn, ‘Korn’

Deftones, ‘Around the Fur’

Limp Bizkit, ‘Significant Other’

System of a Down, ‘Toxicity’

Slipknot, ‘Slipknot’

Mudvayne, ‘L.D. 50′

Papa Roach, ‘Infest’

P.O.D., ‘Satellite’

Linkin Park, ‘Hybrid Theory’

Where their peers dabbled in hip-hop, Linkin Park had genre credibility in MC/producer/designer/guitarist Mike Shinoda; they also had a singer, in the charismatic Chester Bennington, with genuine vocal chops. And it was his hooks on irresistible “Crawling” and “In the End” that made Linkin Park’s gazillion-selling debut such a smash.

Sevendust, ‘Sevendust’

The Hunting Party (12 week)

Total: 766 000
#27 Global Chart Top 40  (20.000) (-1)
#25 2014 Globally Top 40 (+1)
#45 US Globally Top 100 (231,00) (-1)

Final Masquerade
#1 Kerrang! Radio Airplay Chart (Aug 17 to Sep 13) (=)
#64 Germany Airplay Top 200 (+3) 4 weeks
#89 Italy Top 100 NEW

Until It's Gone
#1 Daily US Radio Active Rock Top 50 (1711 spins)
#5 US Big Rock 100  (IMPS 1,978,178/SPINS 1,240) (+1)

The Hunting Party (11 week)

Total: 746 000
#26 Global Chart Top 40  (22.000) (-8)
#16 European Top 200
#37 Worldwide iTunes Top 250
#26 2014 Globally Top 40 (+2)
#44 US Globally Top 100 (227,00) (=)

Top 10 rock bands to see live in concert in 2014 (digitaljournal.com)

1. Aerosmith
2. Def Leppard
3. Kiss
4. Linkin Park.
The best way that a Linkin Park live show could be described is electrifying. At Jones Beach, they played their new music from their latest album The Hunting Party, and they soared on their hit singles "In the End," "Castle of Glass" and "Numb." It 5. Marshall Tucker Band.
6. Queen featuring Adam Lambert.
7. REO Speedwagon.
8. Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.
9. The Script.
10. Thirty Seconds to Mars.

TOP 10 DEBUT ALBUMS (reviewcasteruk.com)

1. Death From Above 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine

2. Pearl Jam – Ten

3. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

4. The Smiths – The Smiths

5. Jeff Buckley – Grace

6. The Libertines – Up The Bracket

7. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory

At the turn of the millennium, Linkin Park released a record that brought ferocious grooves, crunching riffs and intelligent, expertly executed lyrics into an encroaching amalgam, redefining rap metal in the process. A superb record that, 14 years on, Linkin Park haven’t bettered.

8. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid

9. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

10. Deftones – Adrenaline

Final Masquerade
#1 Kerrang! Radio Airplay Chart (Aug 09 to Sep 05)
#67 Germany Airplay Top 200 (+8) 3 weeks
#81 Portugal Airplay Top 100 (+8) 3 weeks

Until It's Gone
#2 Daily US Radio Active Rock Top 50 (1628 spins)
#6 US Big Rock 100  (IMPS 1,859,864/SPINS 1,208)

German Certifications (BVMI)

Album Gold: 100.000

Single Gold: 200.000

Album Platin: 200.000

Single Platin: 400.000

The Hunting Party (10 week)

Total: 724 000

#18 Global Chart Top 40 

#16 European Top 200

#37 Worldwide iTunes Top 250

#28 2014 Globally Top 40

#44 US Globally Top 100 (221,00)

USA: Top 20 New Acts Since 2000

1. Linkin Park (24,590,000).
The rock band debuted in October 2000 with Hybrid Theory, which remains its best-selling album (10,218,000). The album spawned the hit single, “In the End,” which reached the top five on Billboard’s Hot 100.

2. Nickelback (23,057,000).
3. Taylor Swift (22,814,000).
4. Rascal Flatts (22,790)
5. Josh Groban (22,313,000).
6. Nelly (21,817,000).
7. Norah Jones (19,013,000).
8. Alicia Keys (18,371,000).
9. Michael Bublé (18,055,000).
10. Coldplay (17,834,000).
11. 50 Cent (16,774,000).
12. P!nk (16,062,000).
13. Beyoncé (15,392,000)
14. John Mayer (14,799,000).
15. Carrie Underwood (14,667,000).
16. Ludacris (14,273,000).
17. Adele (13,720,000).
18. Kelly Clarkson (13,429,000).
19. 3 Doors Down (13,336,000).
20. Kanye West (12,800,000).

the hunting party (sixth week)

Total: 590 000
#9 Global Chart
# 39 Worldwide iTunes

#4 Finland
#9 Germany
#6 Switzerland
#18 Czech Republic
#12 Austria
#17 Portugal
#27 Poland
#12 Belgium
#23 Italy
#29 Japan
#32 USA (8, 221)
#39 Australia
#26 New Zealand
#45 France
#50 UK

Feature: Linkin Park Stories from Musicians and Actors

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It’s easy to feel the imprint of Linkin Park across the modern rock landscape. Whether it’s in the metallic melody of Bring Me The Horizon and Of Mice & Men or the hip-hop rock hybrid theory of Hollywood Undead, you can hear the California outfit’s

Linkin Park stories from Musicians & Actors via ARTISTdirect http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/feature-linkin-park-stories-from-musicians-and-actors/11050747

the hunting party (fifth week)

Total: 548 000
#10 Global Chart
# 30 Worldwide iTunes

#4 Finland
#7 Germany
#7 Switzerland
#7 Czech Republic
#8 Austria
#15 Portugal
#18 Poland
#18 Belgium
#20 Italy
#23 Japan
#31 USA
#31 Australia
# 35 New Zealand

the hunting party (fourth week)

Total: 498.000
#7 Global Chart 
# 9 Worldwide iTunes

#3 Hungary
#4 Germany
#4 Switzerland
#5 Czech Republic
#5 Austria
#11 Canada
#11 Italy
#15 Portugal
#15 Poland
#15 Belgium
#17 UK
#18 Japan
#19 New Zealand
#19 Finland
#23 USA (10,880)
#25 Australia

The Hunting Party (third week)

Total: 441.000
#11 Worldwide

#2 Hungary
#3 Germany
#4 Switzerland
#4 Czech Republic
#6 Austria
#8 Canada
#8 Portugal
#10 Finland
#11 Italy
#11 Norway
#12 Japan
#14 Poland
#16 USA (13,071)
#16 Belgium
#17 New Zealand
#17 Australia
#21 UK
#22 France
#25 Spain

The Hunting Party (second week)

Total: 369.000
#5 Worldwide

#1 Hungary
#3 Gemany
#3 Belgium
#4 Switzerland
#5 Canada
#5 Austria
#5 Portugal
#5 Czech Republic
#7 Finland
#7 Poland
#8 USA (27,753)
#8 UK
#8 Japan
#8 Italy
#11 New Zealand
#11 Norway
#11 Australia
#11 Belgium
#13 Spain
#17 France

a-simple-fan:

mãe, sabe que eu te amo né ? hsauhsaiuuha

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'The Hunting Party' worldwide debut week.

Total: 270.000
#2 Worldwide

#1 Gemany
#1 Switzerland
#1 Czech Republic
#2 UK
#2 New Zealand
#2 Austria
#3 USA (113,810)
 - #1 Top Rock Albums
 - #1 Alternative Albums
 - #1 Hard Rock Albums
#3 Belgium
#3 France
#3 Australia
#3 Belgium
#3 Canada
#4 Japan
#4 Italy
#6 Finland
#6 Spain
#6 Ireland
#8 Netherlands
#13 Norway

Linkin Park's 'The Hunting Party': Track-by-Track Review

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There’s a war going down on the new Linkin Park album, the band’s first since 2003 not produced by Rick Rubin. Without the guidance of their bearded generalissimo, these Cali rap-rock commandos go rogue, flinging missiles in all directions.

Linkin Park 'The Hunting Party' review: A pearl that shines with epic volume

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Leading Reviews of The Hunting Party

ultimate-guitar  8/10
loudwire 4/5
revolvermag 4/5
nme 6/10
rollingstone 2.5/5

Linkin Park: The Hunting Party | The Times

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Linkin Park’s latest album delivers straight-up rock.

Album Review: Linkin Park - The Hunting Party - CultNoise

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American rock band Linkin Park return this June with their sixth studio album. After receiving mixed reviews on their recent albums since choosing to try a different electronic sound, it seems they’re back to what they do best for their latest creation: The Hunting Party.

RATING: 8/10

Linkin Park: The Hunting Party review

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Linkin Park: The Hunting Party review

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When Linkin Park released their game-changing debut, Hybrid Theory in 2000, they immediately achieved headline status and it was clear we had something special. 

Rating: 8.5/10

Album review: Linkin Park, The Hunting Party - Entertainment - NZHerald News

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Loud. Spontaneous. Free. These aren’t attributes normally associated with Linkin Park, a band that spends so much time on studio tinkering their albums should come with stickers warning - New Zealand Herald

The Hunting Party

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Linkin Park - The Hunting Party (album review ) | Sputnikmusic

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Linkin Park - The Hunting Party review: Linkin Park take a massive step in the right direction.

Linkin Park's "Final Masquerade" becomes biggest digital song debut!

Worldwide iTunes Song:
1 Pharrell Williams - Happy
2 Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby
3 (+2013 ) LINKIN PARK - Final Masquerade
Highest new entry Top 10!
4 Calvin Harris - Summer
5 John Legend - All of Me
6 Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
7 Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake - Love Never Felt So Good”
8 Ariana Grande - Problem
9 Mr. Probz - Waves
10 Ed Sheeran - Sing