Mike Commemorates Hybrid Theory's 7th Anniversary

October 24th was the seven-year anniversary of the release of Linkin Park's debut album Hybrid Theory. The album has been by far the most successful of Linkin Park records, earning them a Diamond certification, the RIAA's highest accolade, by selling over ten million albums in the U.S. alone. Worldwide estimates have Hybrid Theory's sales numbers at around twenty million copies. To this day, the album accounts for around half of the band's fourty million plus albums sold worldwide.

Mike recently posted a nostalgic blog about the album's anniversary on the band's MySpace page, recounting early stories of the band's existence, and thanking fans for their commitment throughout the years. You can read the entire blog here.

Thanks to Dean and thesungoesdown!

Billboard Charts: October 18th, 2007

Billboard Top 200 Albums
Minutes To Midnight - #36 (Last week - #32)
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Bleed It Out - #2 (Last week - #2)
What I've Done - #11 (Last week - #9)
Shadow of the Day - #27 (Last week - #35)
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
Bleed It Out - #4 (Last week - #4)

Not much positive progress was made on this week's charts, as Minutes To Midnight fell four spots on the Top 200 Albums charts and "Bleed It Out" stayed at #2 and #4 on the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts respectively. In "What I've Done" news, the single fell two spots on the Modern Rock charts and out of the top twenty on the Mainstream Rock tallies.

However, "Shadow of the Day" did leap onto the Modern Rock charts with a #27 entry. Expect it to enter the top twenty next week.

Shadow of the Day Video Premiere

According to MTV Germany's Official Website, Linkin Park's newest music video, "Shadow of the Day" will be premiering on the "Rockzone" program this Wednesday, October 17th. The program airs at 11:05 PM German time, so to all fans in Germany, be sure to keep an eye out for it.

Thanks to danielpsoad-09 for the news!

UPDATE: The video is now available for streaming on www.thebuzz.com, it's on the bottom left of the page.

Billboard Charts: October 11th, 2007

Billboard Top 200 Albums
Minutes To Midnight - #32 (Last week - #31)
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Bleed It Out - #2 (Last week - #3)
What I've Done - #9 (Last week - #10)
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
Bleed It Out - #4 (Last week - #3)
What I've Done - #19 (Last week - #19)

On this week's charts, Minutes To Midnight managed to slow the rapid decline it experienced on the Top 200 Albums charts for the previous two weeks, which saw the album fall a total of twenty spots. The album dropped one spot to #32.

The Modern Rock charts surprised us twice this week. "Bleed It Out" returned to the #2 position on the charts, after falling one spot last week. Whether the single will hit #1 is still very much up in the air. "What I've Done" also jumped one spot to #9. WID has been stubborn on the charts as of late, refusing to give up much, in any, ground.

On the mainstream charts, BIO fell one spot to #4, while WID stayed at #19 for a second consecutive week

Linkin Park Busts a Rhyme...with Busta Rhymes?

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Busta Rhymes has revealed that Linkin Park will be featured on a new track of his titled "It Looks Like We Made It" off of his highly anticipated new album, "Back On My BS" currently scheduled for a December 4th release.

“It feels like Rocky won the fight or something,” he says of the triumphant track. “It reminds the people who are successful to go and help those that haven’t been so successful, and represent the unity between people. This song speaks volumes to the globe — it ain’t just about the ‘hood, it ain’t just about the suburbs, it’s about everybody. This is one of those songs that can’t be described better than touching the souls of the common people.”'

As of this time it is unknown as to whether or not the whole band will make an appearance, or just Mike and Chester, but we will be sure to let you know as more information becomes available.

Thanks to flipboards19 for the news!

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdail...ple-on-new-lp/

LP Nominated For Three AMA's

Linkin Park racked up three nominations for this year's American Music Awards for following categories listed below:

Best Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Nickleback

Best Pop/Rock Album
"Daughtry" - Daughtry
"Minutes To Midnight" - Linkin Park
"FutureSex/LoveSounds" - Justin Timberlake

Best Alternative Artist
Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
White Stripes

To view a complete list of categories and nominees, click here.

For the first time, the viewing public will be able to vote for their favorite nominated artists online to choose the winner. Jimmy Kimmel will host the event and it will air on Sunday, November 18th, on ABC.

Please check back for the show time and the link on where to vote for the selected nominated artists.

Thanks to Neotriple for the news!

Chart Watch

Billboard Top 200 Albums
Minutes To Midnight - #31 (Last week - #21)
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Bleed It Out - #3 (Last week - #2)
What I've Done - #10 (Last week - #10)
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
Bleed It Out - #3 (Last week - #5)
What I've Done - #19 (Last week - #15)

For the second straight week, Minutes To Midnight fell ten spots on the Top 200 Albums charts, this week to #31. The album is in dire need of a new single to propel itself back up the charts.

Singles-wise, "Bleed It Out" fell one spot to #3 on the Modern Rock charts, putting itself in danger of becoming the first single since Reanimation's "Pts.of.Athrty" to fail to hit #1 on the charts. Meanwhile, the song jumped two spots to #3 on the Mainstream Rock charts.

New Video!!!!!

For those of you who are currently unaware, DJ Joseph Hahn recently finished directing a music video for Linkin Park's newest single "Shadow of The Day," which is expected to debut sometime later this month. Should you wish to get a sneak peek of this latest video, you can now head on over to Joseph Hahn's official SlamXHype blog to see a screencap of the video in action. Looks like we're in for another hit from the brilliant Mr. Hahn!

You can also view a picture of the set here.

In addition, a short video clip of the shoot has been posted on Known Gallery/The Seventh Letter's blog, here.

MTV Music Awards

2007 MTV Europe Music Awards

10/1/07

Linkin Park have been nominated, by you, in three categories at the 2007 MTV Europe Awards. The EMAs takes place November 1st at Munich, Germany's Olympiahalle. The band are nominated for the following awards; Rock Out 30 Seconds To Mars Evanescence Fall Out Boy Linkin Park My Chemical Romance Band of 2007 Fall Out Boy Good Charlotte Linkin Park My Chemical Romance Tokyo Hotel Album of the Year Akon - Convicted Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight Nelly Furtado - Loose You may remember that Fall Out Boy were the ones who stole the Best Rock award at the MTV VMAs a few weeks ago. Don't let it happen again, so vote! You can vote by going to the MTV EMAs website.

Chart Watch

Billboard Charts: September 27th, 2007

10/1/07

Billboard Top 200 Albums Minutes To Midnight - #21 (Last week - #11) Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Bleed It Out - #2 (Last week - #2) What I've Done - #10 (Last week - #10) Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Bleed It Out - #5 (Last week - #5) What I've Done - #18 (Last week - #15) Due to an influx of ten new albums in the top 20 of that Top 200 albums charts, Minutes To Midnight suffered its worse decline in its history on the charts, falling ten spots to #21. Singles-wise, "Bleed It Out" stayed at the same position for a third straight week on both the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts, at #2 and #5 respectively. "What I've Done", nearly eight months removed from first hitting radio airwaves, is still kicking and screaming as its being pulled down the rock charts. The single is still in the top ten on the Modern Rock charts, staying at #10 for a second straight week. The song fell three spots to #18 on the Mainstream tallies