Since Bennington's death they have only released anniversary editions of their first two studio albums and a greatest hits album, Papercuts. Linkin Park is both the best-selling band of the century and one of the best-selling music artists in the world, 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, ten MTV European Music Awards and three World Music Awards.
MTV named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third greatest band of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park at No. 1 on its list French Polynesia Email List of top artists of the decade. The band was named the greatest artist of the decade in VH's Bracket Madness poll. "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Today" by Kerrang! . History -: The Early Years Linkin Park, then known as Xero, held his first show at Whiskey a Go, a nightclub in West Hollywood, California.
Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends: Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon and Brad Delson. The three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles, California. After graduating from high school, the trio began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band, then called Xero. Despite limited resources, the band began recording and producing songs in a makeshift bedroom studio in Shinoda and released a four-track demo album titled Xero in .