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Jumat, 02 Desember 2011

WESTLIFE (english)

Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden (left the band in 2004). The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one. Westlife have sold over 44 million records worldwide which includes studio albums, singles, video release, and compilation albums. Despite the group's worldwide success, they only have one hit single in the United States, "Swear It Again", which peaked in 2000 on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 20. The band were originally signed by Simon Cowell and are managed by Louis Walsh. The group have accumulated 14 number-one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard. The group had also broken a few records, including "Music artist with most consecutive number 1's in the UK", which consists of their first seven singles and only behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley. The Official Charts Company credited Westlife as the second biggest-selling artist and biggest-selling band of the decade.It is also noted that Westlife are the most successful boy band to orginate from Ireland. With sales in excess of 44 million, 14 UK number ones and 25 top ten singles. They also certified that Westlife have sold 20.2 million records and videos in the UK across their 14-year career - 6.8 million singles, 11.9 million albums and 1.5 million videos.On 1 June 2008, Westlife marked their tenth anniversary with a concert in Croke Park, Dublin which had more than 83,000 fans attending the special occasion. Music Week revealed on their website that Westlife are the official third top touring act within the years 2005–2008, while they were seventh top touring act of 2008. Also in 2008, they were declared Ireland's ninth-richest celebrities under 30 years old and thirteenth in general with 36 million euros as a group. In 2009, they dropped as sixteenth richest Irish with estimated 8 million euros each. They were named as the fourth most hard-working music artist in UK by PRS in 2010.In August 2011, it was reported in the Irish Examiner that the profits of the band's firm grew five-fold in 2010.On 19 October 2011, Westlife announced they were to split after their Greatest Hits album due for release at the end of 2011 and a farewell tour in Spring 2012.


Quintet to quartet: Back Home: 2004–08
Less than a month after McFadden's departure, the group kicked off their "Turnaround Tour". A live version from the said tour of "Flying Without Wings" was released as an official UK download, earning them the title of the very first UK Downloads #1. In September 2004, they were about to perform on the world-renowned World Music Awards as they were recognized as the Best Irish Act of that year but the little did know that it wasn't broadcast worldwide unfortunately.[34] They then put out a Rat Pack-inspired album, ...Allow Us to Be Frank, peaking at #3. No singles were released in the UK from this album. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head", accompanied with a music video, was released as a physical single in other European countries. "Smile" and "Fly Me to the Moon", with music videos as well, were released as digital downloads only. Prior to the album release, Westlife scouted for "the perfect fan" to help promote their album from their one-season special show "She's the One", presented by Kate Thornton.[35] After X Factor-style auditions, they found Joanne Hindley, who recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" with the group.[9] To mark this special collaboration, a special programme was televised, showing auditions and live performances. Performers included Joanne, Westlife members' fathers and glamour model Katie Price, Il Divo and Kevin Spacey. Westlife continued to tour Europe as part of their "The Number Ones Tour", before taking a four-month break from work.[36] On 4 May 2005, Westlife lost their battle for European trademark from the German trademark "West".[37]
In October 2005, Westlife returned with their comeback single, "You Raise Me Up", which was taken from their Face to Face album. On 5 November 2005, both the album and the single were at No. 1 in the UK at the same time at the second week of the single. It was the first time that Westlife have held both top album and single position in the same week.[38][39] "You Raise Me Up" was awarded as their fourth Record of the Year in UK for 2005. In December that year, the group released "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", a duet with Diana Ross, as the second single and it debuted at its peak position of #2.[40] Westlife then released a third single, "Amazing", which debuted at No. 4 and marked as the group's lowest-selling single yet.[41] After that, Westlife embarked on the "Face to Face Tour", travelling extensively to the UK, Ireland, Australia and Asia. This tour marked the first time that Westlife travelled to mainland China for a concert.[42][43] In late 2006, Westlife signed a brand new five-album deal with Sony BMG. Their eighth album, The Love Album, was a "love" concept album which consisted of popular love song covers. The album outsold other compilation albums by Oasis, The Beatles, and U2 in its first week of release and went straight to #1. The first single from The Love Album was a cover version of Bette Midler's classic, "The Rose", which became their 14th UK No. 1 single.[44]

The band on their 2006 concert tour
This made Westlife the third act (along with Cliff Richard) in the UK to have the most No. 1 singles, tailing behind Elvis Presley (21) and The Beatles (17). Westlife then kicked off their eighth world tour, "The Love Tour", in Perth, Australia.[45] The group then went on to other Australian cities before moving on to South Africa, the UK and Ireland.
On 5 November 2007, Westlife released their ninth album, Back Home, which contained nine new original songs along with three cover songs. The album debuted at No. 1 on the UK Music Charts and it was also 2007's fifth biggest selling album in the UK.[46] The first single released from the album was a cover of Michael Bublé's "Home", which peaked at No. 3 in the UK.[47][48] "I'm Already There", not released as a single, managed to chart in the UK based on downloads alone following a performance on an The X Factor episode. On 15 December 2007, they had a two-hour show called The Westlife Show where they performed 10 of their songs, some voted by the fans through online and some from Back Home. It was hosted by Holly Willoughby.[49] This time, Westlife together with Tesco brought out "The Definitive Westlife Quiz" that asked about the whole history about the group.[50] It was participated by thousands of fans worldwide. Months later, "Us Against the World" was announced and released as their second single in UK and Ireland. Before the release of the second single, they embarked on the Back Home Tour on 2008 February 25. This tour marked the first time that the group have travelled and performed to New Zealand, performing four sold-out shows in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth and Christchurch. Meanwhile, "Something Right" was released as the second single and "Us Against the World" became the third single in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Both songs performed well on several music charts.

10 years: Last two studio albums: 2008–11


Clip from their 2008 Back Home concert tour also seen on their 10 Years DVD
To mark their tenth year in music, Westlife staged a special 10 Years of Westlife sold-out concert at the world's thirty-third and Europe's fourth biggest stadium,[51] Croke Park, on 1 June 2008.[52] With a capacity of 82 300, it was the group's biggest show to date. Shayne Ward filled in as a support act for the concert,[53] which Kian described to be of a "pop extravaganza".[54] Shane confirmed that a corresponding live concert DVD will be released. The group announced that they will be on hiatus for a year after their Back Home Tour[55] and that there would not be an album release in 2008 as they would be spending more time on the production of their tenth album.[56] As promised, the group's official website confirmed on 27 September 2008 the release of a DVD on 24 November 2008 entitled 10 Years of Westlife – Live at Croke Park Stadium which went straight to No. 1 on UK, Ireland, South African, Hong Kong and New Zealand Music DVD charts.
As the group ended another successful tour, Louis Walsh announced in the show Xpose that 1 July 2008 is the official start of the longest hiatus of the group so far. He said that it will be a one-year break, from that day up to 1 July 2009. On 13 December 2008, while on a break, Westlife made an unexpected appearance on X Factor Final Performance Night where they performed "Flying Without Wings" with JLS. After the presentation, Shane and Nicky were interviewed on Xtra Factor with Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately of Boyzone. As JLS performed also "I'm Already There", Westlife's version of the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 63 while a new entry on Ireland Singles Chart at No. 47 due to extensive downloads only. On the last week of January 2009, a DVD entitled The Karaoke Collection was released. It contains some of their music video hits. In 27 February 2009 issue of Herald Ireland, Louis revealed that Simon already picked three new songs which he reckons to be instant hits. Nicky spread the word last 8 March 2009 that Westlife will come back to music charts when they start recording in June 2009 when he received his VIP Style Awards as the Most Stylish Man on X-pose, TV3. On 18 March 2009, they won the Best Irish Pop Act on 2009 Meteor Awards for the ninth consecutive time.
Their tenth album, Where We Are, was released on 30 November 2009 in the UK and peaked at No. 2 on both Irish and UK Albums Chart. The new single "What About Now", was released a few weeks earlier on 23 October 2009, with digital downloads being available the day before. The said single peaked at# 2 on both Irish and UK Singles Chart. Daughtry's original version of the song gained exposure on the audition rounds of The X Factor prior to Westlife's release. They were also part of the Haiti charity single in early 2010, "Everybody Hurts", an R.E.M. cover which was organised by Cowell.[57] The tour in support of this album is called "The Where We Are Tour". The video album for this said tour will be released in DVD and Blu-ray format in 29 November 2010.[58][59] The eleventh album was recorded and processed with songwriter/producer John Shanks in London and Los Angeles. It was entirely produced by Shanks.[60] On 19 September 2010, the single "Safe" was heard first on X Factor as a snippet; the group later performed the song on the show on 14 November 2010. The single was released on 14 November 2010. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 21 November 2010 at No. 10, giving the group their 25th Top 10 single in the United Kingdom. It is also their lowest charting lead single to date in the country. The new album named Gravity was released on a 22 November 2010.[61] It went to No. 1 on Ireland and No. 3 on UK. On March 2011, they started their eleventh major concert tour, Gravity Tour. On this tour marked the first time that the group travelled to Oman, Namibia, Guangzhou and Vietnam for concerts.


Vocal ability
The boyband concept is designed to have different parts and roles. Filan, Feehily and McFadden (pre-departure) all took part on the main vocals while Byrne and Egan usually perform the backing vocals and very occasional solos in songs up to the recent date. These are the classifications on vocal abilities: Filan has 'the popular tune' (mid-range to high voice) and thus sings the tenor-like melody most often, whereas Feehily has 'the soulful voice' and can go from quite low baritone notes through to a very high tenor voice. He sometimes sings falsetto. Byrne has 'the husky voice' and can sing high harmonies effortlessly, while Egan has 'the rocky voice' and usually does low harmonies.

Instruments

Westlife's main key instruments are their vocals. However some of them can play musical instruments, most notably Egan who plays piano, drums and guitar (he can be seen playing piano in the videoclip for "Angel"), and Feehily also plays piano. During their gigs and concert tours, they are accompanied by a band, acoustic and rock, and do not usually play instruments onstage.

Songwriting

Over years of their career, Westlife's music has evolved from teen pop to a pop sound, with an emphasis on ballads. Most of the group's hits have been composed by experienced songwriters, most notably Steve Mac and Wayne Hector. For the band's list of own songs composed, see Songs written.

Music and image

The band identify themselves as a pop band recording pop songs which comprises ballads and love songs. Westlife has been known for their teen pop songs during their early days with slow, mid, and uptempo songs. Albums known for teen pop sound are Westlife, Coast to Coast, World of Our Own and Turnaround. As the years progressed they tried different genres like jazz and big band in 2004 with Allow Us to Be Frank album and pop-rock in 2009 with their album Where We Are. As they also mature, they verge into adult contemporary being most evident on their cover album, The Love Album. Matured pop songs are also found on their LPs, Face to Face and Back Home, and Gravity. Filan answered when he was asked about the radical change in their music: "We’ve definitely changed – our music has evolved, but not drastically. Westlife is never going to drastically change, but I think we can get more exciting, different and more fun for the fans."[99]
Every Westlife album have always been a mixture of genres. R&B genre is evident as a sound of the band since the start where their voices were harmonising and blending with each other. We can hear it on their songs "When I'm With You", "How to Break a Heart", and "Sound of a Broken Heart". Acoustic genre also took place as they have its versions with their songs "My Love", "Flying Without Wings", and "If I Let You Go". Club or electronic sounds were also heard from their remixes on each singles released. Dance music is also a genre of Westlife as heard on their songs "When You're Looking Like That", "Bad Girls", "World of Our Own", "Beautiful Tonight", "No One's Gonna Sleep Tonight", and "Uptown Girl". Live music has came to their way as they have officially released recorded live sounds such as "You Raise Me Up" (Live at Croke Park) and "To Be With You". They did country music too like their recording of "Daytime Friends, Nighttime Lovers". As a pop band they are also inspired to cover songs that were different and put into their own genre which is pop (With the likes of "Home" from jazz music, "I'm Already There" from country music).
During their starting days, the band's musical content was mostly about love and inspirational songs but as they grew older, they have given the chance to have the songs that were from an individual's everyday experience in life. As for their image, they publicly begun as boyband with wholesome and clean-cut image. Now, they call themselves a manband with a more broad and manly looking image as they grow older.[100]


Discography
Main Article: Westlife discography, Westlife songlist, Westlife videography, Westlife filmography
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WESTLIFE (indonesia)

Westlife adalah sebuah grup musik dari Irlandia yang beranggotakan Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne, dan Mark Feehily. Satu anggota lainnya, Bryan McFadden, keluar pada 9 Maret 2004 agar dapat meluangkan lebih banyak waktu untuk kehidupan keluarganya dengan mantan anggota Atomic Kitten, Kerry Katona, meski mereka kemudian berpisah dan dia mengganti ejaan nama depannya menjadi 'Brian'.
Band ini terbukti sukses di Irlandia dan Britania Raya, dengan keberhasilannya mencetak 13 single nomor satu antara tahun 1999 dan 2005, antara lain:
  • "Swear It Again" (1999)
  • "If I Let You Go" (1999)
  • "Flying Without Wings", dengan BoA (dimuat di lagu tema film Pokémon 2000) (1999)
  • "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons In The Sun" (cover dari ABBA dan Terry Jacks) (1999)
  • "Fool Again" (2000)
  • "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (duet dengan Mariah Carey) (cover dari Phil Collins) (2000)
  • "My Love" (2000)
  • "Uptown Girl" (cover dari Billy Joel) (2001)
  • "Queen Of My Heart" (2001)
  • "World of Our Own" (2002)
  • "Unbreakable" (2002)
  • "Mandy" (cover dari Barry Manilow) (2003)
  • "You Raise Me Up" (2005)
Tidak semua single yang mereka buat mencapai peringkat pertama di tangga lagu Britania Raya:
  • "What Makes a Man" (2000) #2
  • "Bop Bop Baby" (2002) #5
  • "Tonight/Miss You Nights" (2003) #3
  • "Hey Whatever" (2003) #4
  • "Obvious" (2004) #3
Westlife juga empat kali berturut-turut memenangkan penghargaan "Record of the Year" ITV dengan single mereka "Flying Without Wings", "My Love", "Mandy", dan "You Raise Me Up". Di Indonesia album perdana mereka berhasil mendapat penghargaan 20 kali platinum untuk penjualan lebih dari satu juta kopi. Westlife memegang rekor untuk album asing terlaris dalam sejarah musik Indonesia dan juga merupakan satu-satunya artis internasional yang mampu menjual sebuah album di atas satu juta unit di wilayah Indonesia.Westlife tidak berhasil menembus industri permusikan di Amerika Serikat, walaupun single perdana mereka, "Swear it Again", pada waktu itu cukup populer di radio dan MTV AS. Pada acara MTV TRL, video klip "Swear it Again" pernah diminta beberapa kali, dan masuk pada chart "hot 100" di salah satu majalah di AS (Billboard Magazine) edisi musim panas di urutan ke-20.
Hingga kini mereka belum berhasil meraih kesuksesan serupa di AS. Album debut mereka gagal setelah dirilis pada 2000 dan itulah satu-satunya album mereka yang dirilis di sana. Hal tersebut tidak berarti tidak ada perkembangan fans Westlife di sana. Band ini juga sangat terkenal di Asia, Eropa, Australia, dan beberapa negara di Amerika selain AS.
Seperti boyband lainnya, album-album mereka ditujukan kepada para remaja perempuan, walaupun ada juga fan mereka yang pria (kurang lebih sebesar 20% fan dari Westlife adalah pria). Beberapa kali Westlife pernah tampil di beberapa tempat komunitas gay. Pada tanggal 19 Agustus 2005 salah satu anggota band mereka, Mark Feehily, menyatakan dirinya seorang gay kepada publik serta keberadaannya menjalin hubungan dengan seorang mantan anggota grup musik V bernama Kevin McDaid.

Diskografi

Referensi

  1. ^ http://www.midaspromotions.com/westlife.htm
  2. ^ Albumnya Laku 1 Juta, Westlife Kasih Penghargaan

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LINKIN PARK

Awal mula
Awal pembentukan Linkin Park yaitu pertemuan Mike Shinoda dan Brad Delson (gitaris Linkin Park) di kelas 7. Lalu mereka membentuk band bernama Xero. Brad juga bermain untuk band Relative Degree, salah satu personilnya yaitu Rob Bourdon (drummer Linkin Park). Mike berkenalan dengan Rob melalui Brad dan Rob bergabung dengan Xero. Saat kuliah, Brad berkenalan dengan Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (bassis Linkin Park) yang merupakan teman sekamar Brad. Mike, yang mengambil jurusan ilustrasi di Universitas Seni Pasadena, bertemu dengan Joe Hahn (turntablis Linkin Park). Kemudian, Dave Farrell dan Joe Hahn bergabung bersama Xero. Dave sempat meninggalkan Xero untuk bergabung kembali ke band lamanya, Tasty Snax.
Mulanya, mereka merekrut Mark Wakefield sebagai vokalis, lalu diambil alih oleh Chester Bennington (mantan vokalis Grey Daze) sampai sekarang, sedangkan Mike lalu jadi rapper. Sialnya, karena nama Xero sudah dipakai grup lain, mereka terpaksa mengganti nama menjadi Hybrid Theory. Lalu setelah ditolak 3 kali, Hybrid Theory berhasil diterima oleh sebuah perusahaan rekaman bernama Warner Bros. Records setelah sukses meluncurkan EP yang berjudul Hybrid Theory EP pada tahun 1999 sebanyak seribu keping. Namun, pada saat itu Mike sempat memiliki masalah dengan Jeff Blue, manahaernya. Jeff Blue mengatakan bahwa Mike tidak usah rapping, cukup bermain keyboard saja. Kejadian ini menginspirasi Mike untuk menulis lagu Get Me Gone (Fort Minor)
Sekali lagi, mereka terpaksa mengganti nama karena nama Hybrid Theory mirip dengan nama grup musik Hybrid yang berasal dari Wales. Daripada dianggap band yang sama, mereka memilih berubah nama lagi menjadi Linkin Park. Namun, sebelum bernama Linkin Park, mereka sempat mengganti namanya menjadi 0818. Nama ini juga baru diketahui pada pertengahan 2009, saat Brad Delson berbicara di acara wisuda di UCLA, Los Angeles, pertengahan 2009 lalu. Nama Linkin Park diambil Chester dari nama sebuah taman di Los Angeles, Lincoln Park. Agar bisa mengelola situs web sendiri, Chester mengubah ejaannya menjadi Linkin Park. Setelah itu, mereka berhasil membeli situs web

Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park saat konser di Praha, Ceko.
Linkin Park meluncurkan album pertamanya, Hybrid Theory, pada tanggal 24 Oktober 2000 dengan singel pertama One Step Closer. Namun, yang lebih terkenal adalah singel Crawling dan In the End. Lagu ini telah membuat Linkin Park menjadi populer. Penjualan album itu melebihi 15 juta keping. Linkin Park lalu merilis edisi spesial dari Hybrid Theory, dengan 2 lagu baru High Voltage (Reprise) dan My December (lagu).
Linkin Park lalu merilis album aransemen ulang dari Hybrid Theory, Reanimation. Album ini pun meraih kesuksesan dengan penjualan kira-kira 10 juta kopi. Singelnya, Pts.Of.Athrty, tidak sepopuler singel di Hybrid Theory, namun cukup terkenal. Linkin Park, melalui Mike Shinoda dan Joseph Hahn, juga sempat bekerja sama dengan band The X-ecutioners dalam pembuatan singel It's Goin' Down. Linkin Park juga membentuk kelompok fans mereka bernama Linkin Park Underground, serta mulai mengadakan tur sendiri bernama Projekt Revolution, setelah sering diundang ke festival musik.

Meteora

Tanggal 25 Maret 2003, Linkin Park merilis album kedua bertitel Meteora. Nama tersebut diambil dari nama tempat ibadah di atas puing-puing di Yunani. Album ini juga meraih kesuksesan dengan penjualan kira-kira 11 juta kopi. Singelnya adalah Somewhere I Belong, Faint, Numb, From the Inside, Lying from You, dan Breaking the Habit.
Meteora memenangkan banyak penghargaan. Antara lain Penghargaan MTV kategori "Video Rock Terbaik" untuk lagu "Somewhere I Belong" dan "Penghargaan Pilihan Pemirsa" (Breaking The Habit). Linkin Park juga memenangkan penghargaan lain yaitu "Penghargaan Musik Radio 2004", "Penghargaan Artis Tahun Ini" dan "Penghargaan Lagu Tahun Ini" melalui lagu "Numb". Mesikpun album Meteora tidak sesukses Hybrid Theory album ini masuk 3 besar penjualan album di Amerika Serikat tahun 2003.
Linkin Park juga mengadakan Projekt Revolution Tour ke-2 serta sibuk ikut konser. Di sela-sela waktu itu, Linkin Park berhasil menyelesaikan rekaman album konser mereka, "Live In Texas", yang berisi lagu-lagu saat konser Linkin Park di Texas.

Proyek sampingan

Mike Shinoda saat diwawancarai oleh MTV Thailand di Bangkok, Thailand.
Atas permintaan MTV, Linkin Park berkolaborasi dengan Jay Z dalam album "Collision Course". Materi album ini adalah remix dari sebagian lagu-lagu Linkin Park dalam album "Hybrid Theory" dan "Meteora" serta lagu-lagu Jay Z dalam album "Blueprint" serta "The Black Album". Album tersebut dirilis tahun 2004 dan menghasilkan 2 singel, yaitu Numb/Encore yang mendapat penghargaan Grammy kategori "Lagu Rap Terbaik" dan "Kolaborasi Terbaik".
Pada tahun 2005, Linkin Park lebih mengutamakan konser amal. Mereka membantu korban tsunami pada bulan Desember 2004 dalam konser bertajuk Music For Relief. Linkin Park juga membantu mengumpulkan uang untuk korban Badai Katrina tahun 2004. Sementara itu, Mike Shinoda bergabung dengan Fort Minor dalam album "The Rising Tied". Chester Bennington juga punya proyek solo yang dinamai Snow White Tan yang selanjutnya populer dengan nama Dead By Sunrise.
Pada 13 Oktober 2009, Dead By Sunrise meluncurkan album perdananya, yang berjudul Out Of Ashes. Namun sebelum mereka meluncurkan album, mereka terlebih dahulu merilis sebuah singel, yaitu Crawl Back In.
Linkin Park dan Artifical Life Inc. juga rencananya akan merilis game untuk iPhone dan iPod Touch, Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion, pada Januari 2010.

Minutes to Midnight

Pada tahun 2006, mereka mulai merekam materi untuk album terbaru Linkin Park, yaitu "Minutes To Midnight". Banyak yang mengkritik Linkin Park karena sering tertunda peluncurannya. Walaupun begitu, Linkin Park menjamin bahwa album tanggal 14 Mei 2007 ini pantas untuk dikoleksi. Menurut Linkin Park, mereka menamai album barunya "Minutes To Midnight" (menit-menit menuju tengah malam) karena adanya isu nuklir di bumi ini yang dapat menghancurkan dunia pada saat tengah malam.
Sebanyak 100 lagu demo telah diciptakan namun hanya 12 yang dimasukkan ke dalam album. Tidak heran kalau album ini direkam selama 14 bulan. Dalam album Minutes To Midnight, unsur musik nu metal kurang kental. Walaupun demikian, album ini tetap digemari. Buktinya adalah album ini terjual hampir sebanyak 625 ribu kopi dalam pekan pertamanya (sebuah rekor dalam tahun 2007). Album studio ketiga ini diproduseri oleh Mike Shinoda dan Rick Rubin, mantan personil Beastie Boys. Singel pertamanya, "What I've Done", sudah mulai diputar di radio pada tanggal 2 April 2007. Minutes To Midnight juga menduduki tangga teratas Billboard. Pada tanggal 20 Agustus 2007, Linkin Park merilis singel keduanya, yaitu "Bleed It Out". Dan, pada bulan Oktober, Linkin Park merilis singel "Shadow of the Day". Lalu disusul dengan Given Up (Maret 2008), dan singel terakhir dari "Minutes To Midnight", Leave Out All The Rest (Juli 2008).
Lagu "No Roads Left" bisa didapatkan melalui pemesanan lewat iTunes. Sementara lagu "Qwerty" bisa didapatkan di EP berjudul Linkin Park Underground v6.0.
Mereka juga merilis lagu "New Divide" yang dipakai untuk soundtrack film terbaru Transformers yaitu Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.Lagu ini juga sudah mencapai posisi 6 di Amerika Serikat, di Inggris mencapai posisi 20, dan mendapat penghargaan dalam kategori "Best Scream Song of the Year" di Spike TV.

Album Studio Keempat

Belakangan ini banyak yang berkata bahwa Linkin Park telah "mati". Padahal tidak. Mereka bahkan sedang bekerja pada album studio keempat mereka. Lagi-lagi Rick Rubin yang menjadi produsernya. Sampai pada Bulan November 2009, mereka sedang fokus pada 5 lagu, setelah sebelumnya terdapat 60 lagu demo, kemudian disaring menjadi 20. Durasinya pun akan lebih panjang dari lagu-lagu Linkin Park lain pada umumnya (sekitar 4-5 menit). Dan, untuk ke depannya, setelah album keempat dirilis, Linkin Park berjanji akan berusaha mengeluarkan album barunya lebih cepat. A Thousand Suns, inilah nama album keempat Linkin Park. Track Listing 1. The Requiem 2. The Radiance 3. Burning In The Skies 4. Empty Spaces 5. When They Come For Me 6. Robot Boy 7. Jornada Del Muerto 8. Waiting For The End 9. Blackout 10. Wretches And Kings 11. Wisdom, Justice, And Love 12. Iridescent 13. Fallout 14. The Catalyst 15. The Messenger

Aliran

Chester Bennington, vokalis Linkin Park, saat konser di The Globe Arena di Stockholm, Swedia.
Pada awal pembentukannya, Linkin Park beraliran rock. Setelah masuknya seorang DJ atau turntablis bernama Joe Hahn, Linkin Park mengganti alirannya menjadi hip-hop. Namun, pada album Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park mengganti lagi alirannya menjadi nu metal dan rapcore. Demikian juga pada album Meteora, hanya saja Linkin Park juga menambahkan unsur elektronika.
Pada album Minutes To Midnight, segalanya berubah total. Linkin Park benar-benar mengurangi unsur nu metal secara spesifik. Sebagai gantinya, Linkin Park menggunakan aliran alternative rock. Ini jelas sebuah eksperimen mengingat kesuksesan Linkin Park dengan genre nu metal dalam album sebelumnya. Tetapi, ternyata eksperimen itu berhasil.

Teknis

Linkin Park jarang menggunakan teknik melodi gitar namun petikan gitar. Selain itu, rap dari Mike Shinoda sering muncul di banyak lagu. Terkadang Chester berteriak dalam beberapa lagu.
Lagi-lagi, perubahan terjadi di album Minutes To Midnight. Linkin Park mengurangi unsur rap dari Mike. Rapnya hanya ada di 2 lagu, yaitu Bleed It Out dan Hands Held High. Sementara vokal Chester lebih dominan dibanding sebelumnya. Linkin Park juga bermain lebih lembut.

Linkin Park Underground

Ini adalah kelompok penggemar Linkin Park yang dibentuk tahun 2001 oleh Linkin Park dan Jessica Sklar. Jika bergabung dengan LPU (singkatannya) maka bisa memperoleh merchandise khusus untuk anggota LPU. Seperti kaus, asbak, buku, ringtone ekslusif, lagu ekslusif, video eksklusif, dan album LPU setiap tahunnya. Sejauh ini album LP Underground v9.0 merupakan terobosan terbaik, karena di dalam album itu seluruh lagunya adalah lagu-lagu demo yang belum pernah dirilis oleh Linkin Park sebelumnya. Ditambah lagi ada lagu demo Across The Line, sebuah lagu yang paling banyak dibicarakan pada forum Linkin Park sejak DVD Making of Minutes to Midnight dirilis. Lagu ini sebelumnya memiliki judul Japan.

Anggota Sekarang

  1. Chester Bennington – vokal
  2. Rob Bourdon – drum
  3. Brad Delson – gitar
  4. Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass
  5. Joseph Hahn – turntable, sampling
  6. Mike Shinoda – backing vokal, sampling, rap,keyboard, gitar

Mantan Anggota

  1. Mark Wakefield – Vokal
  2. Scott Koziol – Bass (Stand-in)
  3. Kyle Christener – Bass (Stand-in)
  4. Ian Hornbeck - Bass (Stand-in)

Diskografi

Album Studio

  1. Hybrid Theory - 24 Oktober 2000
  2. Meteora - 25 Maret 2003
  3. Minutes to Midnight - 15 Mei 2007
  4. Songs From The Underground EP - 27 November 2008
  5. A Thousand Suns - 14 September 2010

Album Linkin Park Underground

  1. LP Underground v1.0 (HTEP Re-release) (2001)
  2. LP Underground v2.0 (2002)
  3. LP Underground v3.0 (2003)
  4. LP Underground v4.0 (2004)
  5. LP Underground v5.0 (2005)
  6. LP Underground v6.0 (2006)
  7. LP Underground v7.0 (2007)
  8. LP Underground v8.0 (2008)
  9. LP Underground v9.0 (2009)
  10. LP Underground X : Demos (2010)

Album Konser

  1. Live In Texas - 18 November 2003
  2. Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes - 24 November 2008
  3. Live From SoHo (iTunes Exclusive EP) (2008)

Album Singel

  1. One Step Closer (2001)
  2. Crawling (2001)
  3. Papercut (2001)
  4. In The End, Pt.1 (2001)
  5. In The End, Pt.2 (2001)
  6. In The End EP (2002)
  7. Pts.of.Athrty (2002)
  8. Somewhere I Belong (2003)
  9. Faint (2003)
  10. Numb, Pt.1(2003)
  11. Numb, Pt.2 (2003)
  12. From The Inside (2004)
  13. Breaking The Habit (2004)
  14. MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents: Collision Course - Numb/Encore - Exlusive (2004)
  15. Numb/Encore (2004)
  16. What I've Done (2007)
  17. Bleed It Out (2007)
  18. Shadow Of The Day (2007)
  19. Given Up (2008)
  20. Leave Out All The Rest (2008)
  21. New Divide (2009)
  22. The Catalyst (2010)
  23. Waiting For The End (2010)
  24. Burning In The Skies (2011)
  25. Iridescent (2011)

Album Demo

  1. Hybrid Theory 8 Track Demo (1999)
  2. Hybrid Theory 2 Track Demo (1999)
  3. Hybrid Theory 9 Track Demo (1999)
  4. Raw Power (2000)
  5. The Wicked World Of Warner Bros./Reprise: Ozzfest Sampler 2000 (2000)
  6. Hybrid Theory Sampler Tape (2000)
  7. Linkin Park Sampler Tape (2000)

Album Remix

  1. Reanimation - 30 Juli 2002
  2. Collision Course - 30 November 2004

Beberapa band yang berhubungan dengan Linkin Park

  1. Fort Minor - Proyek sampingan Mike Shinoda
  2. Dead By Sunrise - Proyek sampingan Chester Bennington
  3. Hybrid Theory - Nama lama Linkin Park
  4. Xero - Nama lama Linkin Park
  5. Tasty Snax - Band lama Dave "Phoenix" Farrell
  6. Grey Daze - Band lama Chester Bennington
  7. Julien-K - Band yang bekerjasama dengan Chester Bennington di side-project mereka, Dead By Sunrise

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