Linkin Park's "Meteora" is released
217The Album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. And sold over 1 million copies in its first two weeks.
The best performing sing was "Numb" which peaked at 11.
The singles:
"Somewhere I Belong"
Released: February 24, 2003
"Faint"
Released: June 9, 2003
"Numb"
Released: September 8, 2003
"From the Inside"
Released: January 12, 2004
"Breaking the Habit"
Released: June 14, 2004
Fun Fact: Linkin Park's debut album, Hybrid Theory, was the #1 album of 2001 - in both sales and illegal downloads. Because of bootlegging and the rampant music piracy of the day thanks to the likes of Napster and Kazaa, Warner Bros. kept Meteora under tight security: Instead of sending out promo CDs as was the norm the label held a playback event and the journalists were frisked at the door by security to prevent them from smuggling in recording devices,