Editing Hybrid Theory (section)

==Commercial performance==
''Hybrid Theory'' debuted at number 16 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 50,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/13958/photo/6 |title=Linkin Park - Million Sellers! &#124; News |publisher=Nme.Com |date=March 28, 2003 |access-date=September 5, 2013 |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017050159/http://www.nme.com/news/linkin-park/13958/photo/6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2000 charts">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2000-11-11/billboard-200 |title=2000 charts |access-date=September 16, 2007 |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306143402/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The%2BBillboard%2B200&ci=3039830&cdi=7650691&cid=11%2F11%2F2000 |archive-date=March 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It was certified [[RIAA Certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) five weeks after its release.<ref name="band bio" /> In 2001, the album had sold 4.8 million copies in the United States, making it the best-selling album of the year,<ref name="ny times">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3DA133BF932A05750C0A9649C8B63|title=MUSIC; New Ideas From the Top of the Charts|access-date=December 16, 2007|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Kelefa|last=Sanneh|date=March 31, 2002|archive-date=April 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410210359/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3DA133BF932A05750C0A9649C8B63|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="got charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451664/20020104/linkin_park.jhtml|title=Hybrid Theory tops best-sellers of 2001|access-date=September 16, 2007|publisher=MTV.com|archive-date=February 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216012048/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451664/got-charts-analyzing-2001s-topsellers.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> and it was estimated that the album continued selling 100,000 copies per week in early 2002.<ref name="rolling stone 2002" /> Throughout the following years, the album continued to sell at a fast pace and was eventually certified [[RIAA Certification|Diamond]] by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2005 for shipment of ten million copies in the United States; in 2017, it was awarded another level of platinum status for a total of 11× Platinum.<ref name="Riaa" /> In 2001 the album was the second best-selling album globally, selling 8.5 million copies.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|title=Dido, Linkin Park Lead the Global 20 of 2001|last=White|first=Adam|date=February 16, 2002|access-date=May 13, 2022|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|page=42|volume=114|issue=7}}</ref> To date, the album has sold 27 million copies worldwide,<ref name="Download News">{{cite web|url=http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/linkin-park-announced-saturday-headliner-fall-out-boy-main-support|title=Linkin Park Announced As Saturday Headliner|publisher=Download News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020174352/http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/news/linkin-park-announced-saturday-headliner-fall-out-boy-main-support|archive-date=October 20, 2014|access-date=November 5, 2013}}</ref> which makes it the best selling debut album of the 21st century.<ref name="1 31&nbsp;million copies">{{cite news|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8981/Linkin-Park-Hybrid-Theory|title=Hybrid Theory'|last=Lewis|first=Randy|date=April 8, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 2, 2009}}</ref> As of September 2020, the album has been certified 12× [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] ([[Music recording sales certification|Diamond]]) and has sold 10.5 million copies in the United States per [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="U.S. sales">{{cite web|url=https://thenewfury.com/linkin-parks-debut-album-hybrid-theory-has-now-sold-12-million-copies-in-the-usa/|title=Linkin Park's debut album 'Hybrid Theory' has now sold 12 million copies in the USA|work=Breaking Scene Media |date=September 17, 2020 |publisher=The New Fury Media|access-date=July 17, 2021|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228162523/https://thenewfury.com/linkin-parks-debut-album-hybrid-theory-has-now-sold-12-million-copies-in-the-usa/|url-status=live |last1=Media |first1=Breaking Scene }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stutz |first=Colin |date=2017-07-24 |title=Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' Producer Calls Working With Chester Bennington a 'Dream Come True' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-producer-don-gilmore-chester-bennington-7874220/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> As of April 2023 the album has sold 13.58 million equivalent album units and 11 million in pure album sales in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/linkin-park-meteora-feature-interviews-lost-1235298905/|title=INSIDE LINKIN PARK'S 'METEORA' RETURN & HOW IT SPAWNED THE YEAR'S MOST UNLIKELY ROCK SMASH|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>

After the death of Bennington on July 20, 2017, the album reached number 1 on the iTunes and Amazon music charts.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Adams|first1=Cameron|title=Linkin Park's 17-year-old debut is the No. 1 album in Australia after Chester Bennington's death|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/linkin-parks-17yearold-debut-is-the-no-1-album-in-australia-after-chester-benningtons-death/news-story/808051fd1e58539f621f905333af3ee2|website=News Corp Australia Network|access-date=July 24, 2017|archive-date=July 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724093935/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/linkin-parks-17yearold-debut-is-the-no-1-album-in-australia-after-chester-benningtons-death/news-story/808051fd1e58539f621f905333af3ee2|url-status=live}}</ref> It also re-entered at #27 on the ''Billboard'' 200, along with three of their other studio albums, re-surfacing into the top 10 at #8 the following week. In the UK, it peaked at No. 4 in 2001 and re-climbed to its peak position in July 2017, the same week it re-entered the top 10 in the US. The album also charted in 11 other countries at fairly high positions and ranked among the top ten in the charts of the United Kingdom, [[Sweden]], New Zealand, [[Austria]], Finland, and [[Switzerland]].<ref name="international charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockdetector.com/discography,10409.sm?type=SinglesEPS|title=Linkin Park international charts|publisher=Rockdetector.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072723/http://www.rockdetector.com/discography%2C10409.sm?type=SinglesEPS|archive-date=March 7, 2008|access-date=September 16, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

''Hybrid Theory'' was the 11th best performing album on the ''Billboard'' 200 during the decade, the album reached the top ten in its 38th week on the chart and stayed in the top ten for 34 weeks. The album spent nearly 170 weeks on the chart as of 2017, by re-entering at No. 167 in February 2011 and for several weeks every time a new studio album was released.<ref name="Decade Charts">{{cite magazine|title=Decade Charts|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2011-02-19|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 1, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518152402/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2011-02-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

Later in 2002, Linkin Park released the remix album ''[[Reanimation (Linkin Park album)|Reanimation]]''. It included the songs of ''Hybrid Theory'' remixed and reinterpreted by [[nu metal]] and [[underground hip hop]] artists.<ref name="reanimation">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r597977|pure_url=yes}}|title=Reanimation review|website=Allmusic|access-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> Contributors to the album included [[Black Thought]], [[Pharoahe Monch]], [[Jonathan Davis]], [[Stephen Carpenter]], and [[Aaron Lewis (musician)|Aaron Lewis]]. The sound of later Linkin Park albums would involve experimentation with classical instruments such as [[String section|strings]] and piano, both of which, along with the same elements of [[electronica]] from ''Hybrid Theory'', are prominently included in the band's second studio album ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]''.<ref name="meteora">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/linkin-park.htm|title=Meteora overview|work=musicOMH |publisher=musicOMH.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813142600/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/linkin-park.htm|archive-date=August 13, 2007|access-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> As Shinoda explains the difference in the sound between ''Hybrid Theory'' and ''Meteora'': "That electronic element has always been there in the band – it's just that sometimes we bring it closer to the front."<ref name="musicomh">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/linkin-park.htm|title=Mike Shinoda interview|publisher=musicOMH.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813141835/http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/linkin-park.htm|archive-date=August 13, 2007|access-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref>

=== Singles ===
According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', as of 2022, ''Hybrid Theory'' is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=June 23, 2022|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-albums-21st-century-number-ones/britney-spears-oops-i-did-it-again-2000/|title=15 of the Biggest 21st Century Albums That Never Scored a Hot 100 No. 1 Hit|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> ''Hybrid Theory'' was released in the United States on October 24, 2000, following radio airplay of "One Step Closer". Four singles from the album were released throughout 2001 (though "Points of Authority" was released as a promotional single), three of which were chart successes on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Modern Rock Tracks]] charts.<ref name="billboardsingles">{{cite magazine|title=Linkin Park single chart history|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=linkin park|chart=all}}|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref> The single "In the End" was the highest-charting single from the album, which peaked at No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks charts and appearing on charts worldwide. The success of "In the End" was partly responsible for ''Hybrid Theory'''s chart success; it reached No. 2 in the ''[[Billboard 200|Billboard]]'' 200 in 2002.