The UK's Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 is posted weekly, here on .īelow is a look at a selection one-off releases on this year's list:Ĭelebrating the 40th anniversary of this ABBA classic, Summer Night City will be pressed on clear/yellow splatter vinyl, with a picture of Anni-Frid, Agnetha, Bjorn and Benny in the center. Last year, vinyl sales passed four million units for the first time since 1991. Record Store Day is one of the standout events spearheading the revival of the vinyl format in the UK. 2018 winner Sigrid, Florence + The Machine, Duran Duran, Steven Wilson and Noel Gallagher are just some of the acts getting involved. Over 500 special releases, ranging from live LPs, albums pressed for the first time, exclusive covers collections, remix EPs, and unreleased rarities will be available this year, with artists classic and new being represented. The biggest day in any record collector's calendar, RSD 18 promises to be another incredible event on April 21, bringing rare music, never-before-released material and a rainbow of coloured vinyl to some 25,000 record buyers across the UK. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.The complete list of limited edition music releases hitting record shops across the UK for Record Store Day 2018 has been revealed. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In April 2020, bassist Dave Farrell revealed the band was working on new music.Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died by suicide in July 2017. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was their first pop-oriented record. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the Mainstream Rock chart the latter crossed over to the pop chart. Categorized as alternative rock, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip hop, while their later music features more electronica and pop elements.Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Vocalists Mark Wakefield and Chester Bennington are former members of the band. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, all of whom are founding members.
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California.