Meteora - Linkin Park

Meteora is the second studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on March 25, 2003, through Warner Bros. Records, following Reanimation, a collaboration album that featured remixes of songs included on their 2000 debut studio album Hybrid Theory. The band collaborated with Don Gilmore to create the album. The name Meteora is derived from the Greek Orthodox monasteries of the same name. According to reviewers, Meteora has a sound comparable to Hybrid Theory, and the album took nearly a year to record. It's the first Linkin Park studio album after bassist Dave Farrell rejoined the band in 2000 following a brief stint with other groups.

In its first week, Meteora debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling over 810,000 copies. For more than a year, Linkin Park released songs from Meteora, including "Somewhere I Belong," "Faint," "Numb," "From the Inside," and "Breaking the Habit." Meteora got mostly excellent reviews, while several critics pointed out that the album's musical sound was similar to Hybrid Theory.

Worldwide sales (in millions): 16.0