 Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio @-@ friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora , the band explored other genres in their next studio album , Minutes to Midnight ( 2007 ) . The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third @-@ best debut week of any album that year . The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their fourth album , A Thousand Suns ( 2010 ) , layering their music with more electronic sounds and beats . Their fifth album , Living Things ( 2012 ) , combines musical elements from all of their previous records . Their sixth and most recent album , The Hunting Party ( 2014 ) , returned to a heavier rock sound . The band has collaborated with several other artists , most notably with rapper Jay Z in their mashup EP Collision Course , and many others on the remix albums Reanimation and Recharged . Linkin Park has sold over 68 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards . 
