 Hybrid Theory by the group is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die , It was also ranked at # 11 on Billboard 's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade . In addition the album was included in Best of 2001 by Record Collector , The top 150 Albums of the Generation by Rock Sound and 50 BEST ROCK <unk> OF THE <unk> by Kerrang ! . The album Meteora was included in Top 200 Albums of the Decade by Billboard at # 36 . The album sold 20 million copies worldwide . The collaborated EP Collision Course with Jay @-@ Z , became the second ever EP to top the Billboard 200 , going on to sell over 300 @,@ 000 copies in its first week after Alice in Chains ' Jar of Flies in 1994 . The album Minutes to Midnight in the United States , the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time , with 625 @,@ 000 albums sold . In Canada , the album sold over 50 @,@ 000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart . Worldwide , the album shipped over 3 @.@ 3 million copies in its first four weeks of release . 
