Meteora is the second studio album by California-based nu metal band Linkin Park, first released on March 25 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong" and "Numb". Meteora is also Linkin Park's shortest studio album.
The music in Meteora represents significant changes since the release of Hybrid Theory. It is characterized by more relevant influences from rapcore ("Lying from You", "Hit the Floor", "Figure.09"), hip hop ("Nobody's Listening") and electronica ("Breaking the Habit"). Their instrumental song "Session" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2003.
It is the most successful album in the history of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, a chart that specializes in radio play of alternative rock songs. "Numb" was the biggest song of the year on the chart. The album has sold 5.5 million copies in the U.S. to date.
