Linkin Park is at it again! Early this month, the band revealed that their 3rd studio album will be released mid-May. And this has been what Linkin Park fans have been waiting for!

The 3rd installment should really be huge, following the massive success of the band's previous albums and singles. In fact, the band has released a lot of tracks that have reached #1 on charts worldwide.

For starters, there's Linkin Park numb. The Linkin Park numb track is off the Nu metal band's 2003 album Meteora. To date, Linkin Park numb is the strongest track off Meteora. On the Billboard 200 alone, numb Linkin Park took the 11th spot. And numb Linkin Park also took the #1 spot on the Mainstream and Modern Rock charts. Clearly more good news for numb Linkin Park! The success of Linkin Park - numb panned out well, resulting in a rehash by rapper Jay-Z. This Linkin Park - numb rehash appeared on Jay-Z's own album. And Linkin Park - numb won the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for 2006 Grammy Awards.

But what does Numb, Linkin Park one step closer, and Linkin Park crawling have in common? These tracks actually have Mike Shinoda rapping for just a short time in their full length.

The Linkin Park one step closer track is actually the band's debut single. Even though Linkin Park one step closer didn't make a huge impact in the US and the UK market, it was still strong enough to garner attention to the band.

One Step Closer was quickly followed by Linkin Park crawling. Not long after Linkin Park crawling was released, it bagged a Grammy. The crawling Linkin Park track won the Best Hard Rock Performance in the 2002 Grammy Awards. The music video for crawling Linkin Park shows a woman's struggle to get out of a dysfunctional relationship. At the end of the crawling Linkin Park video, the woman was able to do just that.

Two strong singles were then released, Linkin Park in the end and Linkin Park papercut. To date, Linkin Park in the end is the track that made the band famous worldwide. This is greatly due to the Linkin Park lyrics to Linkin Park in the end. But in the end Linkin Park wasn't meant to be a song in the first place. According to Chester Bennington, who composed the Linkin Park lyrics to in the end Linkin Park, it started out as a mere poem. It's a good thing they decided to include in the end Linkin Park on Hybrid Theory. Aside from being the band's strongest track, the Linkin Park mp3 of In The End went on the become successful as well.

On the other hand, Linkin Park papercut was meant to be included on the debut album all along. But Linkin Park papercut was released as a single in 2001. The Linkin Park lyrics caught much attention because it discusses the issue of paranoia. The Linkin Park mp3 of Papercut also moved on to success.

Off Linkin Park's 2nd album Meteora came the hits Linkin Park faint, Linkin Park breaking the habit, and Linkin Park somewhere i belong.

Linkin Park somewhere i belong was released in 2003. The band exhausted much effort for the chorus of Linkin Park somewhere i belong. In fact, the band made 40 versions of the portion because they wanted to achieve the right sound. Talk about perseverance! The collation of these versions led to the Linkin Park mp3 becoming the longest on the album.

Then came Linkin Park faint. The band chose to release two singles for Linkin Park faint. The first version of faint Linkin Park was released to Canada as well. Plus, faint Linkin Park is also one of the rehash singles done by Jay-Z. The faint Linkin Park rehash also appears on 2004's Collision Course.

Breaking the Habit, on the other hand, brought a lot of misconception to the fans. The lyrics to Linkin Park breaking the habit suggest a personal struggle with some sort of addiction. People then thought Linkin Park breaking the habit was about Chester Bennington, since he was known to have abuse problems. The band was quick to clear this matter out, saying that the track wasn't about any particular habit at all. Still, this controversy couldn't keep the track from becoming the 5th consecutive one to take the #1 spot on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. And this is the first time it's happened on this chart ever!

With such feats, you are surely in for a treat with the band's coming album Minutes to Midnight! So brace yourselves for May 15 and get your own copy by then right away!