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How many records has linkin park sold?
Linkin Park has sold more than 70 million records.
What was their best selling album?
The group's first studio album Hybrid Theory is one of the best-selling albums in the US.
When was Hybrid theory released?
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what was Linkin Park's greatest achievement?
In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.
did they have any other achievements?
The band was recently voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.
did any of their singles make it to number 1 on the charts?
11 of the band's singles have reached the number one position on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, the second-most for any artist.

Question: what kind of a band is Linkin Park known as?
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