Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. They formed in 1996 and rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory in 2000. In 2003, Billboard ranked Linkin Park as number 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart and by 2014 they were declared the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang!. Linkin Park has sold more than 70 million albums worldwide, won two Grammy Awards and is considered one of the world’s best-selling music artists overall.