“It’s crazy, thank you so much. It feels unreal, it’s my first time being number one on the charts, so I’m shaking right now,” Mike Shinode said after Linkin Park’s album topped the UK charts🔝

Linkin Park's fourth album, From Zero, debuted at the top of the UK charts today.

With a new lineup that features Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Joe Hahn, Dave Farrell, Emily Armstrong, and Colin Brittain, the American rock titans' first chart-topper outsells its closest competitor by a margin of more than two to one. 

Prior to the passing of former lead singer Chester Bennington in 2017, Linkin Park had three official Number 1 albums: Living Things (2012), Minutes to Midnight (2007), and Meteora (2003). As of right now, the group has an astounding 14 albums in the Top 40.

Linkin Park's Emily Armstrong says in an exclusive interview with Official Charts:

They're number one in the UK, which is absurd. Thank you very much. Is Number 1 more significant than anything else? This is it!

"From the bottom up! Thank you so f**king lot; this is truly amazing. It's my first Number 1 and I'm freaking out! Even if I say "thank you" a thousand times, I don't think it's enough. I'm only able to thank you so often.

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda adds: 

"This is fantastic. It is really important to all of us! 

This week's Official Vinyl Albums Chart features the biggest record of the past seven days on wax, "From Zero," at the top. In the meantime, the group's ongoing 2024 hits compilation, Papercuts, was released today (17). 

They're in their element, truly! FLO deserves congratulations for its first album, Access All Areas, which is currently the highest-charting album by a British R&B girl group in 23 years. 

Renée Downer, Stella Quaresma, and Jorja Douglas are at number three with their debut album, matching Mis-Teeq's peak from their 2001 debut, Lickin' On Both Sides.