Linkin Park Doubles Its Presence On The Rock Chart As Several Classics Return
Linkin Park scores half a dozen hits on the U.K.'s Official Rock & Metal Singles chart, as "What ... More I've Done," "One Step Closer," and "Somewhere I Belong" all return. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 17: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Emily Armstrong, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, and Colin Brittain of Linkin Park attend the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 17, 2025. Broadcasted live on FOX. (Photo byfor iHeartRadio)
There's been a lot of excitement around Linkin Park's catalog recently. The group began releasing previously unheard tunes in 2023 in the lead-up to a compilation titled Papercuts dropping. Then, just months later, the band revealed that, for the first time in more than half a decade, newly-written and recorded music was on the way.
From Zero, the Grammy-winning act's comeback set, arrived in late 2024 and was bolstered by several huge heavy rock smashes. While many of the tracks featured on the band's most recent project have largely faded, that only makes more room for the classics — several of which return this week.
At the moment, Linkin Park fills six spaces on the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart, which ranks the bestselling titles in those styles throughout the U.K. Impressively, half of those cuts climb from where they sat last time around, while the other three reappear on the list.
The three highest-ranking from the band are the ones that didn't need to mount a comeback. "Numb" is the winner this week as it returns to the top 10, jumping from No. 11 to No. 8. It's followed closely by "The Emptiness Machine" at No. 13 and "Faint" at No. 29.
"What I've Done," "One Step Closer," and "Somewhere I Belong" round out the group's smashes at the moment. Those songs reenter the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart at Nos. 30, 38, and 39, respectively.
Four of Linkin Park's current hits have ruled the Official Rock & Metal Singles ranking, while both "Faint" and "One Step Closer" have previously peaked at No. 3.
The disparity between the newest of the bunch and the longest-charting from Linkin Park – unlike the difference in peak positions – is massive. "The Emptiness Machine" has racked up just 39 stays so far, but it will continue to add to that sum for a while. "Numb," meanwhile, only needs one more month before it reaches 900 weeks on the tally.
Linkin Park's catalog is always popular in the U.K., but at the moment, the group's music is doing especially well thanks, in part, to an upcoming visit to the nation. Linkin Park is on its From Zero World Tour, which kicked off in 2024 and is expected to run into June of 2026. In late June, the group will revisit London, playing at Wembley Stadium, and in just a few days, the outfit will be back in Europe, crisscrossing across the continent.
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