Tag: Linkin Park

Jay-Z reigns atop Billboard chart; Linkin Park sales surge 461 percent

(Reuters) — Jay-Z ruled the Billboard 200 album chart for a second straight week with his confessional album “4:44,” while California alt-rock band surged back into the Top 20 after the suicide last week of frontman Chester Bennington. Jay-Z’s “4:44,” in which he admits and regrets cheating on his wife Beyonce, sold another 86,000 copies, according to data from Nielsen SoundScan on Monday (July 24). Linkin Park’s May release, “One More Light,” soared 461 percent […]

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Linkin Park singer Bennington dead in apparent suicide

by Shaun Tandon Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, who overcame a troubled childhood to top the charts with an angry but melodic brand of metal, was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide. He was 41. “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true,” Linkin Park’s guitarist and main songwriter Mike Shinoda wrote on Twitter. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office said it received a call just after […]

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