Linkin Park

2008–2011: A Thousand Suns

In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. Shinoda told that the new album would be ',' while building off of elements in Minutes to Midnight. Bennington also addressed the media to confirm that would return to produce the new album. The band later revealed the album would be called . to produce the for .". Joe Hahn created a music video for the song, which featured clips from the film. after the premier of the movie.

On April 26, the band released an app for the , , and , a game called It featured the band as playable characters, and a new song called "Blackbirds" which was unlockable by beating the game. The song was also later released as an bonus track on A Thousand Suns.[71]

A Thousand Suns was released on September 14. The album's first single, "", was released on August 2. The band promoted their new album by launching a concert tour, which started in Los Angeles on September 7." and "Blackout" on September 8. Furthermore, a documentary about the album's production, titled Meeting of A Thousand Suns, was available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. On August 31, 2010, it was announced that the band would perform the single live for the first time at the on September 12, 2010., an iconic location used in Hollywood movies.[84]

Linkin Park reached No.8 in Billboard Social 50, a chart of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. as well as A Thousand Suns reaching No.53 in the Year-End chart of the Billboard Top 200 albums

The band was nominated for six in 2011 for Top Duo or Group, Best Rock Album for A Thousand Suns, Top Rock Artist, Top Alternative Artist, Top Alternative Song for "Waiting for the End" and Top Alternative Album for A Thousand Suns, but did not win any award. No.84 in the Billboard 200 Artists chart, No.6 in the Top Rock Artists Chart, No.16 in the Rock Albums Chart, and No.7 in the Alternative Songs Chart.[97]

2011–2013: Living Things and Recharged

In July 2011, Bennington told that Linkin Park aims to produce a new album every eighteen months, and that he would be shocked if a new album did not come out in 2012. He later revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the band was still in the beginning phases of the next album, saying "We just kind of began. We like to keep the creative juices flowing, so we try to keep that going all the time ... we like the direction that we're going in".". Joe Hahn directed the video.

On April 15, 2012, Shinoda announced that Living Things would be the title of Linkin Park's fifth album. The band promoted the album on the 2012 edition of the , with co-headliners . The band performed "Burn It Down" at . On May 24, the band released the music video for "Burn It Down" and debuted "", another song from Living Things, on BBC Radio 1. "", the twelfth and closing track of the album, was featured in the closing credits of the film .[105]

Living Things sold over 223,000 copies during its debut week, ranking No. 1 on the US Albums Charts.", was nominated for 'Best Song in a Game' at the 2012 . The band also performed at the award ceremony on December 7, but lost the award to "Cities" by . music festival in Australia, where they shared the stage with , , and .[108]

On August 10, 2013, the band collaborated with American musician to record the song "" for Linkin Park's online puzzle-action game (short for Linkin Park Recharge), which was launched on Facebook and the official LP Recharge website on September 12, 2013. On the day of the game's release, Linkin Park made a post on their Facebook explaining that the song used to promote the game would be included on a new remix album, entitled , which was released on October 29, 2013 on CD, vinyl, and digital download. Similar to Reanimation, the album features remixes of ten of the songs from Living Things, with contributions from other artists, such as Ryu of Styles of Beyond, , Datsik, KillSonik, , and Rick Rubin. The band also worked on the soundtrack for the film , which was directed by Joe Hahn.[111]

2013–2015: The Hunting Party

In an interview with , Shinoda confirmed that Linkin Park had begun recording their sixth studio album in May 2013." on March 6, 2014 through . and debut at No. 28 on the US Billboard Rock Airplay charts before peaking at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock charts in the following weeks. Shortly after the single's release, the band revealed their sixth album would be titled The Hunting Party. The album was produced by Shinoda and Delson, who wanted to explore musical elements from and the band's earlier material.--.', of , of , and of . The Hunting Party was released on June 13, 2014, in most countries, and later released in the United States on June 17.[120]

Linkin Park performed at on June 14, 2014, where they played their debut album, Hybrid Theory, in its entirety. in 2014, along with , , and . They also headlined with Iron Maiden again at the in July., where they played with members of , , , , , , and .

On November 9, 2014, named Linkin Park the "Best Rock" act of 2014 at their annual .'s Music Awards. ranked The Hunting Party as the fourth best album of 2014.

Linkin Park collaborated with Steve Aoki on the song "" for Aoki's album , which was released in May 2015. in . on April 13 and released on April 14.[137]

Linkin Park performed at the closing ceremony of 2015, Blizzard's video game convention.[138]

2015–2017: One More Light and Bennington's death

Linkin Park began working on new material for a seventh studio album in November 2015. In February 2017, Linkin Park released promotional videos on their social network accounts, which featured Shinoda and Bennington preparing new material for the album.

The first single from the new album was revealed to be titled "" and features pop singer , the first time the band has featured a female vocalist on an original song for a studio album. The lyrics for the song were co-written by Linkin Park with and . As they have done in the past, Linkin Park had cryptic messages online in relation to the new album. The album cover was revealed through digital puzzles across social media; the cover features six kids playing in the ocean.[148]

Bennington died on July 20, 2017; his death was ruled a ., writing, "Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one"." earlier that day.. On July 28, Shinoda announced that donations made to the band's charity would be redirected to the One More Light Fund, which had been set up in Bennington's memory., 's twelve-year-old daughter Toni (who was also Bennington's goddaughter) appeared with to perform "" as a tribute to Bennington and her father.

On August 22, Linkin Park announced plans to host a tribute concert in to honor Bennington. The band thanked fans for their support, stating, "The five of us are so grateful for all of your support as we heal and build the future of Linkin Park"., would take place on October 27 at the . The event included Linkin Park's first performance following Bennington's death. The event featured multiple guests performing Linkin Park songs along with the band..[160]

In November 2017, the band announced that a live album compiled from their final tour with Bennington, titled , would be released on December 15. for and dedicated the award to Bennington.[162]