Linkin Park released the 20th anniversary edition of their 2003 album Meteora on April 7 and it was really popular. The anniversary edition propelled Meteora straight to the No. 8 on the Billboard Top 200 chart thanks to 38,500 equivalent album units being moved.
The PRP notes that the 38,500 equivalent album units breaks down to 19,500 actual album sales, 17,000 equivalent album sales in streaming, and 2,000 equivalent album units in just single tracks alone.
Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition clocks in at a whopping 89 songs and over five hours, and includes additional unreleased songs, demos, b-sides, and entire live shows.
As for some of the unreleased songs, even Linkin Park co-founder and vocalist Mike Shinoda was surprised by what the band's team came up with. Shinoda said he wasn't even aware of one song called "Fighting Myself", adding that management simply dropped it on him one day.
"['Fighting Myself'] was one that I knew was in the batch somewhere," he said before explaining that until someone from management sent him a note, he had no idea Chester's vocals existed for the track. "He's like, 'Dude, I think I have something you're going to want to hear' and he sent me a version with this vocal on it. It's like an old photo. It can be bittersweet but to have forgotten that it existed and then to hear it and be teleported back there, that's a gift."
Shinoda also touched on "Lost", saying it was really a gift to hear the song again.
"Finding this track was like finding a favorite photo you had forgotten you'd taken, like it was waiting for the right moment to reveal itself. For years, fans have been asking us to release something with Chester's voice, and I'm thrilled we've been able to make that happen in such a special way. I think they're going to be floored when they hear and see all the incredible unreleased songs and video footage in METEORA|20."
