Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)

Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)
Greatest hits album by Linkin Park
Released	April 12, 2024 (2024-04-12)
Recorded	2000–2016
Genre	Alternative rock nu metal alternative metal rap rock rap metal electronic rock pop rock hard rock
Length	67:56
Label	Warner Machine Shop
Producer	Don Gilmore Mike Shinoda Rick Rubin Brad Delson
Linkin Park chronology
Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (2023) Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) (2024) From Zero (2024)
Singles from Papercuts
"Friendly Fire" Released: February 23, 2024 "Qwerty" Released: April 26, 2024

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	10/10[2]
Kerrang!	4/5[3]
Metal Hammer	[4]

Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023), or simply Papercuts, is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on April 12, 2024, through Warner Records, following the Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (2023).

On June 28, 2024, the instrumental version of the album was released with the same track listing.^[5]

Background

The album spans the band's best-selling singles from 2000 to 2023 and was announced alongside the release of the song "Friendly Fire" on February 23, 2024, which appears as the final track and had been recorded during the One More Light (2017) sessions. Papercuts also includes the official release of the song "Qwerty", which first appeared on the band's 2006 fanclub-exclusive EP, LP Underground 6.0.^[6] It features material from all seven of Linkin Park's studio albums released during Bennington's lifetime, with the exception of The Hunting Party (2014).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Linkin Park (Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda), except where noted.

Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Crawling"	Chester Bennington Rob Bourdon Brad Delson Joe Hahn Mike Shinoda	Hybrid Theory (2000)	3:29
2.	"Faint"		Meteora (2003)	2:42
3.	"Numb/Encore"	Bennington Bourdon Delson Hahn Shinoda Dave Farrell Shawn Carter Kanye West	Collision Course (2004)	3:25
4.	"Papercut"	Bennington Bourdon Delson Hahn Shinoda	Hybrid Theory	3:05
5.	"Breaking the Habit"		Meteora	3:16
6.	"In the End"	Bennington Bourdon Delson Hahn Shinoda	Hybrid Theory	3:36
7.	"Bleed It Out"		Minutes to Midnight (2007)	2:44
8.	"Somewhere I Belong"		Meteora	3:34
9.	"Waiting for the End"		A Thousand Suns (2010)	3:51
10.	"Castle of Glass"		Living Things (2012)	3:25
11.	"One More Light"	Shinoda Francis Anthony White	One More Light (2017)	4:15
12.	"Burn It Down"		Living Things	3:50
13.	"What I've Done"		Minutes to Midnight	3:25
14.	"Qwerty"		LP Underground 6.0 (2006)	3:22
15.	"One Step Closer"	Bennington Bourdon Delson Hahn Shinoda	Hybrid Theory	2:37
16.	"New Divide"		Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album (2009)	4:29
17.	"Leave Out All the Rest"		Minutes to Midnight	3:29
18.	"Lost"		Meteora20 (2023)	3:19
19.	"Numb"		Meteora	3:07
20.	"Friendly Fire"	Delson Shinoda Jon Green	Previously unreleased	2:56
Total length:				67:57

Personnel

Linkin Park

• Chester Bennington – lead vocals
• Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion
• Brad Delson – lead guitar
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass
• Joe Hahn – turntables, synthesizers, samples, programming
• Mike Shinoda – lead and rap vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, samples, synthesizers

Additional musicians

• Jay-Z – rap vocals (track 3)
• Francis "Eg" White – guitar (track 11), piano (track 11)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) Chart (2024) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 7 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 3 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 8 Croatian International Albums (HDU)[12] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 13 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 38 French Albums (SNEP)[15] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 2 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 4 Irish Albums (OCC)[18] 16 Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 11 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[20] 16 Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[21] 30 Japanese Rock Albums (Oricon)[22] 2 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[23] 11 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 2 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[25] 14 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[26] 3 Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] 7 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[28] 17 Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 10 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[31] 4 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[32] 3 US Billboard 200[33] 6 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[34] 2 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[35] 2 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[36] 1

Monthly charts Monthly chart performance for Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) Chart (2024) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[37] 37 Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023) Chart (2024) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[38] 33 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[39] 83 French Albums (SNEP)[40] 38 Italian Albums (FIMI)[41] 61 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[42] 14 UK Albums (OCC)[43] 31 US Billboard 200[44] 141 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[45] 19 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[46] 13 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[47] 8

Certifications

Certifications for Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[48]	Gold	50,000^‡
Italy (FIMI)[49]	Gold	25,000^‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[50]	Platinum	15,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[52]	Gold	148,740[51]
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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