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Chester Charles Bennington (born March 20, 1976) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter in the rock band Linkin Park.
Bennington rose to fame with his first release with Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory, in 2000, which was a massive commercial success. The album was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005, making it the best-selling debut album of the decade. Linkin Park's following studio albums, Meteora and Minutes to Midnight, released in 2003 and 2007 respectively, continued the band's success. Bennington formed his own band, Dead By Sunrise as a side-project in 2005. The band's debut album, Out of Ashes was released on October 13, 2009.
In 2007, Bennington was placed at #46 on Hit Paraders list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists".
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