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Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit's 1999 album Significant Other and 2000 follow-up Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water both debuted at or near the top of the Billboard 200, reflecting the band's massive commercial dominance during nu metal's absolute peak of mainstream popularity around the turn of the millennium. Frontman Fred Durst's brash, confrontational public persona and the band's combination of rap-influenced vocal delivery with heavy guitar riffs made Limp Bizkit one of the most commercially recognizable acts of the genre, even as they drew significant critical skepticism throughout their career. The band's headlining performance at the chaotic 1999 Woodstock '99 festival, during which their set was later cited amid broader discussions of crowd violence and property destruction at the event, became a significant and controversial part of the band's broader public history. Limp Bizkit's combination of massive early commercial dominance and their significant, if polarizing, role in nu metal's mainstream popularization has made them one of the genre's most commercially significant, if critically contested, acts.
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Linkin Park
Linkin Park's 2000 debut album Hybrid Theory became one of the best-selling debut albums of the 2000s, blending nu metal's heavy guitar foundation with electronic production and rapping alongside singing, and the album's massive commercial success brought nu metal to its widest possible mainstream audience. The band's combination of Chester Bennington's powerful, emotionally intense vocals and Mike Shinoda's rapping and production work gave Linkin Park a distinctive dual-vocalist dynamic that became one of the most commercially successful formulas within the broader nu metal and rap-rock landscape. Bennington's death by suicide in 2017 became one of the most significant losses in rock music of that decade, and the band's subsequent extended hiatus before eventually returning with a new lineup reflected the profound impact his loss had on the group's ability to continue. Their combination of massive commercial mainstream success and their genuine emotional songwriting depth, particularly regarding mental health struggles, has made Linkin Park one of the most commercially significant and culturally impactful bands of the nu metal era.
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