Looks like Linkin Park won't be able to get away with being so broody much longer; not when the group's still breaking records like the YouTube one that was shattered today. Denial be damned, the nü-metal survivors have become the first actual band to break the 1 billion mark on a YouTube channel. They join a closeknit club that includes such unstoppable pop artists as Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, who became the site's first 1 billion view artist in 2010.

Watch a few backwards cap-optional examples of how Linkin Park got there down below... more »