Bayan haka, Linkin Park ya fito da Hybrid Theory a ranar 24 ga Oktoba, 2000. Don Gilmore ya shirya kundin, wanda ya wakilci rabin shekarun da suka gabata na aikin band din. Ka'idar Hybrid ta kasance babbar nasara ta kasuwanci; ya sayar da fiye da miliyan 4.8 a lokacin shekarar da ya fara, yana samun matsayi na mafi kyawun sayar da kundin shekara ta 2001, yayin da waƙoƙi kamar "Crawling" da "One Step Closer" suka kafa kansu a matsayin manyan abubuwa a cikin jerin waƙoƙin rediyo na madadin dutsen a cikin shekara. Bugu da ƙari, wasu waƙoƙi daga kundin sun kasance a cikin fina-finai kamar Dula 2000, Nicky Little, da kuma Raccoon. Hybrid Theory ya lashe kyautar Grammy don Mafi kyawun Hard Rock Performance don waƙar "Crawling" kuma an zaɓa shi don wasu Grammy Awards guda biyu: Mafi kyawun Hotuna da Mafi kyawun Hotuna.
Ka'idar Hybrid