Riot Games Teams Up With Linkin Park for Worlds 2024

Riot Games Teams Up With Linkin Park!

Riot Games, for the 2024 League of Legends World Championship song, has teamed up with the famous band Linkin Park. The track "Heavy Is The Crown," which will appear on Linkin Park's "From Zero" album, has now reached gamers and music fans alike. Its music video follows professional League of Legends player Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok's efforts to defend his crown, celebrating 2023 World Champion T1's victory and representing the spirit of LoL players.

Riot Games Teams Up With Linkin Park!

"Heavy Is The Crown" follows Linkin Park's number-one single The Emptiness Machine. This is the band's first new song in seven years. The track topped charts with over 80 million streams, and shortly after, the band announced a six-stop arena tour. Their eighth studio album, "From Zero," will be released on November 15 through Warner Records.

"Heavy Is The Crown" marks a major collaboration between the band and the gaming industry. "It was an amazing experience to collaborate with Riot Games to bring this song to the worldwide League of Legends community," says Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda. "This song is a symbol of a new era for us. We're so excited for players and our fans to experience it!"

Commenting on the collaboration, Riot Games Head of Music Maria Egan said, "The World Championship song is a musical event that League of Legends players eagerly anticipate every year. It's also become a highly regarded musical fixture worldwide," adding, "We're proud to collaborate with the band on the 2024 song as they open the door to an exciting new era!"

Linkin Park's "Heavy Is The Crown," the 2024 League of Legends World Championship song, has been released on the League of Legends YouTube channel and other music platforms.

Thanks to past collaborations with world-renowned artists such as Imagine Dragons, Lil Nas X, Zedd, and NewJeans, World Championship songs have racked up more than 10 billion streams combined across digital music platforms. Last year's 2023 World Championship song by NewJeans, "GODS," broke the record for the most successful debut in music history, reaching nearly 270 million streams worldwide, with its music video racking up almost 100 million views on the League of Legends YouTube channel.

The League of Legends World Championship, where the top teams from nine regions compete to become world champions, runs on a three-month schedule, is held in a different region each year, and hosts teams from professional leagues all over the world.

ABOUT RIOT GAMES

Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the world's most player-focused games. Riot released its first game, League of Legends, in 2009, and it has since become one of the most-played PC games in the world. In the years that followed, Riot released VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. Riot's games gave rise to some of the world's most-watched, premier esports events, which are followed by millions of fans every year through the League of Legends World Championship and the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT). At the same time, Riot has expanded its brand through multimedia projects including music, comics, board games, and the Emmy Award-winning animated series Arcane.

ABOUT THE RIOT GAMES MUSIC TEAM

The Riot Games Music Team builds on a fanbase that sits at the intersection of Riot's gaming and music worlds, partnering with artists who can elevate the overall player experience through music, live events, and IP work. The team holds a vast catalog of nearly 1,000 songs, including ten original esports anthems composed for the League of Legends World Championships that have racked up more than 10 billion combined streams on digital music platforms and been performed by Linkin Park, Lil Nas X, Imagine Dragons, Zedd, NewJeans, and many other star artists.

In November 2024, the Riot Games Music Team will release the music for season 2 of Riot's Emmy Award-winning animated series Arcane through Virgin Music Group. The highly anticipated soundtrack will feature exclusive songs from a range of artists worldwide, including Twenty One Pilots, Stray Kids, Young Miko, Stromae, Marcus King, Ashnikko, and d4vd, among others.

The Riot Games Music Team is also known for its leadership in creating virtual artists and groups. For example, K/DA — designed drawing inspiration from girl-group K-pop acts and made up of some of League of Legends' most popular female champions — has broken numerous records, with its songs streamed more than 1.2 billion times combined. K/DA's song "POP/STARS" recently earned RIAA platinum certification, and the group has more than 3 million followers on Spotify. Riot's other virtual artists and groups include its newest act HEARTSTEEL, heavy metal group Pentakill, and hip-hop group True Damage, as well as DJ Sona and Seraphine.

ABOUT LOL ESPORTS™

League of Legends Esports (LoL Esports) has represented the pinnacle of competitive gaming, followed by millions of fans, since 2010. It's followed worldwide through live events and digital and traditional channels, and it's one of the most-watched sports in the world. With leagues representing regions from every corner of the globe qualifying for three major tournaments, LoL Esports gives players a platform to pursue esports as a meaningful and rewarding career.

ABOUT LINKIN PARK

LINKIN PARK arrived on the music scene as an innovative band and became one of the most-streamed artists of the last two decades. Their debut full-length album, Hybrid Theory, earned RIAA diamond certification and holds a special place as the best-selling debut album of the 21st century. Their second album, Meteora, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and went platinum eight times over in the U.S. Across all their albums, the band has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and earned numerous awards, including 2 GRAMMY® Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 MTV VMAs, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards, and 3 World Music Awards. Headlining the world's biggest festivals and filling stadiums around the globe, Linkin Park is the only Western band to have toured five stadiums in China. Their 2017 release, One More Light, was their fifth album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. In 2020, the band celebrated their groundbreaking debut album Hybrid Theory with a lavish 20th-anniversary box set edition, which included the RIAA diamond-certified single "In The End." In 2023, the band released the 20th-anniversary edition of Meteora, which also topped the charts and featured the previously unheard song "Lost." The emotionally charged single was actually recorded alongside their second studio album, Meteora (2003), and shot to No. 1 on alternative and rock radio shortly after its 2023 release. In 2024 came Papercuts, an album featuring their greatest hits, which also topped the alternative and rock charts and included the new track "Friendly Fire" from the collection. On September 5, the band made a spectacular comeback, topping the charts with "The Emptiness Machine." On November 15, they will release their eighth studio album, From Zero. LINKIN PARK has always prioritized charitable causes in an effort to make the world a better place, and over the years has helped raise millions of dollars for victims of natural disasters. Today, LINKIN PARK's influence on music and culture continues to grow.

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