Ozzy Osbourne

Acting

Born 1948-12-03 Died 2025-07-22 Aston, Birmingham, England, UK 172 credits Grammy Awards 5 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1 MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon 1

Awards

Won 5 Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards 5 won · 7 nominated

2023 Best Metal Performance Won Degradation Rules
2023 Best Rock Album Won Patient Number 9
2023 Best Rock Song Nominated Patient Number 9
2023 Best Rock Performance Nominated Patient Number 9
2014 Best Rock Song Nominated God Is Dead?
2014 Best Rock Album Nominated 13
2014 Best Metal Performance Won God Is Dead?
2011 Best Hard Rock Performance Nominated Let Me Hear You Scream
2008 Best Hard Rock Performance Nominated I Don't Wanna Stop
2002 Best Metal Performance Nominated The Wizard
2000 Best Metal Performance Won Iron Man
1994 Best Metal Performance Won I Don't Want to Change the World

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1 won

2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Won

MTV Europe Music Award for Global Icon 1 won

2014 Global Icon Won

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John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (3 December 1948 – 22 July 2025) was an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness". Osbourne became a founding member of Black Sabbath in 1968, providing lead vocals from their eponymous debut studio album in 1970 to Never Say Die! in 1978. The band was highly influential in the development of heavy metal music, in particular their critically acclaimed releases Paranoid (1970), Master of Reality (1971), and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973). Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 due to problems with alcohol and other drugs. He then began a successful solo career with Blizzard of Ozz in 1980 and released 13 studio albums, the first seven of which received multi-platinum certifications in the US. He reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions. He rejoined in 1997 and helped record the group's final studio album, 13 (2013), before they embarked on a farewell tour that ended with a 2017 performance in their native Birmingham. Osbourne sold over 100 million albums, including his solo work and Black Sabbath releases. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006 and as a solo artist in 2024. He was also inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame both solo and with Black Sabbath in 2005. He was honoured with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Birmingham Walk of Stars. At the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, he received the Global Icon Award. In 2015, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. In the early 2000s, Osbourne's career expanded to a new medium when he became a star in his own reality show, The Osbournes, alongside wife/manager Sharon and two of their three children, Kelly and Jack. He co-starred with Jack and Kelly in the television series Ozzy & Jack's World Detour. On 5 July 2025, Osbourne performed his final show at the Back to the Beginning concert event amid ongoing health battles, having announced earlier in the year that this would be his last live performance, though he intended to continue recording music. He died later that month on 22 July 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ozzy Osbourne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia