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Post by Admin on Feb 28, 2020 21:55:11 GMT
Elton John is featured on Osbourne's "Ordinary Man," which debuts at No. 34. "Ordinary Man" is an ironic song title for Elton John, given that the new track grants him a record on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Ozzy Osbourne's ballad, featuring John, bows at No. 34 on the airplay tally dated Feb. 29, marking the first time that John has appeared on the survey in over 27 years.  The last time he made the tally? September 1992, when "Runaway Train," featuring Eric Clapton, rolled to No. 10. |
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Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2020 18:20:37 GMT
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne's first new solo album in ten years, the critically acclaimed "Ordinary Man" (Epic Records), is the No. 1 rock album in the world, topping multiple charts in its triumphant first week of release.
In the U.S., the album entered the Billboard charts at No. 3 on the Top 200 chart, No. 2 on the Top Album Sales chart (making it his highest-charting album ever on the tally, surpassing his No. 3 peak with "Black Rain") and No. 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart. This marks Ozzy's fifth consecutive Top 5 entry and sixth Top 10 entry on the Top 200 chart. It also places ahead of his most recent offering, "Scream", which arrived at No. 4 in 2010.
Worldwide, "Ordinary Man" has entered the charts in the Top 10 in seven countries, making it the highest-charting album of Ozzy's career. It debuted at No. 3 on the U.K. chart, breaking Ozzy's previous peak on the charts 40 years ago for "Blizzard Of Ozz" (which peaked at No. 7). Ozzy also demolished his highest chart position in Australia, debuting at No. 4 and cracking the Top 10 there for the first time in his career. Ozzy secured his solo career's highest marks in Germany as well, coming in at No. 2. Elsewhere, the album earned Top 10 positions in Sweden at No. 1, the U.S. No. 3, Italy No. 6 and Ireland No. 6.
To celebrate the album's arrival, Ozzy made history by launching a worldwide tattoo sale and album listening event. Held on the eve of the album's release (February 20), Ozzy premiered his new album simultaneously at tattoo parlors in 57 cities around the world — making it the largest multi-city album release event in rock 'n' roll history. Globally more than 3,000 fans received exclusive Ozzy-inspired tattoos created specifically for the one-day only event while hearing the album for the first time. Over 1,000 unique tattoo designs were created from some of the top artists around the world, with a total social reach of over 20 million.
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Post by Admin on Mar 10, 2020 5:17:51 GMT
Ozzy Osbourne is feeling nostalgic. The heavy metal master is prepping the video for the wistful title track to his Ordinary Man album, which is slated to drop on Tuesday (March 10). In the meantime, Osbourne has dropped a 20-second sneak peek of the clip that appears to borrow footage from the upcoming biopic, Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne. In the preview, the camera pans across a brick wall scrawled with the name of the song and a black and white photo of the 71-year-old rocker as a child as the string- and piano-laden ballad unfolds over the images. The action then shifts to Osbourne sits in a screening room thoughtfully watching a flickering image of himself as a young man.  Osbourne announced last week that he will not appear at this year's South by Southwest festival in Austin due to the coronavirus; just days later SXSW was canceled for the first time in its three-decade history. Osbourne was scheduled to attend SXSW in support of the world-premiere screening of the two-hour documentary special slated to air this summer on A&E. The 86-minute film also features interviews with wife/manager Sharon, daughter Kelly and son Jack Osbourne, as well as friends and fellow musicians, including Rick Rubin, Ice-T, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Jonathan Davis, Post Malone and more. The news follows the indefinite postponement of Osbourne's No More Tours 2 trek, which called off its North American dates on Feb. 17 as the singer continues treatment for P2 -- a milder form of Parkinson's disease. |
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