Ozzy Osbourne Biography

Fast Facts

• Was inducted into both the UK Music Hall of Fame and the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song "I Don't Want to Change the World" in 1994
• Ozzy Osbourne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2020
• Before forming his first band, he worked as a construction site laborer, a trainee plumber, an apprentice toolmaker, a car factory horn-turner and a slaughterhouse worker
• Ozzy Osbourne performed his final concert with Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years on 5 July 2025
• The dark, heavy sound of his band, Black Sabbath, is often credited for developing the heavy metal music genre
• Returned the blues and jazz roots of Black Sabbath's first album for his comeback album, "13," which became the band's first album to hit number 1 on the U․S․ charts
• Got over 15 tattoos, including the letters O-Z-Z-Y across the knuckles of his left hand
• Published an autobiography called "I Am Ozzy" in 2009