The story repeated itself again and again, with the next 4 albums selling over 3.5 million pure units each. They, too, ended up selling very well, adding for more than 10 million units. Ultimately, it sold well over 7 million units in the world.ĭiary of a Madman peaked at #16 in its 5th week, and Bark At The Moon at #19 on its 8th. The LP went on to remain two entire years on charts. The singer built his fan base back from zero, and did so impressively well. In reality, Blizzard Of Ozz debuted at #140 in the US charts, entering the top 50 in its 5th week until peaking at #21 on its 17th frame. One could think Ozzy Osbourne sold well from day one thanks to his popularity previously acquired.
If you are unaware of the CSPC method, you will get the full idea within just a few minutes.
The first is the Scribe video posted below. There are two ways to understand this revolutionary concept. The Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept (CSPC)
Of course, if you are a regular visitor feel free to skip the video and get into the figures. I fully recommend watching the video before getting into the sales figures. If you are not yet familiar with the CSPC method, the next page explains it with a short video.
This concept will not only bring you sales information for all Ozzy Osbourne‘s albums, physical and download singles, as well as audio and video streaming, but it will also determine their true popularity. Has the iconic singer sold more than 100 million through both his solo and group careers? Has he sold more than his former band? It’s time to answer these questions.Īs usual, I’ll be using the Commensurate Sales to Popularity Concept in order to relevantly gauge his results. His former band moved over 78 million equivalent album sales, including 64 million from their records with Ozzy Osbourne. This illustrates how tough it is for heavy metal music to cross over the general public, but also how each of his albums managed to get very good legs, selling well in the long run rather than thanks to short lived hype. Many decades later, he is still well alive, continuing to release new material up to this day.Įach of his first 6 albums failed to go top 5 in the US, yet all of them are multi-platinum. The show went on to become the most successful program in the history of the channel.įired from Black Sabbath because of drug problems in 1979 and after a pair of albums with disappointing sales, nobody expected that much from Ozzy Osbourne solo career. Apart from his successful career, he starred in the MTV reality show based on his daily life, The Osbournes, from 2002 to 2005. In other markets, like in the US, he is a popular face of the music industry. Depending on your nationality, there are chances that Ozzy Osbourne isn’t that much well known, especially outside of the rock fans community. The impact of heavy metal music is very different from one country to another. However, durning Sabaton Open Air in 2018 the band included the song as a part of The Metal Trilogy.I never head about this singer, is it normal?.The song was played live only during World War Tour in 2011.It's just so much fun and very liberating to write and record such a song, and believe me, writing the lyrics is really fun! (.)" Songs referenced in Metal Ripper Joakim: "(.) " Coat of Arms" for example had a fun song at the end, "Metal Ripper". Then I suggested we add some Maiden and Ozzy lyrics, too." Sadly, the band did not agree, so we went with "Metal Ripper" and lifted the lyrics and music. I originally wanted to call the song "Metal Ripoff". We were messing around in the studio, and decided we wanted to copy some Priest material, well, we sure did, and then we just went with it. Joakim: "Well, my bass player Pär Sundström came to me with some ideas. A tribute song to heavy metal and rock bands.