Ozzy Osbourne

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006 and as a solo artist in 2024. He was also part of the UK Music Hall of Fame. He received thirteen Grammy nominations, winning five, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. Other awards include the Ivor Novello, the Global Icon of the MTV Europe Music Awards, and the Brit Award for career. Additionally, he has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and on the Birmingham Walk of Fame.In the 2000s, he gained greater media attention with the reality TV show The Osbournes. He also promoted new bands through the Ozzfest festival, which he created together with his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne.

In his personal life, he married twice and had six children: Jessica, Louis and Elliot with his first wife Thelma Riley, and Aimee, Kelly and Jack with Sharon.Osbourne maintained a controversial image throughout his career, largely due to his public behavior and his addictions to alcohol and drugs. His influence on heavy metal and his provocative style earned him nicknames such as the «Godfather of Heavy Metal» and the «Prince of Darkness». Bands such as Metallica, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses, Alice in Chains and System of a Down have cited him as a significant influence, while magazines such as Hit Parader, Rolling Stone and Billboard have included him in their lists of the greatest vocalists in history.Osbourne was born at the maternity hospital in Marston Green, in the county of Warwickshire, and grew up in Aston, north of Birmingham.

His mother, Lilian Unitt, worked at a factory for the company Lucas, while his father, John Thomas «Jack» Osbourne, worked night shifts at the General Electric Company. The family, consisting of his parents, three older sisters (Jean, Iris and Gillian) and two younger brothers (Paul and Tony), lived in a small two-bedroom house at number 14 of Lodge Road.