Black Sabbath’s Paranoid climbs to No. 2 on the U.K.'s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, following Ozzy Osbourne’s death and a surge in fan consumption. Singer Ozzy Osbourne of the British heavy ...

Black Sabbath's album Seventh Star — which also names Tony Iommi separately — debuts inside the top 10 on one chart in the ...

The gig, billed as ‘Back to Beginning,’ was a homage to Ozzy and the metal titans who formed in Birmingham back in 1968. Sharon Osbourne, Ozzy’s wife and long-time manager, organized the concert ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Black Sabbath earns its first No. 1 on one Billboard chart as ...

Osbourne became famous as the front man for the heavy metal band. Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne died Tuesday at the age of 76 following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Osbourne was 76. The ...

Ozzy Osbourne and the other original members of Black Sabbath, the band credited with creating heavy metal, have played their final show at a massive event held in their hometown of Birmingham. Some ...

Heavy metal is the musical genre most prone to hyperbole — “This one goes to 11,” as Spinal Tap said — but it’s no exaggeration to say metal would never have existed without Black Sabbath, and rock in ...

Black Sabbath was about more than just Ozzy. All the band members were essential: Tony Iommi, the dark prince of guitar riffs and a two-fisted ladies man; Geezer Butler, the mild-mannered bassist and ...

Everything culminated as frontman Ozzy Osbourne unleashed a brutal takedown during the LP's final track, singing "you bought and sold me with your lying words" on "The Writ." Co-producer Mike Butcher ...

Following Ozzy Osbourne's death, founding guitarist Tony Iommi wrote that he and his bandmates had "lost our brother" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has ...