“One Of Those Days” & “Patient Number 9” top the rock charts
Ozzy Osbourne has hit another career high with his first-ever career back-to-back No. 1 rock radio singles from his hugely successful and critically acclaimed Patient Number 9 album via Epic Records. On December 12th, the album’s “One of Those Days,” featuring Eric Clapton, reached No. 1 on the Mediabase rock radio charts. It follows a No. 1 slot for the album’s first single and title track, “Patient Number 9,” featuring Jeff Beck, released earlier this year.
“I’m fucking overwhelmed by the response that this album has had from everyone. I’m just blown away!” Osbourne says.
Last month, the album earned four Grammy nominations — marking the most nominations Osbourne’s ever received for a single album — Best Rock Performance: “Patient Number 9,” Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck; Best Metal Performance: “Degradation Rules,” Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony lommi; Best Rock Song: “Patient Number 9,” John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters — Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck — and Best Rock Album for Patient Number 9.
Patient Number 9 — released September 9th and marking Osbourne’s 13th solo studio album — triumphantly sets new career highs for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. The critically acclaimed album has topped his previous chart entries with record-breaking numbers around the world. In the US, the album debuted at No. 1 on multiple charts: Top Album Sales (Ozzy’s first No. 1 ever on this chart), Top Current Album Sales (another first), Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Vinyl Albums and Tastemaker Albums charts; and at No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart. Globally, the album charted at #1 in Canada (Ozzy’s first-ever No. 1 there); career high No. 2 entries in the UK, Australia, Finland and Italy; No. 6 in the Netherlands and New Zealand; No. 8 in Belgium; and No. 14 France. Other highlights include No. 2 Austria, Germany and Sweden; No. 3 in Switzerland; and No. 4 in Norway.
Working with producer Andrew Watt for the second time, Osbourne welcomed a dynamic A-list featured guests on the album. For the first time ever, Black Sabbath co-founder, guitarist, and riff-master Tony Iommi appears on an Osbourne solo album. The record also boasts guitarists Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, and longstanding righthand man and six-string beast Zakk Wylde who plays on the majority of the tracks. For the bulk of the album, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers held down drums, while the late Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters appears on three songs. Old friend and one-time Ozzy band member Robert Trujillo of Metallica plays bass on most of the album’s tracks, with Duff McKagan of Guns N’ Roses and Chris Chaney supplying bass on a few songs.
