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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath
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About

Black Sabbath are a heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Widely regarded as the founding force of heavy metal, they built their sound on down-tuned, tritone-driven riffs and dark lyrical themes that set the template for countless subgenres. Their 1970 album Paranoid remains one of the best-selling rock records of all time, and the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Frontman Ozzy Osbourne died on 22 July 2025, seventeen days after the original lineup performed together for the last time at the Back to the Beginning farewell concert in Birmingham.

1.7B
'Paranoid' Spotify streams (all-time)
84M+
equivalent album sales (all formats, all-time)
25.9M
Spotify monthly listeners (post-Osbourne passing, July 2025)
#1
UK chart position for both 'Paranoid' (1970) and '13' (2013) - longest gap between two UK #1 albums (43 years)

What's new

  • 2025-07-22

    Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's founding vocalist, died on 22 July 2025 at the age of 76.

  • 2025-07-05

    The original four-member lineup of Black Sabbath reunited for the first time in 20 years at the Back to the Beginning farewell concert at Villa Park, Birmingham, performing before a crowd of over 40,000.

  • 2025-07-26

    Following Ozzy Osbourne's death, Black Sabbath's Spotify monthly listeners surged from 19.8 million to 25.9 million, and 'Paranoid' gained over 10 million streams in days.

  • 2025-07-05

    The Back to the Beginning concert raised funds for charity, with all proceeds split equally between The Cure Parkinson's Trust, Birmingham Children's Hospital and Acorn Children's Hospice.

  • 2025-02-05

    The Back to the Beginning farewell concert was announced on 5 February 2025 by Sharon Osbourne, with Bill Ward rejoining the lineup for the first time since 2005.

Tracks

Paranoid1970 title track from their landmark second album; over 1.7B Spotify streams, the band's only UK Top 10 single
Iron Man1970 riff cornerstone from Paranoid; over 589M Spotify streams
War Pigs1970 anti-war epic from Paranoid; over 386M Spotify streams
Black Sabbath1970 self-titled debut track, built on the tritone 'devil's interval' - often cited as the first true heavy metal song
N.I.B.1970 debut album classic; performed at the final Back to the Beginning reunion show in July 2025

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