{"id":34571,"date":"2025-07-30T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34571\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:01:13","slug":"ozzy-osbournes-crazy-train-lands-on-billboard-hot-100-for-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34571\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozzy Osbourne&#8217;s &#8220;Crazy Train&#8221; Lands on Billboard Hot 100 for First Time Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a bittersweet milestone for rock history, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/ozzy-osbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>\u2019s iconic anthem \u201cCrazy Train\u201d has entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time ever, debuting at No. 46 on the chart dated August 2nd. The achievement comes a week after the <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/07\/ozzy-osbourne-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">metal icon\u2019s death<\/a> on July 22nd at age 76.<\/p>\n<p>Originally released in 1980 as the lead single from Blizzard of Ozz, \u201cCrazy Train\u201d never charted on the Hot 100 before despite becoming one of Osbourne\u2019s signature songs. Now, over four decades later, it surges with 9.2 million US streams, 11,000 downloads sold, and a 108% gain in radio airplay, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n<p>The resurgence isn\u2019t limited to \u201cCrazy Train.\u201d Osbourne\u2019s 1992 ballad \u201cMama, I\u2019m Coming Home\u201d also returns to the Hot 100 at No. 49, logging 8.7 million streams and topping the Digital Song Sales chart \u2014 his first No. 1 on that ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Both tracks dominate Hot Hard Rock Songs, holding the top two positions. They\u2019re joined by five additional Osbourne or <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/black-sabbath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Black Sabbath<\/a> classics, including \u201cNo More Tears\u201d and \u201cParanoid,\u201d making up the entire top seven of the genre chart.<\/p>\n<p>Osbourne also makes his debut as the lead artist on the Streaming Songs chart, while The Essential Ozzy Osbourne album vaults to No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and claims the top spot on Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums tallies.<\/p>\n<p>The late singer\u2019s chart impact follows a wave of renewed interest sparked by his passing, as well as tributes by artists worldwide, among them Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp joining forces on a live rendition of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/07\/alice-cooper-johnny-depp-paranoid-tribute-ozzy-osbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">live rendition of \u201cCrazy Train.\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a bittersweet milestone for rock history, Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s iconic anthem \u201cCrazy Train\u201d has entered the Billboard Hot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-34571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}