Yungblud opens up about his amazing Grammy win which was presented to him by Sharon Osbourne as he paid his respects to her late husband Ozzy
Yungblud in emotional tribute to Sharon Osbourne (Image: Getty Images)
Singer Yungblud has dedicated his Grammy win to “beautiful” Sharon Osbourne – saying she is the reason for his success Stateside after being snubbed by the BRIT Awards. The Doncaster singer, 28, won Best Rock Performance award for his rendition of Changes at Villa Park, during husband Ozzy’s final Back to the Beginning show. And he credits Sharon and his late idol Ozzy for helping him break through into the mainstream.
He said: “It’s beautiful how supportive they’ve been of me and supportive they’ve been over young artists, especially in rock music, over the past 30, 40 years.” The star picked up the gong from Sharon on stage. The pair had earlier lit a candle for Ozzy the night before the Los Angeles ceremony. And Yungblud – whose real name is Dominic Harrison – said the win marked two fingers up to BRITs bosses who have snubbed him at next month’s ceremony in Manchester. He said: “I think since the start of my career, I’ve had a lot of people saying no at home. When it [the nominations] got announced, we were in India. So we were f***ing a bit busy! To be honest, I don’t really think about it that much. It’s very weird, but I mean, my vibe is all good, all I’ll focus on is my 11 sold out arenas.”
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Winner: Yungblud at the Grammys(Image: WireImage)
On stage he dedicated the award to the Black Sabbath frontman who died aged 76 in July last year, having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019. He said: “To grow up loving an idol who helps you figure out your identity not only as a musician but also as a man is something that I’m truly grateful for. For then to get to know them and form a relationship with them and honor them at their final show and then receive this, the cost of it is something I and all of us are finding so strange to comprehend. We f***ing love you, Ozzy.”
Speaking to the Mirror, Yungblud said that Ozzy and Sharon were incredibly supportive of up and coming artists, through their annual music festival Ozzfest. He added: “Ozzfest and everything they did was a lot of the reason why a lot of young bands got a break and got a start. So it’s amazing that they always continually, generationally support the youth. I love that.”
Ozzy was also remembered at the show with a tribute performance of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs featuring rapper Post Malone, Andrew Watt, Red Hot Chilli Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Guns And Roses members Duff McKagan and Slash. His daughter Kelly Osbourne, who was in the audience with her brother Jack and Sharon, were all seen in tears.
Kelly, 41, said afterwards: “It means more than I can express into words to see his peers in this community cherish him in such a way and a way that he deserves, and it’ll be very emotional. I’m here to support my mum, because it’s just as much about her as well, he wouldn’t have been him without her and vice versa.”
Asked how she was coping following Ozzy’s death, she said: “To be honest with you, I won’t lie, people usually say I’m great, I’m not doing so great. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever been through in my life, but I’m getting through, and we’re doing everything we can to try and just live in his legacy and be happy.”
Other British success at the show included Olivia Dean who won best new artist – the first Brit to do so since Dua Lipa in 2019. Lola Young won her first Grammy – Best Pop Performance – for her single Messy, which she also performed. Cynthia Erivo was named Best Pop Duo alongside her Wicked co-star Ariana Grande for their performance of Defying Gravity.
Elsewhere, rap star Kendrick Lamar was the biggest winner. He was the most nominated artist at the ceremony with nine nods, winning five, collecting record of the year for his song Luther, featuring R&B singer SZA. But he was pipped to the night’s biggest prize – album of the year – by Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny. He delivered much of his speech in Spanish before saying he wanted to dedicate the award to “all the people that had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams” in English.
Lady Gaga, who was the second-most nominated artist with seven nods, took home best pop vocal album for her record Mayhem, having already won best dance pop recording and best remixed recording for Abracadabra and its Gesaffelstein remix.
Performances during the night included Tyler, The Creator, who crashed a Ferrari F40 on stage while singing Sugar On My Tongue; Justin Bieber, praised for his return to the Grammys after four years away and tributes paid to D’Angelo and Roberta Flack.