Ozzy Spent a Lifetime Summoning Demons — Now His Songs Are Climbing to the Clouds
The death of Ozzy Osbourne triggered one of the strongest impacts on digital platforms in nearly a decade. We review the numbers.
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Deep Purple albums and songs sales
Part of the legendary “Unholy Trinity of British Hard Rock and Heavy Metal” along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Deep Purple helped introduce and style, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal in the early 70s. Active to this day, the …
Ozzy Osbourne albums and songs sales
After his years singing for Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne was already a rock legend. In 1980, he gave his solo career a go, dropping the LP Blizzard Of Ozz, an album that became a classic on its own. After 10 …
Streaming Masters – Ozzy Osbourne
After 10 years and 8 studio albums as Black Sabbath singer, Ozzy Osbourne went solo with the 1980 album Blizzard of Ozz. Is his personal success comparable to the one obtained with his group on streaming platforms?
Black Sabbath albums and songs sales
On 13 February 1970, the Birmingham band Black Sabbath released their eponymous debut LP. This album is regarded by most as the very first heavy metal album ever released. Their fundamental contribution to the history of rock music gave the …
Streaming Masters – Black Sabbath
The first album of the legendary heavy metal band Black Sabbath was released 50 years ago. Are they forgotten now? Or is their music still listened to nowadays?
Going through South Africa’s top foreign albums sellers of the 70s
Who’s popular in South Africa? A lot of information is available for many countries from Europe or America, but what about the main African market? The few bits of data which emerged relate to artists from the 80s onwards, with …
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Going through Italy’s top foreign singles sellers of the 70s
Which artists were popular in Italy during the 70s? From the break-up of the Beatles to the domination of disco music, who did the best there? Today we review the top selling singles of the decade, year after year, in …
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Going through Mexico’s top foreign singles sellers of the 70s
After analysing the performance of foreign albums in the Mexican market during the 70s, it is time to give the singles market some time because, after all, this format used to have a bigger market in terms of total units …
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Going through Mexico’s top foreign sellers of the 80s
Do you have any idea of what was popular in Mexico during the 80s? Which international music star struck them the most? Was Thriller as huge there as it was everywhere? Were other megastars like Madonna, Phil Collins or Prince equally …
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