Ozzy Osbourne has won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album with Patient Number 9. He won the honor over the Black Keys (Dropout Boogie), Elvis Costello & the Imposters (The Boy Named If), Idles (Crawler), Machine Gun Kelly (Mainstream Sellout), and Spoon (Lucifer on the Sofa). Producer Andrew Watt accepted the award on his behalf, giving shoutouts to the late Taylor Hawkins and Jeff Beck for their support of the album.

Patient Number 9’s “Degradation Rules,” which features Tony Iommi, took home the trophy for Best Metal Performance. Patient Number 9 is Osbourne’s 13th solo studio album. The album’s lead single and title track, which features guest contributions from Jeff Beck, also received Grammy nominations this year in the Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance categories. The album landed Osbourne at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart in September, becoming his seventh entry to the chart overall. 

Osbourne recently announced that he is likely finished touring. “Never would I have imagined that my touring days would have ended this way,” he revealed. “My team is currently coming up with ideas for where I will be able to perform without having to travel from city to city and country to country.”

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