Days after he retired from touring, the Black Sabbath singer took home two trophies
Last night in Lost Angeles, the 65th annual GRAMMY® Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena. The star-studded event saw many of rock and metal’s best strut down the red carpet in hopes of coming home with some hardware. At the end of the night, the evening’s biggest winners were Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ozzy Osbourne and alt-rock upstarts Wet Leg.
Just days after announcing his retirement from touring, Ozzy went on to win for Best Metal Performance and Best Rock Album. It marked the metal legend’s first solo GRAMMY® win since 1994 when he won Best Metal Performance for “I Don’t Wanna Change the World (Live & Loud). Ozzy garnered two more as a member of Black Sabbath for Best Metal Performance in 2000 for “Iron Man” (Reunion) and in 2013 for Best Metal Performance for “God Is Dead?” (13).
Ozzy’s acclaimed thirteenth studio album Patient Number 9 performed well commercially, peaking at No. 1 on UK Rock & Metal Albums chart and No. 2 on UK Albums. Stateside, the album hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 across Billboard’s Top Alternative, Top Rock, and Top Hard Rock Albums charts. The album’s title track – which features a stunning guest appearance by the late Jeff Beck – was also nominated for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.
Brandi Carlile also took home two trophies for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song. Classic rock icon Bonnie Raitt beat out the likes of Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Harry Styles, Lizzo, Beyoncé, Adele, and DJ Khaled for the Song of the Year honor. Måneskin and Wet Let lost out in the Best New Artist category, however Wet Leg still ended up having a monster night, sweeping the Alternative categories with two wins.
Wet Leg’s have exploded out of the gate with their self-titled debut album. The record peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. With two GRAMMY® Awards already under their belt, the sky is the limit for this promising young act.
Check out the full list of Rock, Metal, and Alternative GRAMMY® winners below.
Best Rock Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.
- “So Happy It Hurts” – Bryan Adams
- “Old Man” – Beck
- “Wild Child” – The Black Keys
- “Broken Horses” – Brandi Carlile [WINNER]
- “Crawl!” – Idles
- “Patient Number 9” (featuring Jeff Beck) – Ozzy Osbourne
- “Holiday” – Turnstile
Best Metal Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.
- “Call Me Little Sunshine” – Ghost
- “We’ll Be Back” – Megadeth
- “Kill or Be Killed” – Muse
- “Degradation Rules” (featuring Toni Iommi) – Ozzy Osbourne [WINNER]
- “Blackout” – Turnstile
Best Rock Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- “Black Summer” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters - “Blackout” – Turnstile
Brady Ebert, Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory & Brendan Yates, songwriters - “Broken Horses” – Brandi Carlile [WINNER]
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters - “Harmonia’s Dream” – The War on Drugs
Robbie Bennett & Adam Granduciel, songwriters - “Patient Number 9” (featuring Jeff Beck) – Ozzy Osbourne
John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters
Best Rock Album
For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.
- Dropout Boogie, The Black Keys
- The Boy Named If, Elvis Costello & The Imposters
- Crawler, Idles
- Mainstream Sellout, Machine Gun Kelly
- Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne [WINNER]
- Lucifer On The Sofa, Spoon
Best Alternative Music Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative Alternative music recordings.
- “There’d Better Be A Mirrorball” – Arctic Monkeys
- “Certainty” – Big Thief
- “King” – Florence + The Machine
- “Chaise Longue” – Wet Leg [WINNER]
- “Spitting Off the Edge of the World” (featuring Perfume Genius) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Alternative Music Album
Vocal or Instrumental.
- WE, Arcade Fire
- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, Big Thief
- Fossora, Björk
- Wet Leg, Wet Leg [WINNER]
- Cool It Down, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new Latin rock or alternative recordings.
- El Alimento – Cimafunk
- Tinta y Tiempo – Jorge Drexler
- 1940 Carmen – Mon Laferte
- Alegoría – Gaby Moreno
- Los Años Salvajes – Fito Paez
- MOTOMAMI – Rosalía [WINNER]
Best New Artist
This category recognizes an artist whose eligibility-year release(s) achieved a breakthrough into the public consciousness and notably impacted the musical landscape.
- Anitta
- Omar Apollo
- DOMi & JD Beck
- Muni Long
- Samara Joy
- Latto
- Måneskin
- Tobe Nwigwe
- Molly Tuttle
- Wet Leg
Song of the Year
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- “abcdefu” – GAYLE
Sara Davis, GAYLE & Dave Pittenger, songwriters - “About Damn Time” – Lizzo
Melissa “Lizzo” Jefferson, Eric Frederic, Blake Slatkin & Theron Makiel Thomas, songwriters - “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” (The Short Film) – Taylor Swift
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters - “As It Was” – Harry Styles
Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon & Harry Styles, songwriters - “Bad Habit” – Steve Lacy
Matthew Castellanos, Brittany Fousheé, Diana Gordon, John Carroll Kirby & Steve Lacy, songwriters (Steve Lacy) - “BREAK MY SOUL” – Beyoncé
Beyoncé, S. Carter, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Christopher A. Stewart, songwriters - “Easy On Me” – Adele
Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters - “GOD DID” (featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy) – DJ Khaled
Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts & Nicholas Warwar, songwriters - The Heart Part 5″ – Kendrick Lamar
Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar & Matt Schaeffer, songwriters - “Just Like That” – Bonnie Raitt [WINNER]
Bonnie Raitt, songwriter