'Changes' to the Top Of The UK Charts; Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne Land At #1 On The UK Singles Charts Giving Ozzy, Kelly and Sanctuary Records Their First #1 Single.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2003

Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Records.^[1] Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world. is pleased to announce that Kelly Osbourne alongside her father, Ozzy, have landed at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart with their duet of the Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. The original band line up of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums) is the same as the current line up (2007) although there have been many shifts of personnel classic, "Changes." This achievement marks Kelly's first ever #1 single, and surprisingly, the first #1 record for Ozzy. The single, which was released on December 8, beat out new releases from the likes of Evanesence, Nelly Furtado

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Kelly Osbourne signed to Sanctuary Records Group after leaving the Sony system this summer. Changes, released in September, features all the songs from SHUT UP!, plus four totally raw, totally live bonus tracks ("Come Dig Me Out Come Dig Me Out was supposed to be released as the 3rd single from Shut Up. However, since EMI, dumped Kelly the single never made it to physical release. Radio Airplay was very low, so there was decided not even thinking about releasing. Only PROMO single release have been made. ," "Disconnected," "Too Much of You" and "On The Run") and the duet with Ozzy that would shoot to Number 1, "Changes."

One thing is certain; Kelly Osbourne has done a lot of growing up in 2003. Relieved to be free of major-label politics, Kelly's been busy honing Honing could refer to

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her craft and working on new material. "At first I didn't know what to write about so I wrote about what I thought people were supposed to write about," Kelly admits with characteristic honesty. "Now I've had so many shit things happen that I have something to write about." Considering the year she's survived, the results are sure to be mind-blowing.

Stay tuned . . .this girl is just getting started.

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