The Essential Ozzy Osbourne vaults 134-7 the Billboard 200 (dated Aug. 2), following Osbourne’s death on July 22. The best-of collection, first released in 2003, reaches the top 10 for the first time (it previously peaked at No. 81 in 2003) and marks the 10th top 10-charted set for the late metal god.
Osbourne previously hit the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with Patient Number 9 (No. 3 in 2022), Ordinary Man (No. 3, 2020), Scream (No. 4, 2010), Black Rain (No. 3, 2007), Down to Earth (No. 4, 2001), Ozzmosis (No. 4, 1995), No More Tears (No. 7, 1991), Tribute (with Randy Rhoads, No. 6 in 1987) and The Ultimate Sin (No. 6, 1986). Osbourne was also the longtime frontman for Black Sabbath, which claimed two top 10s: 13 (No. 1 in 2013) and Master of Reality (No. 8, 1971).
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Aug. 2, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 29. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Essential earned nearly 44,000 equivalent album units in the July 18-24 tracking week (up 309%) according to Luminate. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 35,000 (up 287%, equaling 48.70 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it debuts at No. 9 on Top Streaming Albums), TEA units comprise 6,000 (up 888%) and album sales comprise 3,000 (up 197% — it reenters at No. 30 on Top Album Sales).
