BLACK SABBATH (original) (raw)

Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi (born Handsworth, Birmingham, February 19, 1948), drummer Bill Ward (born Aston, Birmingham May 5, 1948), bassist Geezer Butler (born Aston, Birmingham, July 17, 1949) and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne (born Aston, Birmingham December 3, 1948). Black Sabbath are often considered the inventors of heavy metal – thanks in part to Iommi losing the tips of the middle and ring fingers of his right hand in an accident, an event which crucially impacted his playing style - with their mostly doom-laden songs such as Iron Man, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sweet Leaf inspiring no end of musicians to get heavier. Black Sabbath replaced Ozzy with Ronnie James Dio in 1979 after sacking Osbourne for his frankly insane booze and drugs intake, but eventually reunited with him in the 1990s. Black Sabbath scored their first UK Official Album Chart Number 1 with 1970’s Paranoid and set a record for the longest gap between Number 1s when their 2013 comeback album 13 took the position some 43 years later. Black Sabbath have sold over 70 million albums and in 2019 the band were presented a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

BLACK SABBATH Songs stats

UK No1s

0

UK Top 10s

1

UK Top 40s

7

UK Top 75s

10

Weeks at No1

0

Weeks in the Top 10

6

Weeks in the Top 40

40

Weeks in the Top 75

70

BLACK SABBATH Albums stats

UK No1s

2

UK Top 10s

10

UK Top 40s

23

UK Top 75s

28

Weeks at No1

2

Weeks in the Top 10

37

Weeks in the Top 40

145

Weeks in the Top 75

223

BLACK SABBATH Hits

Official Singles Chart

29

Aug

1970

03

Jun

1978

14

Oct

1978

05

Jul

1980

16

Aug

1980

06

Dec

1980

07

Nov

1981

13

Feb

1982

15

Apr

1989

08

Jul

1989

22

Sep

1990

13

Jun

1992

Official Albums Chart

07

Mar

1970

26

Sep

1970

PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 1,
2. Weeks: 27,
3. Weeks No. 1: 1

21

Aug

1971

30

Sep

1972

08

Dec

1973

27

Sep

1975

07

Feb

1976

06

Nov

1976

14

Oct

1978

26

Apr

1980

05

Jul

1980

14

Nov

1981

22

Jan

1983

24

Sep

1983

01

Mar

1986

28

Nov

1987

29

Apr

1989

01

Sep

1990

TYR
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 24,
2. Weeks: 3

04

Jul

1992

12

Feb

1994

17

Jun

1995

31

Oct

1998

REUNION
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 41,
2. Weeks: 2

17

Jun

2000

27

Jun

2009

16

Jun

2012

22

Jun

2013

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 1,
2. Weeks: 12,
3. Weeks No. 1: 1

10

Nov

2016

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 68,
2. Weeks: 1

Official Singles Sales Chart

18

Aug

2022

Official Singles Downloads Chart

18

Aug

2022

Official Physical Singles Chart

01

May

2010

Official Albums Chart Update

06

Nov

2016

08

Oct

2017

26

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 38,
2. Weeks: 1

23

Aug

2020

18

Oct

2020

25

Jul

2021

23

Oct

2022

27

Nov

2022

09

Jun

2024

Please note, the data displayed for this chart reflects the title's midweek position only, peak positions on this chart also relate to midweek chart positions. Official Albums Chart Update data available on officialcharts.com goes back to October 2014.

Official Scottish Albums Chart

31

Oct

1998

REUNION
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 59,
2. Weeks: 2

17

Jun

2000

06

Apr

2002

PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 26,
2. Weeks: 48

27

Jun

2009

16

Jun

2012

22

Jun

2013

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 3,
2. Weeks: 11

10

Nov

2016

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 57,
2. Weeks: 2

27

Aug

2020

25

Feb

2021

VOL 4
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 32,
2. Weeks: 1

24

Jun

2021

29

Jul

2021

14

Oct

2021

27

Oct

2022

17

Nov

2022

01

Dec

2022

04

May

2023

15

Jun

2023

13

Jun

2024

28

Nov

2024

28

Nov

2024

TYR
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 92,
2. Weeks: 1

Official Albums Sales Chart

10

Nov

2016

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 44,
2. Weeks: 2

27

Jun

2019

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 88,
2. Weeks: 1

27

Aug

2020

22

Oct

2020

25

Feb

2021

VOL 4
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 35,
2. Weeks: 1

24

Jun

2021

29

Jul

2021

14

Oct

2021

27

Oct

2022

17

Nov

2022

01

Dec

2022

04

May

2023

09

Nov

2023

REUNION
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 95,
2. Weeks: 1

13

Jun

2024

28

Nov

2024

Official Album Downloads Chart

27

Jun

2009

16

Jun

2012

14

Jul

2012

22

Jun

2013

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 3,
2. Weeks: 4

10

Nov

2016

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 96,
2. Weeks: 1

13

Jun

2024

13

Jun

2024

TYR
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 41,
2. Weeks: 1

13

Jun

2024

13

Jun

2024

Official Physical Albums Chart

05

Feb

1994

17

Jun

1995

31

Oct

1998

REUNION
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 41,
2. Weeks: 3

17

Jun

2000

30

Mar

2002

PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 15,
2. Weeks: 22

27

Jun

2009

16

Jun

2012

22

Jun

2013

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 1,
2. Weeks: 16,
3. Weeks No. 1: 1

10

Nov

2016

12

Oct

2017

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 44,
2. Weeks: 2

27

Aug

2020

25

Feb

2021

VOL 4
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 34,
2. Weeks: 1

24

Jun

2021

29

Jul

2021

14

Oct

2021

27

Oct

2022

17

Nov

2022

01

Dec

2022

04

May

2023

15

Jun

2023

13

Jun

2024

28

Nov

2024

TYR
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 91,
2. Weeks: 1

28

Nov

2024

Official Vinyl Albums Chart

27

Jun

2015

PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 10,
2. Weeks: 10

27

Jun

2015

27

Jun

2015

01

Dec

2016

12

Oct

2017

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 13,
2. Weeks: 2

27

Jun

2019

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 28,
2. Weeks: 1

27

Aug

2020

25

Feb

2021

VOL 4
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 32,
2. Weeks: 1

14

Oct

2021

09

Nov

2023

REUNION
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 35,
2. Weeks: 1

13

Jun

2024

Official Record Store Chart

22

Jun

2013

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 3,
2. Weeks: 10

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 16,
2. Weeks: 1

29

Jul

2021

07

Oct

2021

27

Oct

2022

17

Nov

2022

02

May

2024

13

Jun

2024

04

Jan

2014

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 79,
2. Weeks: 1

Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart

17

Jun

1995

22

Jul

1995

30

Sep

1995

26

Sep

1998

31

Oct

1998

REUNION
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 2,
2. Weeks: 13

17

Jun

2000

12

Jan

2002

30

Mar

2002

PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 3,
2. Weeks: 217

05

Oct

2002

21

Apr

2007

27

Jun

2009

11

Jul

2009

17

Apr

2010

17

Apr

2010

17

Apr

2010

19

Feb

2011

11

Jun

2011

16

Jun

2012

22

Jun

2013

13
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 1,
2. Weeks: 34,
3. Weeks No. 1: 3

10

Nov

2016

12

Oct

2017

30

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 3,
2. Weeks: 6

27

Aug

2020

25

Feb

2021

VOL 4
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 4,
2. Weeks: 5

24

Jun

2021

14

Oct

2021

04

May

2023

13

Jun

2024

28

Nov

2024

28

Nov

2024

TYR
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 17,
2. Weeks: 1

28

Nov

2024

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point

Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart

11

Apr

2009

PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 3,
2. Weeks: 291

01

May

2010

04

May

2013

01

Mar

2014

06

Jul

2023

PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 15,
2. Weeks: 78

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point

Official Independent Albums Chart

04

Sep

1999

17

Jun

2000

12

Jan

2002

30

Mar

2002

05

Oct

2002

10

Nov

2016

12

Oct

2017

27

Aug

2020

25

Feb

2021

VOL 4
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 12,
2. Weeks: 1

24

Jun

2021

14

Oct

2021

27

Oct

2022

17

Nov

2022

01

Dec

2022

04

May

2023

15

Jun

2023

13

Jun

2024

28

Nov

2024

28

Nov

2024

28

Nov

2024

TYR
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 35,
2. Weeks: 1

28

Nov

2024

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1997, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point

Official DVD Chart

07

Sep

2002

Official Blu-Ray Chart

07

Dec

2013

25

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 25,
2. Weeks: 4

Official Video Chart

25

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 66,
2. Weeks: 1

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point

Official Music Video Chart

18

Mar

1995

13

Nov

1999

07

Sep

2002

07

Sep

2002

15

Mar

2003

10

Jul

2010

07

Dec

2013

25

Nov

2017

THE END
BLACK SABBATH

1. Peak: 1,
2. Weeks: 91,
3. Weeks No. 1: 2

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point