Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Osbourne | |
|---|---|
| Promotional shot of Kelly Osbourne for her second album, Sleeping in the Nothing (2005) Promotional shot of Kelly Osbourne for her second album, Sleeping in the Nothing | |
| Background information | |
| Years active | 2002-present |
Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born October 27, 1984 in London, England) is an actress, singer, and fashion designer. Osbourne first rose to fame in The Osbournes, a reality TV series about her famous father and family.
The daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, she has two siblings: Aimee Osbourne and Jack Osbourne, and two half-siblings: Jessica Hobbs and Louis Osbourne, Ozzy's children from his first marriage.
Music
Shut Up! & Changes
Her debut album, Shut Up!, was released in 2002 to moderate sales, fueled mostly by a cover version of the hit Madonna song Papa Don't Preach, which was debuted with Houston rock band Pure Rubbish at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. Osbourne's 2002 Epic debut, "Shut Up", debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The album was met with bad critical reviews and Shut Up! failed to spark much interest, and by May 2003, Osbourne had been dropped from Epic. However, by autumn she had resurfaced on the Sanctuary label, later recording a duet of "Changes", a Black Sabbath song, with her father. The duet hit #1 on the UK charts, a first for both father and daughter. Shut Up! was repackaged with this duet and a few live cuts and re-released as Changes. Sales did not improve, however.
Sleeping in the Nothing
Osbourne's sophomore album, Sleeping in the Nothing, debuted at #117 on the Billboard Top 200, selling just under 9,000 copies.
Sleeping in the Nothing sees Osbourne make a transition from rock to 80s dance-pop. Sleeping in the Nothing was co-written and produced by legendary songwriter/former popstar, Linda Perry.
The first single from the album, "One Word", peaked at #1 on three Billboard dance charts. Osbourne became the first artist in the history of the Billboard charts to top all three dance surveys in the same week.
The album was not without controversy, due to its heavily altered[1] album cover, in which Osbourne appeared markedly slimmer. The image, which graced the album cover and most of its promotional material, angered many fans[citation needed] due to her previous reiterations of being happy with her size, and not wanting to change for anyone.
Future in Music
During an interview in late 2005, Osbourne denied reports she is ending her music career, and is said to be working on a new album.
Osbourne was quoted as saying: "I don't know where the quit rumours came from - I've just recorded a version of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with Cyndi Lauper." [1]
Discography
| Album Information |
|---|
Shut Up
|
Changes
|
Sleeping in the Nothing
|
Acting
Life As We Know It
Osbourne made her debut as an actress with a starring role on October 7, 2004 on the ABC high school teen drama Life As We Know It, where she played the supporting role of Deborah Beatrice Tynan.
Fashion
Stiletto Killers
In 2004, Kelly Osbourne launched her own fashion line, Stiletto Killers[2], with friend Ali Barone. Stiletto Killers was a rock-inspired line of tees, knickers, hoodies, and sweatpants designed by Osbourne and Barone, emblazoned with cartoonish designs and punk rock phrases. There was also a more sophisticated couture branch, The SK Collection. Stiletto Killers closed in April 2006 and Barone has since launched a line called Lipstick Prophets.
Personal life
Drug addiction
On April 4, 2004, a year after her younger brother, Jack, checked himself into rehab, Osbourne was admitted into Promises treatment center in Malibu, California, to fight an addiction to painkillers. Little more than a year after completing treatment for an addiction to prescription painkillers, Osbourne once again checked herself into a drug rehabilitation center, Las Encinas Hospital, the same Pasadena, California, facility where her brother underwent treatment for his addictions to the painkiller OxyContin, marijuana and alcohol back in 2003; for personal issues. In 2005, she admitted to an addiction to aspirin and motrin.
Marriage
In May 2006, at the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland, Kelly and her boyfriend, Matty Derham of the band Fields, took part in a wedding ceremony in an inflatable church on site. Her representative denied that the ceremony was legally binding as Irish marriages can only be perfomed either by validly-ordained church people or by civil registrars who are HSE employees. Marriages can also only take place normally in churches or registry offices, and where all legal requirements such as the three months' notice were met.
However in the days following Electric Pinic, Osbourne and boyfriend were spotted buying gold bands in Fields jewellers on Grafton Street Dublin.
Tattoos
- Her first Tattoo was a small pink heart on her left hip. However, it is rumored that she has covered it up with something different.
- Heart on her left pinky; she got matching ones with her ex-boyfriend Bert McCracken.
- Maroon colored angel wings tattooed on her shoulder blades.
- Star on the nape of her neck.
- A skull with crossbones on each foot.
- Disney's "Tinkerbell" on her lower back.
- Heart with crossbones on her right wrist.
- "Jack", "Jack Osbourne", her brother's name, is tattooed on her inner left wrist.
- Heart shaped locket, with a matching key on the inside of her right forearm with the words: "Daddy" and just beneath is a banner that says "This too shall pass". Osbourne has dedicated this tattoo to her father, she had it done shortly after his near fatal ATV (all terrain vehicle) accident.
- An anchor on her outer forearm just below her elbow. Osbourne got it shortly after she exited rehab the first time.
- A keyboard on her left arm.
- Words in french between her angel wings which has been translated to "I Love My Mother"
- A small green four leaf clover on her lower arm.
- A target just above her behind which is captioned with "aim here" in old english-style lettering.
References
- ^ Admitted on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Episode #8.8, Friday 13 May 2005.
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart