Editing Blizzard of Ozz (section)

==Release==
The album tracks "[[Crazy Train]]" and "[[Mr. Crowley]]" were released as singles in 1980. "Crazy Train" made number 49 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19970/ozzy-osbourne/ |title=Ozzy Osbourne |website=Officialcharts.com |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> and was moderately successful in the United States, reaching number 9 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Tracks]] chart and the single peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' [[Bubbling Under the Hot 100]] chart in 1981.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ozzy-osbourne/chart-history/rtt/|title = Ozzy Osbourne|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> Though it received little radio airplay upon its initial release, "Crazy Train" has become one of Osbourne's signature songs and a staple of [[classic rock]] radio playlists over the ensuing years.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/02/05/top-sports-songs/ |title= Top 10 Sports Songs |access-date= 5 February 2010 |archive-date= 6 February 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100206224105/http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/02/05/top-sports-songs/ |url-status= usurped}}</ref> In January 2009, the song achieved a 2× Platinum certification status.<ref name="RIAA"/>

The album was a commercial success, being certified 4× Platinum in the US in 1997, a feat Osbourne would not achieve again until ''[[No More Tears]]'' was certified in 2000.<ref name="RIAA"/> In 2019 it was certified 5× Platinum.<ref name="RIAA"/> In the UK, it was the first of four Osbourne albums to attain Silver certification (60,000 units shipped) by the [[British Phonographic Industry]], achieving this in August 1981.<ref name="BPI1"/> It also ranked 13th on a ''[[Guitar World]]'' readers poll of the "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Guitar World|date=October 2006|title=100 Greatest Guitar Albums}} A copy can be found at {{cite web |url= http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Boggs1027/guitar_worlds_100_greatest_guitar_albums_of_all_time |title=Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time – Rate Your Music |work=rateyourmusic.com |access-date=12 October 2011}}</ref>{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}} In his autobiography, Osbourne readily admitted that at the time the album was being recorded, he felt he was in direct competition with his former band, Black Sabbath.<ref name="IAmOzzy">{{Cite book |author=Osbourne, Ozzy |year=2011 |title=I Am Ozzy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNzCgAEkW8cC&q=randy |publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]] |isbn=9780446573139 | page =248 |access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Ozzy Osbourne Cardiff 1980.jpg|thumb|Osbourne performing in support of ''Blizzard of Ozz'' in Cardiff, Wales, 9 October 1980]]
''Blizzard of Ozz'' was controversially re-released in 2002 with the original bass and drum tracks replaced by newly recorded parts from bassist [[Robert Trujillo]] and drummer [[Mike Bordin]]; however, the original bass and drum tracks were reinstated for the 2011 release due to public outcry. The 2011 release was certified Silver by BPI in 2013.<ref name="BPI2"/> A box set featuring both re-issued albums, the ''Blizzard of Ozz/Diary of a Madman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set'', was released, featuring both CD re-issues, 180-gram LP Vinyl versions of both albums (original album only), the "Thirty Years After the Blizzard" DVD Documentary, over 70 minutes of additional rare live performances and interviews, a replica of Ozzy's cross, and a 2 sided poster.<ref name="playdirect">{{cite web |work= myplaydirect.com |url= http://www.myplaydirect.com/ozzy-osbourne/details/5779242?current_country=US |title= Diary of a Madman/Blizzard of Ozz 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set |access-date= 23 March 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308201108/http://www.myplaydirect.com/ozzy-osbourne/details/5779242?current_country=US |archive-date= 8 March 2012 |df= dmy-all}}</ref>

On September 18, 2020, Osbourne released an expanded edition of ''Blizzard of Ozz'' including the bonus tracks and outtakes included on previous reissues (i.e. the 2002 reissue and the 2011 expanded edition) as well as seven live recordings from the Blizzard of Ozz tour and one additional live track.