Ozzy Osbourne and Elvis Costello Have Been Nominated At The Grammys

Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, the Black Keys, and Spoon have been nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

ABBA, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, Megadeth, Blondie, Neil Young, and Sheryl Crow are also nominated for other categories. The 2023 Grammys is scheduled to take place on Feb. 5 in Los Angeles and will air live on CBS and Paramount+.

The Black Keys’ Dropout Boogie, Costello’s The Boy Named If, Osbourne’s Patient Number 9, and Spoon’s Lucifer on the Sofa received nominations for Best Rock Album. Osbourne picked up a few more nominations, including Best Metal Performance for “Degradation Rules,” as well as Best Rock Performance and Song with “Patient Number 9.” Other songs nominated for Best Rock Performance include “Wild Child” by the Black Keys, “So Happy It Hurts” by Bryan Adams, and “Old Man” by Beck.

Raitt also achieved multiple nominations, including Song of the Year and Best American Roots Song with “Just Like That,” and Best Americana Album for Just Like That…. Plant and Kraus were also nominated in the Americana category with Best American Album for Raise the Roof, Best American Roots Song for “High and Lonesome,” co-written with T Bone Burnett, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Going Where the Lonely Go.”

In the pop categories, ABBA earned several nominations, including the prestigious Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album of the Year for Voyage and Record of the Year for the song “Don’t Shut Me Down.”

Meanwhile, Blondie’s first box set, Against the Odds: 1974-1982, received a nomination for Best Historical Album. On the other hand, the Grateful Dead was named in the Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package section for In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83. While Young and Crazy Horse were nominated for Best Music Film with A Band A Brotherhood A Barn.

Other nominations include McVie’s “Songbird (Orchestral Version)” for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, Crow’s “Forever” for Best American Roots Song, and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys for Producer of the Year in the Non-Classical category.