Kelly Osbourne

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Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born October 27, 1984 in London, England) is an actress, singer, and fashion designer. Osbourne first rose to acclaim in The Osbournes, a reality TV series about her famous family.

Kelly is 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.

Kelly has nicknames including "Kelly O" and "Kel". She is on record as 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) in height. [link] Note that she has described herself as "5 foot 2 inches" (1.57 m) in height. #redirect

Contents

1 Music

1.1 ''Shut Up''! & ''Changes''
1.2 ''Sleeping in the Nothing''
1.3 Future in Music
1.4 Discography

2 Acting

2.1 Life As We Know It

3 Fashion

3.1 Stiletto Killers

4 Personal life

4.1 Drug Addiction
4.2 Tattoos

5 References
6 See also
7 External links

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. Kelly's 2002 Epic debut, "Shut Up," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The album was met with fairly good critical reviews. However, Shut Up! failed to spark much interest, and by May 2003, Kelly had been dropped from Epic. The setback neither slowed her down nor shut her up, and by autumn Kelly had resurfaced on the Sanctuary label. She later recorded a duet with her father of "Changes," a Black Sabbath song. The duet hit #1 on the UK charts, a first for Ozzy and Kelly. Shut Up! was repackaged with this duet and a few live cuts and rereleased as Changes. Sales did not improve.

Sleeping in the Nothing

Kelly Osbourne's 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 rather smooth 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. Kelly 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 alteredAdmitted on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Episode #8.8, Friday 13 May 2005. album cover, in which Osbourne appeared markedly slimmer. The image, which graced the album cover and most of its promotional material, angered many fans due to her previous reiterations of being happy with her size, and not wanting to change for anyone.

Additional controversy surrounded "One Word", which borrowed heavily from the Visage hit "Fade To Grey." Billy Currie, co-writer of "Fade To Grey", accused "One Word" writer Linda Perry of copyright abuse. However, the issue was apparently resolved as Visage have since remixed "One Word."

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." [link]

Discography

Album Information
Shut Up Release Date: November 26, 2002 (U.S.) Chart Positions: #1 Billboard Heatseekers U.S., #101 Top 200 Billboard U.S., # 31 UK, #100 Australia Singles * 2002: "Papa Don't Preach" #3 Australia Top 40, #5 Finland Top 20, #3 UK Singles Top 40 * 2003: "Shut Up" #34 Australia Top 40, #18 Ireland Top 20, #15 Norway Top 20, #11 UK Singles Top 40
*Changes* Release Date: September 30, 2003 (U.S.) Chart Positions: #Failed To Chart U.S. Singles * 2003: "Changes" #7 Ireland Top 20, #1 UK * 2003: "Come Dig Me Out"
*Sleeping in the Nothing* Release Date: June 7, 2005 (U.S.) Chart Positions: #117 Billboard 200 U.S., #2 Billboard Top Electronic Albums U.S., #2 Top Heatseekers, #57 UK Singles * 2005: "One Word" #38 AUS., #1 Billboard Hot Dance Radio Air Play U.S., #82 Billboard Pop 100 U.S., #9 UK, #1 World Dance/Trance Top 30 Singles * 2005: "One Word (Chris Cox Remix)" #1 Billboard Hot Dance Single U.S., #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play U.S. *2005: "Redlight" #40 Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, #73 UK

Acting

Life As We Know It

Kelly 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. Kelly Osbourne received rave reviews playing the supporting role of Deborah Beatrice Tynan.

Fashion

Stiletto Killers

In 2004, Kelly Osbourne launched her own fashion line, Stiletto Killers[link] with friend Ali Barone. Stiletto Killers was a rock-inspired line of tees, knickers, hoodies, and sweatpants designed by Kelly Osbourne and Ali 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 Ali has since launched a line called Lipstick Prophets.

Personal life

Drug Addiction

On April 4, 2004, a year after her younger brother, Jack Osbourne checked himself into rehab Kelly was admitted into Promises treatment center in Malibu, California to fight an addiction to pain killers. Little more than a year after completing treatment for an addiction to prescription painkillers, Kelly Osbourne once again checked herself into a drug rehabilitation center, Las Encinas Hospital, the same Pasadena, California, facility where younger brother Jack underwent treatment for his addictions to the painkiller OxyContin, cannabis and alcohol back in 2003; for personal issues.

Tattoos

Kelly's 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". Kelly has dedicated this tattoo to her daddy, she had it done shortly after his near fatal ATV (all terrain vehicle) accident.
An anchor on her outer forearm just below her elbow. Kelly 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 Mommy"
A small green four leaf clover on her lower arm.

References

External links

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