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16/01/2006
Osbourne's autobiography tops bestsellers lists
Sharon Osbourne's book Extreme has become the bestselling hardback autobiography since British records began, selling 621,000 copies, beating the previous record for Beckham's My Side by more than 100,000 copies.
Four years ago, only diehard rock fans had heard of the wife and concert promoter of heavy metaller Ozzy Osbourne.
But her readiness to expose her domestic life on the MTV series The Osbournes, and her fiery outbursts on ITV's talent hunt The X-Factor, have raised her to the top of Britain's celebrity pecking order.
In Extreme Sharon Osbourne explains how she has lived "50 lives in 50 years". She chronicles domestic violence, drug abuse, alcoholism, affairs, bribery, colon cancer, robberies, a plane crash, intensive therapy and cosmetic surgery.
Extreme has been bought "by women, for women", says the book's editor, Antonia Hodgson. Booksellers agree. Jon Howells, spokesman for Ottakar's, says: "The X-Factor had daily exposure across the media. It opened up the audience for the book and crossed a lot of boundaries."
Sharon Osbourne has just finished her film debut, a romantic comedy, It's a Boy Girl Thing, produced by Elton John and David Furnish's Rocket Pictures.
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