He sold out Madison Square Garden. His accolades include five Grammy awards. He is one of the biggest-selling comedy recording artists in history, and next year, this quirky character is coming to ...
Today, Billboard reported that everyone’s favorite accordion-playing pop-culture parodist, “Weird Al” Yankovic, is nine songs deep into his follow-up to 2006’s Straight Outta Lynwood, and is possibly ...
Ten years ago this week, “Weird Al” Yankovic released Mandatory Fun, which eventually went on to become his first No. 1 album. It would also be his last album, as its release marked the end of his ...
Ten years ago this week, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Mandatory Fun became the first comedy album to top the Billboard album chart since Allan Sherman’s My Son, the Nut in August 1963. The years following ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a music journalist from New York City, living in Nashville. Last May, Alfred “Weird Al” Yankovic celebrated the 40-year ...