There’s never been around quite like Weird Al Yankovic in the music business. He’s the biggest selling comedy recording artist of all time, outperforming some comic legends, and he’s won three Grammys and earned 12 nominations.
He’s just released his first full-length studio album in five years. “Alpocalypse” debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard chart, his highest debut ever. After three decades in the industry, he says he’s glad to finally be peaking.
Al explains how YouTube has helped make him hotter than ever and how it even helped settle a dispute with Lady Gaga over “Perform This Way,” his parody of her hit song “Born This Way.”
Weird Al says artists have always seen the value of his parodies — it’s the managers and executives who’ve had the problem. Find out which star recently told “Rolling Stone” that having one of your songs parodied by Weird Al is rite of passage.
Plus, find out how this former high school valedictorian kept pursuing his passion for comedy, even when every record label in town told him novelty acts never survive. See how Al has proven time and time again just how wrong they were.