Weird Al’s ‘Mandatory Fun’ Becomes First No. 1 Comedy Album in Half a Century

July 23rd, 2014

Scott Murray

Last week, “Weird Al” Yankovic took the internet by storm when he relentlessly debuted 8 music videos including parodies of everything from Pharrell’s “Happy” to Lorde’s “Royals” in order to celebrate the release of his 14th studio album, Mandatory Fun, on July 15. In addition to the success of the hilarious and star-studded music videos, Yankovic reached a monumental achievement of his lengthy 28-year music career:

As of this morning, Mandatory Fun has topped the charts, making it Yankovic’s first ever number 1 album on the Billboard 200. Even more impressive, the record is the first number 1 comedy album in over half a century! According to Billboard, the last comedy chart-topper was 1963’s My Son, the Nut by Allan Sherman.

Check out “Tacky,” the video that started it all, below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWo8apgLys