Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history.
Entertainment FILE -"Weird Al" Yankovic appears at the premiere of"Encanto" in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2021. made history, as he is wont to do. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was not only unprecedented for Yankovic, but unprecedented for his genre as a whole: Never before had a comedy album reached the top spot. And in the decade since, it has never happened again.Yankovic told The Associated Press over Zoom.
AP: Not only did it go No. 1, but it was also the first time a comedy album hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. AP: Polka medleys are a feature of many of your albums, starting with “Polkas on 45” from 1984's “In 3-D.” That's another anniversary — 40 years of that release, which features your famous
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