“Weird Al” Yankovic – July 21

He makes history: “Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history, with over 12 million album sales. He release his 14th studio album Mandatory Fun last year, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. (This is the first time that a comedy album has debuted at #1 on the chart in history, and the first time that a comedy album has reached the top of the chart in over 50 years!)

He wins awards: Now in his fourth career decade, he has won 4 Grammys (including one this year) and has 14 nominations behind him, as well as countless awards and accolades for Weird Al classics like “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Fat,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Amish Paradise” and “The Saga Begins.”

He’s also a bestselling author: With the release of his children’s book When I Grow Up (HarperCollins, 2011), Al added “New York Times Bestselling Author” to his resume.

He’s top-ranking: His 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood spawned the Billboard Top 10 single “White & Nerdy,” the video for which spent two months at #1 on iTunes and garnered over 150 million hits on the Internet.

He’s like no other: Further in the spirit of Mandatory Fun’s bid for world domination, Al released 8 music videos in 8 days which had over 46 million views combined in its first week.