"Weird Al" Yankovic
Person · 15 cases · 1992–2024 · American comedy musician
How "Weird Al" Yankovic spread
Dr. Demento's radio show introduced Yankovic's comedy songs, and music videos helped his parodies reach wider audiences.
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1976
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Dr. Demento played Yankovic's homemade song "Belvedere Cruisin'" on his radio show. dmdb.org
2006
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"White & Nerdy" became his first top-ten Billboard single. en.wikipedia.org
2014
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Mandatory Fun became his first number-one album in its debut week. en.wikipedia.org
Jurassic Park
Carried it · Oct '93
$1.06B on a $60M–$63M budget
Pharrell Williams: Happy
Kept it going · Jul '14
273M views
Somebody That I Used to Know
Kept it going · Jul '14
160M views
Encanto and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Kept it going · Jul '24
1.26B impressions
Despacito
Kept it going · Jul '24
347K sold
Bo Burnham: Inside
Carried it · Jun '21
44.5K sold
Thrift Shop
Kept it going · Jul '14
58M impressions
Old Town Road
Kept it going · Jul '24
Peaked at #1
Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Kept it going · Jan '92
Peaked at #1
Bad Guy
Kept it going · Jul '24
93M impressions
Doge
Kept it going · Jul '14
Milestone 1,418 days in
Breaking Bad's Netflix effect
Carried it · Jul '13
337 sold
Uptown Funk
Kept it going · Jul '24
159M impressions
Hamilton on Disney+
Carried it · Jul '20
720.4M impressions
Call Me Maybe
Kept it going · Jul '14
12.5M sold
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