From Variety News - Weird Al's 'Mandatory Fun' album reportedly becomes the first comedy album to reach no. 1 in US Top Charts in 50 years.
Yankovic's "Mandatory Fun" (RCA) garnered sales of 104,000 copies in its debut week, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ending July 20.
The previous peak of his album came in 2011, when "Alpocalypse" reached No. 9. Weird Al is a veteran parodist and his album was pushed by a video campaign led by "Tacky," which video is a spoof of Pharrell's "Happy."
His last reigned on the chart was in 1963, when Allan Sherman's "My Son, the Nut" became the Chicago-born comic's third No. 1 LP.
Music update
Punk rock band from Chicaco Rise Against logged on at No. 3 with their single "The Black Market" which sold 53,000 copies.
The tireless Kidz Bop Kids franchise climbed at No. 4 spot, as the album titled "Kidz Bop 26" (Razor & Tie) sold 46,000. The latest collection of toddler-friendly covers includes versions of Frozen OST "Let It Go," "Pompeii" and "Happy."
The music top 10 was reportedly filled out by the "Frozen" soundtrack (No. 5, 43,000 sold, off 6%), Sam Smith's "In the Lonely Hour" (No. 6, 35,000, down 17%), Ed Sheeran's "x" (No. 7, 24,000, off 32%), the "Now 50" compilation (No. 8, 23,000, up 4%), Trey Songz's "Trigger" (No. 9, 23,000, off 35%) and Blake Shelton's "Based On a True Story" (No. 10, 22,000, up 3686%).
Country singer Shelton's 69-week-old release received its huge bump from discount pricing at the iTunes Store.
