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aka: Alfred Matthew Yankovic
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Based in: Los Angeles
Based in: Hollywood Hills
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GRAMMY award-winning Alfred Matthew “Weird Al” Yankovic (born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, and author.
He is best known for creating comedy songs that make light of pop culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians.
He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of several popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion.
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Since having a comedy song aired on The Dr. Demento Radio Show in 1976 at age 16, Weird Al Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2015), recorded more than 150 parodies and original songs, and performed more than 1,000 live shows.
His work has earned him five Grammy Awards and a further 11 nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the U.S.
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Yankovic’s success comes in part from his effective use of music videos to further parody pop culture, the song’s original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases.
He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists, including Ben Folds, Hanson, the Black Crowes, and the Presidents of the United States of America.
In March 2018, Weird Al Yankovic released two remixes of songs by Portugal. The Man: “Feel It Still” and “Live in the Moment”.
In some cases, after Weird Al Yankovic has requested that the original band allow his parody, the band will offer to help out with the recreation: Dire Straits members Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher perform on “Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*”, Yankovic’s parody of Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing”, while Imagine Dragons provided Yankovic with advice on how to recreate some of the electronic sounds they used for “Radioactive” in Yankovic’s parody “Inactive”.
Awards Weird Al Yankovic has won include:
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4 Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album (1984, 1988, 2014, and 2019)
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Webby Award for Artist of the Year (2005)
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The Key to the City of Albuquerque, NM (2003)
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Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2018)
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5 Gold and 4 Platinum albums by the RIAA.
He has also been nominated for several other awards, including multiple Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
His discography includes fourteen studio albums, two soundtrack albums, nine compilation albums, eleven video albums, two extended plays, two box sets, forty-six singles and fifty-four music videos.
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