'Weird Al' Yankovic

Alfred Matthew Weird Al Yankovic born October 23 1959 is an American singersongwriter music producer actor comedian writer satirist and parodist Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts Since his firstaired comedy song in 1976 he had sold more than 12 million albums as of 2007 recorded more than 150 parody and original songs and has performed more than 1000 live shows His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations four gold records and six platinum records in the United States Yankovics first top ten Billboard album Straight Outta Lynwood and single White Nerdy were both released in 2006 nearly three decades into his career Yankovics success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture the songs original artist and the original music videos themselves sceneforscene in some cases He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists including Ben Folds Hanson Black Crowes and The Presidents of the United States of America In addition to recording his albums Yankovic wrote and starred in the film UHF and television show The Weird Al Show He has also made guest appearances on many television shows in addition to starring in Al TV specials on MTV Description above from the Wikipedia article Weird Al Yankovic licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia