Weird Al Is Number One

“Weird Al” Yankovic has collected his first No. 1 album, as the antic musician’s latest release became the first comedy album to top the U.S. chart in more than half a century.

Yankovic’s “Mandatory Fun” (RCA) captured the pinnacle with sales of 104,000 copies in its debut week, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ending July 20.

His previous peak came in 2011, when “Alpocalypse” reached No. 9. The veteran parodist’s album was pushed by a video campaign led by “Tacky,” his spoof of Pharrell’s “Happy.”

Comedy last reigned on the chart in 1963, when Allan Sherman’s “My Son, the Nut” became the Chicago-born comic’s third No. 1 LP.