debuted at #10 - awesome
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/23/music.yankovic.reut/index.html

lets see what the RIAA has to say about this:

Quote :

"For his part, Yankovic tends to credit the Internet. "The ("Nerdy") video has gotten a lot of attention, and the proliferation of places like YouTube (has) been a big help," he says. Yankovic also has accumulated 155,000 MySpace friends since he joined the site in July -- all of which he says he personally added. "I used to be a little pickier. Now I just kind of click as fast as I can." ... Plus, with the advent of download services, Mackta says, suddenly Yankovic can be a singles artist again, and indeed, "Nerdy" has been safely tucked into iTunes' top five for the past few weeks."

so..... weird al gives away music (on myspace) and videos (on youtube) for free, and he sells more albums than ever? no way!!!

10/23/2006 3:00:28 PM