# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nick-yankovic
# Generated: 2026-09-02T03:35:30.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nick-yankovic"
name: "Nick Yankovic"
slug: "nick-yankovic"
description: "Alfred Matthew \"Weird Al\" Yankovic is an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that 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 popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion. Since having one of his comedy songs aired on The Dr. Demento Radio Show in 1976 at age 16, Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums, recorded more than 150 parodies and original songs, and performed more than 2,000 live shows."
tagline: "Father of \"Weird Al\" Yankovic"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2025_%28portrait%29.jpg/330px-Weird_Al_Yankovic_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Richmond_2025_%28portrait%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1917-06-04"
deathDate: "2004-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           16.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.533513333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Yankovic"
    title: "Nick Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17378022"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations