WATCH 'Weird Al' Yankovic Tears on 'Tom Green Live': 'Mandatory Fun' Album Hits #1

By Michelle Nati (m.nati@mstarsnews.com) | Jul 28, 2014 11:15 AM EDT

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Weird Al Yankovic choked up in an interview with Tom Green after Tom presented him with a framed copy of the Billboard chart that showed his 14th album, Mandatory Fun was at #1.

Clearly moved, Yankovic said, "This is something I never thought possible. I never thought in my wildest dreams I'd be looking at something like that."

In an interview with Billboard, Yankovic reflected on the first number #1 album of his 30 plus year career. He said, "This has been an amazing week. I can't even tell you. I have been doing roughly the same thing for many, many years, and this is the best week of my life in terms of like the response from people. It's just insane and it's extremely gratifying. It's hard for me to wrap my head around (it)."

When asked the question if he was going to continue making records, he said, "I hate to draw lines in the sand and say this is absolutely the last album, but it sure looks that way. It's the end of my record deal. I've been under contract since 1982 and I just kind of feel like especially with the kind of music that I do, the album format isn't the best way to deliver that music. ... I'm going to try to jump on new hits and new trends as soon as I can (with singles) and try to be a little bit more competitive with everybody else in the world on YouTube."

Watch Weird Al show some emotion with Tom Green below:

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