• 5 Seconds of Summer Breaks Numerous Australian Sales Records, Tops Billboard 200 with Debut Album

    This week's Billboard 200 was all about 5 Seconds of Summer who surprised no one with its huge debut for its self-titled debut LP. The group outsold the rest of the Top 10 albums combined, moving 259,000 copies of its new record. That's also the third-highest debut of 2014 thus far, plus the largest debut ever for an Australian group since Soundscan began tracking the numbers during 1991.
  • Weird Al Parodies "Royals" In New Video "Foil" [WATCH]

    Today, Weird Al Yankovic shared the video for his new song "Foil," which parodies Lorde's massive hit single "Royals," Pitchfork reports. The video, which you can watch below, features Yankovic singing about wrapping up leftover food in aluminum foil before going off on a hilarious tangent in the song's second verse, which I won't spoil here. The video also features guest appearances by comedians Patton Oswalt, Tom Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant.
  • [INTERVIEW] Music Times Talks To 'Weird Al' Yankovic

    There has been a lot of hype over 'Weird Al' Yankovic's new album Mandatory Fun, perhaps largely due to the parodist's own Twitter account. Sitting as his 14th record, Yankovic exclusively tells Music Times it's the "best thing" he's ever done -- even behind the successes of the legendary Bad Hair Day (1996) and Alpocalypse (2011).
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