Stephen Colbert has achieved a partial win in his latest fake feud, “Operation Humble Kanye.”

The talk show host wasn’t able to take the top spot on iTunes this week, despite calling on viewers to buy his Christmas album and “humble” the previous No. 1 holder, Kanye West with his album “808s & Heartbreak.”

The No. 1 spot went instead to Britney Spears’ “Circus” in its debut week.

However, “A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!” managed to jump to No. 2 on Thursday night, placing ahead of “808s,” which had dropped to No. 4.

Colbert couldn’t resist gloating about the victory during Thursday’s episode of “The Colbert Report.”

“We did it,” he said. “We humbled him!”

Colbert then celebrated to some music — West’s “Stronger,” to be exact.

“That was some great music,” he said. “Everybody should buy that.”

The host still had some choice insults for his new “foe,” saying, “Why buy Kanye’s album? You can basically hear it for free. Just put a tin can to your ear and lean against a Pac-Man machine.”






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