RIAA Gold album award for Earth, Wind & Fire's Best Of Vol. 1. Released on Nov. 15, 1978, the album was quickly certified Gold by the RIAA on Dec. 7, 1978 for 500,000 copies sold. This album is full of classic EW&F hits including "Shining Star", "Got To Get You...

RIAA Gold Album Award for Steve Wariner’s album Two Teardrops. Released on May 1, 1999 and by Mar. 20, 2000 was certified Gold for 500,000 sold by the RIAA. The album produced a pair of charting singles including "I'm Already Taken" at which hit #3 and the title track which peaked...

RIAA Gold single award for Janet Jackson hit single "Rhythm Nation 1814" presented to Janet Jackson. Released on Oct. 20, 1989, the single went Gold for 500,000 copies sold on Jan. 16, 1990. The track, the title track and one of several hits off her album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation...

RIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for The Cowsills single "The Rain, The Park & Other Things". The single was released in Sept. 1967 and certified Gold by the RIAA on Dec. 19, 1967 for one million copies sold. Off their 1967 album The Cowsills the track reached #2 on...

RIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs single "Li'l Red Riding Hood". The single was released in June 1966 and certified Gold by the RIAA on Aug. 11, 1966 for one million copies sold. Led by Texas-born singer and front man Domingo "Sam" Samudio,...

RIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs single "Wooly Bully". The single was released in March 12, 1965 and certified Gold by the RIAA on Aug. 5, 1965 for one million copies sold. Led by Texas-born singer and front man Domingo "Sam" Samudio, the...

A&M Records label award for Styx's single "Babe". Released in Sept. 1979 it went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, this became the most successful single for Styx, and also topped the charts in several other countries around the world. Styx vocalist/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung wrote the track as a birthday...

RIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for Dion single "Abraham, Martin and John"". The single was released in August 1968 and certified Gold by the RIAA on Jan. 13, 1969 for one million copies sold. Despite being a softer folk rock sound for Dion than his earlier material, the track reached...

RIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for Shocking Blue's single "Venus". The single was released in July 1969 by the Dutch group and certified Gold by the RIAA on Jan. 28, 1970 for one million copies sold. This iconic track went to #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and...

RIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for The Royal Guardsmen's single "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron". The single was released in Nov. 1966 by the Dutch group and certified Gold by the RIAA on Jan. 12, 1967 for one million copies sold. Inspired by Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip and...

RIAA Gold 45 "white matte" award for the Tommy James and the Shondells single "Hanky Panky". The single was originally released in limited regions in 1964 and more broadly in 1966 and certified Gold by the RIAA on Aug. 24, 1966 for one million copies sold.* The Shondells recorded the...

RIAA 2x Multi-Platinum Album Award for Jay-Z album The Black Album. The album was released on November 14, 2003 and by Feb. 17, 2004 was certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. The album produced singles "99 Problems" along Billboard top 10 hits "Change Clothes" and "Dirt off Your Shoulder". It...