RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum LP award for Rod Stewart album Unplugged... and Seated. Released on May 24, 1993, the album was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA on Nov. 13, 1995 for three million copies sold.
The album contained unplugged versions of various Stewart classics and also some covers, several of which became hits including "Have I Told You Lately" , "Reason to Believe", "Having a Party", and "People Get Ready". The album reached #2 on both the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and U.K. Albums chart. It also reached top 10 on many other world music charts. See image above for RIAA sales certification of this album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum Album award
- First presentation award from 1995
- Presentation to radio personality and executive
- Letter of provenance included
- All original (manufacturer sticker missing)
- In VG condition
- Award measures approx. 21" x 17 "
- RIAA "R hologram" awards were made from 1990-97
- Great collector's item for a Rod Stewart fan
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Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum award that would have been manufactured sometime in 1995. That makes this award approximately 28 years old. It is presented to well-known radio personality and executive Scott Shannon from Z100 New York and many other stations. A letter of provenance from Shannon will be provided with purchase as seen in images.
The award is in VG condition with only very minor mars on the frame and plexiglass, and an uneven lower bottom edge of the frame cover. The award has likely been rebacked. Based on its' construction, it looks to have been made by the RIAA award maker J.F. Duke.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com