Queensryche RIAA Platinum Music Video Award for Video: Mindcrime. Released on July 1, 1989, the long form music video was certified Platinum by the RIAA for 50,000 copies or $2 million dollars worth sold on Nov. 21, 1989.
A video featuring various music videos, many of which had aired on MTV, from Queenryche's 1988 concept album Operation Mindcrime, this long-form music video sold extremely well. The clips included those for "Eyes of a Stranger" and "I Don't Believe in Love", the group's first Billboard Mainstream Rock charting tracks. See image above for the RIAA sales certification data of this music video release*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Music Video award
- In VG condition
- Award made in 1990
- All original
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-97
- Great collector's item for any Queenryche fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum Music Video award that would have been manufactured in 1990, making it approx. 33 years old. It is presented and inscribed to Michael Roden. It is not known what role Roden played in the creation or promotion of the release.
This award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. It is all original although the manufacturer sticker has fallen off, however there is adhesive residue in the size, shape, and location of a Creative Glassics manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com