RIAA Platinum LP award for Richard Marx album Rush Street. Released on Oct. 28, 1991, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 22, 1992 for one million copies sold.
The release contained "Keep Coming Back" and "Hazard", both of which topped the Adult Contemporary chart, along with top 10 hits "Take This Heart" and "Chains Around My Heart". The album itself hit #12 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #7 U.K. Albums chart. It also landed on several other world music charts. See image above for RIAA sales certification of this album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- First presentation award from 1992
- Presented to radio industry executive
- Original with manufacturer sticker
- In VG condition
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17 "
- RIAA "R hologram" awards were made from 1990-97
- Great collector's item for a Richard Marx fan
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Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum award that would have been manufactured sometime in 1992. That makes this award approximately 31 years old. It is presented to radio executive Jhani Kaye of station KOST.
The award is in VG condition with only very minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. The award has its' original manufacturer sticker from Ill Eagle Enterprises.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com