RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum Album award for Whitney Houston album My Love Is Your Love. Released Nov. 17, 1998, the album was certified 3x Multi-Platinum for three million copies sold on Oct. 15, 1999. Remember Whitney Houston (1963-2012) with this award.
Houston's fourth album featured the hits "When You Believe", (duet with Mariah Carey which won an Oscar award), "Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay", "I Learned from the Best" and the title track. The album itself hit #13 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums, but topped the charts in the UK and several other European countries. Houston also picked her sixth and last Grammy award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "It's Not Right But It's Okay". By 2000 the album had been certified 4x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. See image above for the RIAA sales certifications of this album through the years*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum album award
- First presentation award
- All original with manufacturer sticker
- In VG to Excellent condition
- Known as a "RIAA bar hologram" award with serial number, they were made from 1998 to present
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- Great collectors item for any Whitney Houston fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum Album award was made in 1999, making it about 24 years old. It is presented to Mary-Lou Hite. It is not known what role she played in the creation or promotion of the release.
The award is in VG to Excellent condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. This award still has its' original backing paper with Ill Eagle manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com