CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) Gold Album Award for Def Leppard album Pyromania presented to guitarist Steve Clark. Released on Jan. 20, 1983, the album was certified Gold by the CRIA on April 1, 1983. Remember late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark (1960-1991) with this award.
The album produced the hits "Photograph", "Rock Of Ages", "Foolin'" and "Too Late For Love", all of which charted well. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, #4 on the Canadian chart, #18 on UK chart and scored many other chart positions around the world. A Gold album in Canada represents 50,000 copies sold (in the country of then about 36 million people). The release was also subsequently certified Quintuple Platinum in Feb. 1, 1984 by the CRIA for 500,000 copies sold.* In the U.S., the album became a rare RIAA Diamond Award winner in 2004 with ten million copies sold.
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Item Highlights:
- CRIA Gold Album award
- In VG condition
- Award dated April 1983
- Presented to late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark
- All original
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Def Leppard fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a CRIA Gold Album award is dated April 1983, making it about 42 years old. It is presented to late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark, who died in 1991. The award is part of a significant collection of Steve Clark's Def Leppard awards recently discovered in Sheffield in the UK (stay tuned for more to be posted and see all our Def Leppard items here).
The award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the metal frame and plexiglass, and a small amount of surface wear around the label on the gold disc. The award has its' original Canadian manufacturer label.
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As to where they came from, they could have been displayed in record label offices, recording studios, artist manager's offices, radio stations, private collector's homes and yes, of course, possibly the artist's or songwriter's home. Typically, we don't know all the places they may have been over the years other than what we've stated in the description.
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*CRIA sales data source: musiccanada.com