RIAA Platinum Album award for Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine album Primitive Love. Released on Aug. 16, 1985, the album was certified Platinum for one million sold on Oct. 8, 1986.
The ninth studio album from the group became their most successful and included the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits "Conga", "Bad Boy", and "Words Get in the Way", along with "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)" which reached #25. The album peaked at #21 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and also did well in Canada, Japan, New Zealand and parts of Europe. By 1996 the release was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for three million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1986
- Presentation to recording studio owner
- All original with manufacturer sticker
- Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-1989
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum Album award that would have been manufactured in 1986, making it approx. 39 years old. It is presented to The Hit Factory® recording studio owner, the late Ed Germano, who bought the facility in 1975.
This award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the plexiglass and frame. The award has its original backing board and while the manufacturer sticker has fallen off, the sticker adhesive details and construction indicate it was made by Creative Glassics.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
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