Guns N' Roses RIAA 14x Multi-Platinum album award for their debut album Appetite For Destruction, which was released on July 21, 1987. The album was certified 18x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA on Oct. 25, 1996 for 14 million copies sold.
This album topped the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and has become the seventh best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. One could argue that "Welcome To The Jungle" changed music, ushering out "hair metal" and bringing a new, harder-edged strain of rock into the mainstream. The melodic guitar lines of "Sweet Child o' Mine" and anthemic "Paradise City" also helped power the album to RIAA certified sales of over 18 million by 2008. See image above for the RIAA sales certification data of this album over the years*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 14x Multi-Platinum album award with CDs and album artwork
- In VG condition (see details)
- Award made in 1996
- Presented to Geffen Records
- Original with manufacturer sticker
- Letter of provenance included
- Large and impressive award measures approx. 21" x 31"
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-97
- Awesome collector's item for any Guns N' Roses fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S. (great deal on this large award)
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA 14x Multi-Platinum award that would have been manufactured in 1996 when the album was certified by the RIAA at 14 million sold. That makes this award approx. 28 years old. The award is presented to Geffen Records. It was owned by a former marketing and promotion executive who worked at EMI Capitol Records. A letter of provenance from the recipient will be provided with purchase. Provenance letter can be seen in images with executive's name obscured for privacy. Item buyer will receive a non-obscured copy of the letter.
This large and impressive award is in VG condition with minor frame wear (including slightly uneven frame covering on the bottom frame rail and a chip on the under back side of the rail) and very minor mars on the plexiglass. All original, it was made by Fitzgerald Hartley, whose manufacturer sticker appears on its' backing paper.
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Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards: Please do not buy this item if you want a brand new piece of memorabilia. These are historical artifacts from the year they were produced. As a result they may show signs of wear. Frankly, if you see a 20 to 50-year-old award purported to be in 100% perfect condition, it might be too good to be true. After all, an antique should have "good' wear. If not, you might want to question the piece.
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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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com