RIAA Gold Album award for Marc Cohn's debut self-titled album. Released on Jan. 28, 1991, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA on Feb. 12, 1992 for 500,000 copies sold.
Cohn's debut album featured the Billboard Hot 100 #13 hit "Walking in Memphis". The album reached #38 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and did well in Canada, Australia, the UK and Europe. "Walking In Memphis" was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Male Vocalist at the Grammy awards in 1992, and Cohn won for Best New Artist. By 1995 the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1992
- Presentation to mastering engineer
- All original
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-97
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- Great collectors item for any Mark Cohn fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Gold Album award that would have been manufactured in 1992, making it approx. 33 years old. It is presented to well-known mastering engineer Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, who mastered this album along with those from many other artists from AC/DC to Def Leppard and Grateful Dead to Toto, Rush, the Rolling Stones and many others.
This award is in VG condition with only very minor mars on the plexiglass and frame. It is all original and although its' manufacturer sticker has been torn off, the award's construction indicates it was made by Ill Eagle Enterprises.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com