RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum Album award for Hammer (previously known as MC Hammer) album Too Legit To Quit . Released on Oct. 21, 1991, it was certified 3x Multi-Platinum on Jan. 8, 1992 for three million copies sold.*
Singles from Hammer's fourth album included "2 Legit 2 Quit", "Do Not Pass Me By", "This Is the Way We Roll", and "Addams Groove". The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart . It also charted in Australia, the UK, Germany, Canada, Japan and other countries. "Addams Groove" also picked up a Grammy award nomination.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum album award
- In VG condition
- First presentation award from 1992
- Presentation to radio industry executive
- Letter of provenance included
- All original but rebacked
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- RIAA "R hologram" awards were made from 1990-97
- Great collectors item for any MC Hammer / Hammer fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum award that would have been manufactured in 1992, making it approx. 32 years old. It is presented to a former radio program director. Their name has been obscured only in the photos for privacy. 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 award is in VG condition with very minor frame and plexiglass wear. Has been rebacked but is otherwise all original.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com