RIAA Platinum Album Award for Steely Dan album Two Against Nature. Released on Feb. 28, 2000, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million copies sold on Mar. 9, 2001. The award also recognizes the album's Grammy Album Of The Year win in 2001. Remember Walter Becker (1950-2017) with this award.
The group's eighth album was a critical and commercial success, earning the duo four Grammy awards: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Engineered Album – Non-Classical, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (for "Cousin Dupree"). The album itself peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top 200 and Canadian Album charts, #11 in the UK, and it also charted highly in many other countries. See image above for RIAA sales certifications of the album*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award with Grammy Album Of The Year recognition
- In VG to Excellent condition
- Made in 2001
- Presented to mastering facility
- All original with manufacturer sticker
- Known as a "RIAA serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
- Award measures approx. 22.5" x 18.5"
- Great collectors item for any Steely Dan fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Platinum Album award would have been manufactured in 2001, making it about 23 years old. The award is presented to "Mastered At Classic Sound, Inc." whose chief engineer at the time (Scott Hull) mastered the album.
The award is in VG to Excellent condition, with only a very minor mars on the frame. The award has its' original Ill Eagle Enterprises manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com