RIAA 2x Multi-Platinum Album award for the soundtrack to the film Armageddon: The Album. Released on June 18, 1998, it was certified 2x Multi-Platinum on July 28, 1998 for two million copies sold.
This soundtrack album shot to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and several other world charts on the strength of the film's success and the hits on the album. Several of the tracks first appeared only on this album including Aerosmith tracks "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (#1 on the Billboard Hot 100) and "What Kind of Love Are You On", along with Journey's "Remember Me", and Bon Jovi's "Mister Big Time". By 1999 the album was certified 4x Multi-Platinum for four million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 2x Multi-Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1998
- Presented to recording studio
- All original
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- RIAA "serial number hologram" awards were made from 1998 to present
- Great collectors item for any soundtrack or Aerosmith fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA 2x Multi-Platinum Album award that was manufactured in 1998, making it approx. 27 years old. It is presented to a The Hit Factory®, the studio facility in New York City where parts of the album were compiled, along with its' owner Ed Germano.
This award is in VG condition with minor frame and plexiglass wear. It is all original with Ill Eagle Enterprises manufacturer label. The numbered sticker on the back of the award is an inventory number from the recording studio.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
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