RIAA Platinum Album Award for the debut album from Audioslave. Released on Nov. 19, 2002, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million copies sold on Mar. 4, 2003. Remember Audioslave and Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell (1964-2017) with this award.
The debut album from the supergroup spawned the singles "Cochise", "Like a Stone", "Show Me How to Live", "I Am the Highway", and "What You Are". "Like a Stone" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album reached #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums tally and the album also did well in the U.K., Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and most European countries. By 2006 the album was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for three million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 2003
- Presented to artist relations director
- All original
- Award measures approx. 24.5" x 20.25"
- Known as a "RIAA serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
- Great collectors item for any Audioslave fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Platinum Album award was manufactured in 2003 making it approximately 22 years old. It is presented to Marco Soccoli at drum stick maker Vic Firth. Soccoli was a drummer and Director of Artist Relations for musical instrument/gear manufacturers Vic Firth, D'Addario, Evans, Promark, Sonor, Mapex, and others.
The award is in VG condition, with only a very minor mar or two on the frame and plexiglass. It is all original with an Ill-Eagle Enterprises manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com