RIAA Gold Album Award for Kix album Blow My Fuse. Released on Sept. 12, 1988, it was certified Gold by the RIAA on Nov. 2, 1989 for 500,000 copies sold.
The group's fourth studio album featured the hit "Don't Close Your Eyes", which reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles included "Cold Blood", "She Dropped Me the Bomb", "Get It While It's Hot", and the title track. The album peaked at #46 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. By the year 2000 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 1990
- Presented to artist relations director
- All original
- Known as a "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-1997
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Kix 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 1990, making it approx. 35 years old. It is presented to Marco Soccoli (misspelled "Marko"), who was a drummer and Director of Artist Relations for musical instrument/gear manufacturers Vic Firth, D'Addario, Evans, Promark, Sonor, Mapex, and others.
This award is all original and in VG condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. It has its original backing board, with some surface tears, and original Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker.
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As to where they came from, they could have been displayed in record label offices, recording studios, artist manager's offices, radio stations, private collector's homes and yes, of course, possibly the artist's or songwriter's home. Typically, we don't know all the places they may have been over the years other than what we've stated in the description.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com