RIAA Gold Album award for Sponge album Rotting Piñata. Released on July 29, 1994, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 copies sold on July 14, 1995.
The album produced the hit "Plowed" which rose to #5 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and the album peaked at #58 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. See image above for RIAA sales certification of the album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1995
- Presentation to record executive
- All original, rebacked
- Award measures approx. 17" x 12"
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were produced 1990-97
- Great collectors item for any Sponge fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Gold Album award that would have been made in 1995, making it approx. 29 years old. It is presented to Steve Kennedy, a record executive who has worked at Columbia Records, Sony BMG, and Verve.
This award in in VG condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. The award was made by Ill Eagle Enterprises but has been rebacked.
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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