RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum Album award for R.E.M. album Automatic For The People. Released on Oct. 6, 1992 and certified 3x Multi-Platinum for three million copies sold on Nov. 16, 1993, which this award celebrates.
The album included R.E.M. classics "Drive", "Everybody Hurts", "Man On The Moon" and "Nightswimming" all of which propelled it to #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums and #1 on the U.K. Top Albums charts. It also did very well in many other world music markets. By 1995 the album was certified 4x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA. See image above for the RIAA sales certifications of this album through the years*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 3x Multi-Platinum award
- In VG to Excellent condition
- First presentation award from 1993
- Presented to record executive
- Original back with manufacturer sticker
- Known as a "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-1997
- Award measures approx. 17" x 17"
- Great collectors item for any R.E.M. fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is an original first presentation RIAA award from 1993, making it 29 years old. It was presented to Joe Janecek, who was a marketing executive at Warner Bros. Records at the time.
It is in VG to Excellent condition including its original back with Hartley-Fitzgerald manufacturer sticker and only a very few minor mars on the plexiglass and frame.
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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