RIAA Gold Album Award for 3 Doors Down album The Better Life. Released on Feb. 8, 2000, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 18, 2000 for 500,000 copies sold.
This award represents the very first major success for the band with their debut album. It produced the hits "Kryptonite", "Loser", and "Be Like That", all of which landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with "Kryptonite" reaching #3. The album reached #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and also charted in many other countries. By 2020 the album was certified 7x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for seven million copies sold, making it the group's most successful album.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 2000
- Presentation to radio industry executive
- All original
- Measures approx. 27" x 27"
- Known as a "RIAA serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
- Great collectors item for any 3 Doors Down fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Gold Album award that was manufactured in 2000, making it approx. 26 years old. It is presented to Curtiss Johnson, a former radio industry executive who worked at various California stations including KRXQ in Sacramento.
This award, which features a solid wood matte, is in VG condition with only very minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. It also has its' original Ill Eagle Enterprises manufacturer sticker. The original hanger has been replaced with a new wire hanger.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com