RIAA Platinum Album award for Billy Idol album Vital Idol. Released on Sept. 16, 1987, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on January 19, 1988 for one million copies sold.
Comprised of Idol's major hits from "Dancing With Myself" to "Mony Mony", "White Wedding", "Flesh For Fantasy" and numerous remixes of his hits, the new tracks "Mother of Mercy Mix" and "To Be a Lover" were also included along with a previously-unreleased live version of "Mony Mony". The UK issue of the album reached #7 there and this U.S. version topped out at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In Good to VG condition
- Award from 1988
- Presentation to recording studio owner
- All original
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-89
- Awesome collector's item for any Billy Idol fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Platinum Album award that would have been manufactured in 1988, making it approx. 37 years old. It is presented to Edward Germano, the owner (since 1975) of The Hit Factory®, the recording studio in New York City where portions of the album were recorded.
This award is in Good to VG condition with wear on the frame (including piece missing on the back of one side rail--see image--this is not visible from the front) and minor mars on the plexiglass. It has its original backing paper and while the manufacturer's sticker has been torn off, the sticker size and location and award construction details indicate it was made by Creative Glassics.
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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
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