RIAA 2x Multi-Platinum Award for C+C Music Factory album Gonna Make You Sweat. Released on Dec. 14, 1990 it was certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA on June 5, 1991 for two million copies sold.
David Cole and Robert Clivilles debut album as C+C Music Factory is best known for global hit "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," with its' powerhouse female vocal line sung by Martha Wash and rap by Freedom Williams. It topped the Billboard Hot 100. Other hits on the release included "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" and "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." The album reached #2 on the Billboard 200 charts and also did well in many other countries. By 1995 the album was certified 5x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for five million sold.* Remember David Cole (1962-1995) with this award.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 2x Multi-Platinum award
- In VG condition
- First presentation award from 1991
- Presented to recording studio/mastering facility
- All original
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award they were made from 1990-97
- Award measures 13" x 17"
- Great collectors item for any C+C Music Factory fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA 2x Multi-Platinum award was manufactured in 1991, making it about 35 years old. It is presented to The Hit Factory® Mastering, the facility in New York City where the album was mastered.
This award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. It is all original and although the construction tells us it was made by Ill Eagle Enterprises, the manufacturer sticker has been torn off. The numbered sticker on the back of the award is an inventory number from the recording studio.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
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