RIAA 7x Multi-Platinum Album award for the original soundtrack album for 1987 film Dirty Dancing. Released on July 18, 1987, the award celebrates that by May 20, 1988 the album was certified 7x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for seven million copies sold.
This mega-selling album featured tracks from Eric Carmen ("Hungry Eyes"), Bill Withers and Jennifer Warnes ("(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"), The Ronettes "Be My Baby"), lead actor Patrick Swayze himself ("You're Like The Wind") and more. The album spent 18 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and topped the charts on many other world charts. By 2022 the album had been certified 14x Multi-Platinum, making it a rare RIAA Diamond seller.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 7x Multi-Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1988
- Presented to radio station
- Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-1989
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Dirty Dancing fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA 7x Multi-Platinum award that was manufactured in 1988, making it approximately 38 years old. The award is presented to Arkansas radio station KIYS.
The award is in VG condition with minor mars on the frame. The award has had its' original plexiglass front replaced with glass but is otherwise all original.
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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
