RIAA Gold Album Award for Erasure album The Innocents. Released on May 24, 1988 it was certified Gold by the RIAA on Feb. 1, 1989 for 500,000 copies sold.
Erasure's third album was a great success internationally and also put them on the map in the U.S. Singles "Chains of Love", "Ship of Fools", and "A Little Respect" all charted with "Chains Of Love" also slotting a #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The album reached #49 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, while topping the charts in the UK and Brazil and charting throughout most of the world as well. By October 1991 the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Gold Album award
- In VG to Excellent condition
- Award from 1990
- Presented to record label executive
- All original
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-97
- Award measures 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any Erasure fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Gold award was manufactured in 1990 making it about 36 years old. It is presented to Howard (Howie) Klein, who founded 415 records, was a VP at Sire Records, and president of Reprise/Warner Bros. Records.
The award is in VG to Excellent condition with only very minor frame wear and mars on the plexiglass. It is all original with Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
