RIAA Platinum Album award for Genesis release We Can't Dance. The album was released on Oct. 28, 1991 and certified Platinum by the RIAA on Dec. 27, 1991 for one million copies sold.
The group's last studio album featuring drummer and singer Phil Collins, who thereafter left to pursue his solo career, the album produced the singles "No Son of Mine", "I Can't Dance", which picked up a Grammy nod, "Hold on My Heart", "Jesus He Knows Me",
"Never a Time", and "Tell Me Why". The album went to #4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart, #1 in the UK and it charted all over the world. By 1996 the album was certified 4x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for four million copies sold. See image above for the RIAA sales certifications of this album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA "R hologram" Platinum album award
- In VG condition
- Made in 1992
- Presented to radio industry executive
- Letter of provenance included
- All original with manufacturer's sticker on backing paper
- Known as a "R hologram" award, they were made from 1990-1997
- Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
- Great collectors item for any Genesis 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 1992, making it approx. 32 years old. It is presented to a former radio program director. Their name has been obscured only in the photos for privacy. A letter of provenance from the recipient will be provided with purchase. Provenance letter can be seen in images with executive's name obscured for privacy. Item buyer will receive a non-obscured copy of the letter.
This award is all original and in VG condition. It also has its original backing paper with Al's Custom Frame & Gallery, Ltd. manufacturer sticker. That manufacturer more commonly made country genre awards, so this award proves that there are exceptions to that general rule.
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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