RIAA 10x Multi-Platinum album award for Guns N' Roses debut album Appetite For Destruction. Appetite was released on July 21, 1987 and certified 10x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA on July 26, 1989 for ten million copies sold, which this award celebrates.
Appetite topped the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and became the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. One could argue that "Welcome To The Jungle" changed music, ushering out "hair metal" and in a new, harder-edged strain of rock into the mainstream. The melodic guitar lines of "Sweet Child o' Mine" and anthemic "Paradise City" also helped power the album's success. By 2008, the album was certified an amazing 18x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for 18 million sold in the U.S. alone.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA 10x Multi-Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1993
- Presented to Uni Distribution
- All original with manufacturer label
- Award measures approx. 17" x 25"
- RIAA "R hologram" awards were made from 1990-97
- Great collector's item for any Guns N' Roses fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA 10x Multi-Platinum award made in 1993, making it approx. 33 years old. It is presented to Uni Distribution (Universal).
This award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. It is all original with Dejay Products manufacturer stickers. The original sawtooth hanger has been replaced with a wire hanger and the backing paper has a few minor tears.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com