RIAA Platinum Album award for John Mellencamp album Mr. Happy Go Lucky. Released on Sept. 10, 1996, the album was certified Platinum for one million sold on May 7, 1997.
Mellencamp's 14th studio album featured the singles "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)," which reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Just Another Day", which topped out at #46. The album went to #9 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and it also did well in Australia, Canada, the UK and numerous European countries.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG to Excellent condition
- Award from 1998
- Presentation to recording studio owner
- All original with manufacturer sticker
- Known as a RIAA "serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for any John Mellencamp fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum Album award that would have been manufactured in 1998, making it approx. 27 years old. It is presented to The Hit Factory® recording studio owner, the late Ed Germano, who bought the facility in 1975. Parts of the album were finished at the studio.
This award is in VG to Excellent condition in its' original shrink wrap, although the top middle of the frame has a couple of mars on it where the shrink wrap has been torn. The award is sealed the rest of the way though and complete with its' Ill Eagle Enterprises manufacturer sticker.
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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
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