RIAA Platinum Album award for Madonna album Who's That Girl? Released on July 21, 1987, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Sept. 29, 1987 for one million copies sold.*
The album is credited to Madonna and is the soundtrack to the 1987 film in which she starred. It contained the Madonna tracks "Who's That Girl", which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for a Grammy award, along with "Causing a Commotion", and "The Look of Love". It also featured tracks from Scritti Politti, Duncan Faure, Club Nouveau, Coati Mundi and Michael Davidson. The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and placed in the top 10 in charts in many countries around the world.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1987
- Presentation to recording studio
- All original
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-89
- Awesome collector's item for any Madonna 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 1987, making it approx. 38 years old. It is presented to The Hit Factory®, the recording studio in New York City where the track was recorded, along with the studio owner, the late Ed Germano, who owned the studio since 1975.
This award is in VG condition with minor mars on the frame and on the plexiglass. It has its original backing paper and while the manufacturer has sticker has been torn off, the sticker size and location and award construction details indicate it was made by Creative Glassics.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com
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