RIAA Platinum album award for Milli Vanilli album Girl You Know It's True. The album was released on March 2, 1989 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA on June 8, 1989 for one million copies sold.
A famously controversial album (see details below), it featured the hits "Girl You Know It's True", "Blame It On The Rain", and "Baby Don't Forget My Number". The album reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Album chart, #1 in Canada and gained airplay around the world. By 1990 the album was certified 6x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for six million copies sold. See image above for the RIAA sales certifications of the album*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG to Excellent condition
- Award from 1989
- Presentation to radio industry executive
- All original with manufacturer label
- 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 fan of Milli Vanilli or 90s music history
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Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum album award that would have been manufactured in 1989, making it approx. 34 years old. The award is presented to radio industry talent and executive Dave Robbins, then of radio station WNCI.
It is in VG to Excellent condition with original Creative Glassics manufacturer sticker on its backing paper.
The controversy surrounding the album came because the duo billed as lead singers (Rob Pilatus and the late Fab Morvan) turned out to only be lip sync performers and dancers. While the pair appeared in music videos and were billed on the album as lead vocalists, the tracks were actually sung by John Davis and Brad Howell, with Charles Shaw rapping on several tracks. After winning the Best New Artist Grammy in 1990, the duo were forced to return the award after the lip sync scandal was revealed. Since no one won the Best New Artist Grammy for 1990, it was broken upon its' return and is now on display at the Grammy Museum:
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com