RIAA Platinum Album Award for Stevie Nicks album The Wild Heart. Released on June 10, 1983, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million copies sold on Sept. 12, 1983.
The second solo album for Nicks produced the Billboard Hot 100 #5 single "Stand Back" which featured Toto's Steve Lukather on guitar and Prince (uncredited) on synthesizer. Other singles included "Nightbird" and "If Anyone Falls". The album reached #5 on the Top 200 Album chart and reached top 10 positions in many other countries. By 1993 the album was certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for two million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- First presentation award made in 1986
- Presented to recording studio owner
- All original
- Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-89
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21”
- Great collectors item for any Stevie Nicks fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Platinum Album award was manufactured in 1986, making it approx. 39 years old. It is presented to Ed Germano, owner of The Hit Factory® recording studio in New York City where parts of the album were recorded.
This award is in VG condition with very minor mars on the plexiglass and frame. It is all original with New York Frame & Picture Co. manufacturer sticker. These NYF&P Co. awards are among the last to have metal mother discs instead of plastic discs, which were used after this point in time.
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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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