RIAA Platinum Album award for Sting album The Soul Cages. Released on Jan. 21, 1991, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million copies sold on April 8, 1991.
The album, Sting's second solo studio effort spawned singles "All This Time" (#5 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Mad About You", "Why Should I Cry for You" and "The Soul Cages" with the title track winning Sting his first Grammy award for his solo work in 1992. The release went to #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #1 on the UK Albums chart, and charted in many other countries as well.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Presented to record label executive
- Letter of provenance included
- Award made in 1991
- All original
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award, they were made from from 1990-1997
- Great collectors item for any Sting fan
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
- International shipping available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Platinum Album award manufactured in 1991, making it approx. 34 years old. It is presented to Jodie Pankhurst, a national accounts executive who worked at EMI, Warner Music Group, and other labels. A letter of provenance from Pankhurst will be provided with purchase (see image).
The award is all original and in VG with only minor frame and plexiglass mars, and the "platinum" disc inside the award has some very minor surface imperfections which probably were present even when the award was brand new. The award is all original with Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com