RIAA Platinum Album Award for Yes for their album 90125. Released on Nov. 11, 1983, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Jan. 17, 1984 for one million copies sold.
"Owner Of A Lonely Heart", "It Can Happen", "Changes" and "Hold On" became hits from the album, a more commercial 80s rock-oriented foray for the prog rockers, albeit with a somewhat different line up than their 1971 Fragile days. The album rose to #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and #16 on the UK chart. "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and remains the group's only #1. One of the album's tracks, "Cinema", also won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. By 1998 the album was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for three million copies sold.*
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum Album award
- In VG condition
- Award from 1984
- Presentation to record label executive
- All original
- Known as a RIAA "strip plate" award, which were produced 1981-85
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- Great collectors item for fan of Yes
- FREE insured shipping to continental U.S., international available
Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Platinum Album Award that would have been manufactured in 1984 making the award approx. 41 years old. It is presented to Curt Creager, who was at the time an executive with ATCO Records.
This award is in VG condition, with some minor wear on the frame and fading of the matte. It has its' original backing paper and although the manufacturer sticker has fallen off, there is adhesive residue in the correct size, shape and location of a New York Frame & Picture Co. sticker.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com