RIAA Platinum Album award for Sting's The Soul Cages. Released on Jan. 21, 1991, the album went Platinum 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 solo work Grammy award in 1992.The release went to #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and #1 on the UK Albums chart.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum album sales award
• In Good to VG condition
• Award made in 1991
• Presented to radio industry executive
• All original with manufacturer sticker
• Award measures approx. 13" x 17"
• "R hologram" awards were made from from 1990-1997
• Great collectors item for any Sting fan

Detailed Item Description: This is an official RIAA Platinum award for the Sting's The Soul Cages album. The award was produced in 1991 making it approx. 30 years old. It is presented to radio industry executive Dave Robbins.

The award is all original and in Good to VG with some minor partial frame cover separation. The backing paper is original with Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker.

Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards like this one: Please do not buy this item if you want a brand new piece of memorabilia. These are historical artifacts from the year they were produced. As a result they may show signs of wear. Frankly, if you see a 20 to 50-year-old award purported to be in 100% perfect condition, it might be too good to be true. After all, an antique should have "good' wear. If not, you might want to question the piece.

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.