RIAA Platinum Award for The Beach Boys The Very Best of The Beach Boys Sounds Of Summer. Released on June 10, 2003, it was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million copies sold on May 6, 2004.

This greatest hits release contained 30 tracks and almost all of the group's Top 40 hits from "I Get Around" to "Good Vibrations" to "Kokomo". It reached #6 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. By 2012 it was certified 3x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for three million sold.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum Album award with artwork
• In Excellent condition
• First presentation award from 2004
• Presented to record label executive
• All original with manufacturer sticker
• Known as a "RIAA bar hologram" award with a serial number hologram, they were made from 1998 to present
• Award measures approx. 13.5" x 18"
• Great collectors item for any Beach Boys fan

Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Platinum Album award is a first presentation award that would have been manufactured in 2004, making it approximately 20 years old. It is presented to a former marketing and promotion executive who worked at EMI Capitol Records. Their name has been obscured in the photos only for privacy.

The award is in Excellent condition with only minor wear on the frame and a few mars on the plexiglass. It is all original with Jewel Box Platinum 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.