RIAA Platinum Album award for Whitney Houston album I'm Your Baby Tonight. Houston's third studio album was released on Nov. 6, 1990 and was certified Platinum for one million copies sold on Jan. 15, 1991. Remember Whitney Houston (1963-2012) with this award.

The album produced singles including the title track, "All the Man That I Need", "Miracle", "My Name Is Not Susan", "I Belong to You", "So Emotional", "We Didn't Know", and others. The album itself hit #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums and #3 on the Top 200 Albums charts. It also reached the top 10 in many other world music markets and picked up three Grammy nominations. By mid 1995 the album had been certified 4x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum album award
• First presentation award
  
• Presented to record retailer
• In VG condition with original back (see details below)
• Known as a RIAA "R hologram" award they were made from 1990-97
• Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
• Great collectors item for any Whitney Houston fan

Detailed Item Description: This first presentation RIAA Platinum Album award was made in 1991, making it about 32 years old. It is presented Taurus Records, a record retailer based in Indiana.

The award is in VG condition with only minor frame wear and minor mars on the plexiglass. This award still has its' original backing with Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker, although it was professionally removed and replaced to re-attach the presentation plate, which had fallen off inside the award.

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.