NON-USA

Robin Trower “Bridge Of Sighs” Silver BPI Award

Robin Trower achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971, and with his own Robin Trower Band. Here you see his 1974 album “Bridge Of Sighs” honored with an Authentic, First Presentation, Silver British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Award…

ABBA’s Greatest Hits! A Certified GOLD BPI Award.

ABBA’s Greatest Hits has sold millions of copies around the world. Here you see it honored with a Gold British Phonograph Industry (BPI) award… During the 1970’s the Swedish group ABBA proved that a rock band could achieve enormous success even though it was based in a relatively small country and had no major concert […]

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Santana “Amigos” – A 1976 Certified BPI (British) LP Award

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Amigos is the seventh studio album from Santana. Released in the U. S. in March of 1976 and certified RIAA Gold on 6/11/76, it reached a peak Billboard chart position of #10. In Europe it was a hit in several countries and here you see it honored with a Certified BPI (British) Silver Award… __________________

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Heart “Brigade” – A 1990 Japanese Award In Reconition Of Excellent Sales

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Brigade, the tenth studio album by Heart was released in 1990, after a three-year gap between albums. It featured the single “All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You” which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album reached #3 on Billboard and #6 on the Japanese Album Charts. Here it is honored with an RIAJ […]

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Richard Marx – A Guy From Chicago And A Canadian Certified Platinum Award

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Richard Marx released Rush Street in 1991, and it became his third consecutive platinum album. It was a success internationally and #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary charts for 4 weeks running. Here you see a Canadian recognition of that success with a Certified (CRIA) Platinum CD Award…

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Who’s “Odds and Sods” – Celebrating Historic Studio Outtakes And Rarities!

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In 1974 The Who released Odds and Sods. It reached #10 on the UK charts (and was certified RIAA gold on 12/9/1974). Here you see a British In-House Award. While it looks like a Certified BPI (British Phonograph Industries) award, it isn’t, because the BPI logo is missing on the presentation plate. John Jansen is a well know […]

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Blondie “Eat To The Beat” 1980 Danish Gold Record Award

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Eat To The Beat is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Blondie. It peaked at #17 in United States and reached #6 in Denmark, where it was celebrated with this In-House gold record award. I have little knowledge of Danish awards, but am pleased to post the first one on Honor Music!

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Hammer, M.C. “Too Ligit To Quit” Platinum RIAA (Certified in United States), CRIA (Certified in Canada), RIJA (Certified in Japan) CD Awards

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In the early 90’s the pop-rap music, Hammer pants, and choreography of Hammer, M.C. burned brightly. His album To Legit To Quit was certified platinum around the world including in the three countries whose awards celebrate it here… In the United States, with a 5X Platinum RIAA CD Award… In Canada, with a 2X Platinum […]

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Heart “Brigade” -1990 – RIJA (Certified Japanese) CD Award

For those of you who’ve have been itching to see a 1990 RIAJ (Recording Industry Association of Japan) CD award, you’re in luck 🙂 Heart released Brigade in 1990 after a three-year gap between albums, it became the band’s sixth multi-platinum album, and added three Top 25 Billboard Hot 100 hits: “Stranded“, “I Didn’t Want […]

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Lionel Richie “Dancing On The Ceiling” – 1987 – Japanese Gold In-House LP Award

Released in the United States in August 1986, and certified RIAA gold on October 16, 1986, Dancing On The Ceiling, was Lionel Richie’s last widely popular album, from the second stage of his amazing career. Here we see it celebrated with a unique Japanese Gold In-House Award. The presentation is also unique, being made from Hizuru “Shoo” […]

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Genesis “…And Then There Were Three” – 1978 – West German – Gold Record Award

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Genesis … And Then There Were Three, was released in 1978, reaching No.3 in the UK and #14 in the United States (becoming their first RIAA certified Gold Album on 5/31/78). The title comes from a verse of the children’s rhyme “Ten Little Indians” (“Four little Injuns up on a spree, One got fuddled and […]

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Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” – 1984 Album – BPI (British) Gold Record Award

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Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter whose career has spanned four decades, beginning in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. Often cited as the Queen of Funk, Khan has sold an estimated 200 million records worldwide. I Feel for You […]

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Footloose Soundtrack – Awards Get BIGGGGGGGG!!!

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By the mid 80’s record awards, around the world, were getting BIGGER! From the the standard single disc formats of the White Matte, Floater, and Strip-Plate, MULTI became the watchword of recognizing success. Multi-Disc and Multi-Platinum were the order of the day. Artists were selling millions of albums, and the music BUSINESS was was doing […]

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Prince “Lovesexy” 1988 Japanese Gold CD Award

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Prince is an American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist and actor. He has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. This Japanese CD award, measuring 9″X11″, celebrates the “Lovesexy” album, released on May 10, 1988. Cat did dance arrangements and vocals for the Lovesexy tour, which coincidentally ended in Japan. The award was […]

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Helen Reddy “Free and Easy” 1975 Silver British Phonographic Industry (BPI) LP Award

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Helen Reddy is often referred to as the “Queen of 70s Pop” and she enjoyed international success. She was the first artist to ever win the coveted American Music Award for “Favorite Pop/Rock Female” artist and also the first Australian to win a Grammy Award. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the British record industry’s trade […]

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Marco Borsato “De Bestemming” 1998 Dutch CD Award

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Thanks to Maarten Steendam for our first spotlight award, and story, from the Netherlands. For more information on Dutch awards feel free to contact Maarten directly. “The most popular singer in the Netherlands is Marco Borsato (46, Dutch, with an Italian father). Since his big breakthrough in 1994, he has made 11 albums. All those […]

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Diamonds Awards Festival Antwerp 1986 In House Gold & Diamond Record Award

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Most record awards, even the most valuable, have little intrinsic value. Value, to collectors, is bestowed by presentation and rarity. This award from the 1986 Diamond Awards Festival in Antwerp (the diamond capital of the world) is the exception.Small, perfectly cut, real diamonds are inserted around the disc, which size wise, is a bit larger […]

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Andrea Bocelli “Songo” 1999 Canadian CRIA Platinum CD Award

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Welcome to Honor Music Awards. Compare formats and detailed photos of awards in the Gallery. Share your knowledge and stories by commenting. Submit pictures and stories of your awards for spotlighting. Join us on Facebook. Subscribe to receive collector news and award stories by Email. ______________________________ Andrea Bocelli “Songo” was released in 1998 and certified […]

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Prince “Sign O’ The Times” Gold RIAJ 1988 Japanese LP Record Award

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ゴールドRIAJ日本のLPレコード大賞プリンス”時代のサイン” This Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) award celebrates the success of Prince’s “Sign O’ The Times” album, which was released on March 31, 1987. CAT (Catherine Vernice Glover) traveled with Prince as a backing vocalist and dancer on the Sign O’ The Times Tour.

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Roger Daltrey “Ride A Rock Horse” 1976 In-House LP Award

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Roger Daltrey, founder and lead singer of the Who, has had a successful solo career. Daltrey’s second album, Ride a Rock Horse, was released in 1975 and celebrated here in 1976 with a BPI look-a-like award. It is actually an in-house as there’s no BPI logo, although it was made by Century Displays who would’ve made the BPI […]

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Certified German Record Awards (BVMI) – A Guest Post By Collector Tim Klingenberg

There are gold and platinum record awards certified and manufactured around the world, and knowledgeable collectors who have wonderful collections. Today I thank German collector Tim Klingenberg for sharing some of his photos and information on German Awards. So without further ado, may I introduce you to Tim… ______________________________ Thanks to Jim for spotlighting this, […]

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Prince & The Revolution “Parade” Japanese Platinum LP Record Award

Prince‘s album “Parade” served as the soundtrack for his second film, Under the Cherry Moon. Here celebrated as a Japanese platinum award, it was released in March of 1986 and certified gold and platinum in the US on June 6, 1986. It reached a peak Billboard Top 200 position of #3.

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Prince “Purple Rain” Gold & Platinum BPI (British) LP Record Awards

Prince’s creative output and energy is nothing short of amazing. As I write this he is in the middle of a 21 night stand! at the Forum in Los Angeles. “Purple Rain” was released in June of 1984, and certified gold AND platinum by the RIAA on the same date, 8/29/84. It spent 24 consecutive […]

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John Lennon “(Just Like) Starting Over” Japanese Platinum 45 Record Award

John Lennon released “(Just like) Starting Over” in October of 1980, just weeks before his murder on December 8th, 1980. The song rose quickly to number one around the world and was celebrated below with a Japanese platinum award… This award is presented to Geffen Records, the label John chose to re-launch his career after […]

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Jim Steinman ” Bad for Good” 1982 Gold CRIA (Canadian) Record Award

Tim, a Meat Loaf collector contacted me to talk about about a Bat Out of Hell award. In our chit-chat I mentioned a Jim Steinman award and he wanted to take a look. So, I thought it would be a good time to add a new category to the Gallery: Award – Non USA This […]

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