Bar Holograms (1997-Present)

Britney Spears “…Baby One More Time” – 5 X Platinum RIAA Bar HologramCD Award

Britney Spears, in support of her upcoming debut album …Baby One More Time, embarked on a shopping mall promotional tour with a four-song set, accompanied by two back up dancers. Her first concert tour followed, as an opening act for NSYNC, and when the album was released on January 12, 1999 it debuted at #1, was certified RIAA multi-platinum after a month, and became the biggest selling album ever by a teenage artist. Here you see it honored with an Authentic, First Presentation, First State, RIAA 5X Platinum RIAA Bar Hologram award…

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Backstreet Boys! Boy Bands! Millions And Millions Of Copies Sold In The 90’s!

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The Backstreet Boys were a phenomenal success in the 1990’s…Their self-titled debut studio album Backstreet Boys became one of the biggest debut albums ever, and is honored here with an RIAA Bar Hologram for 8 million sold, a plateau it reached in the United States on 11/12/1998… _______________________________

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DR. DRE’S 2001 – HONORED WITH AN RIAA BAR HOLOGRAM FOR 6X PLATINUM!

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Innovators. Dues Payers. Influencers. Get platinum records… Dr. Dre’s  2001 was released on November 16, 1999 and received critical and commercial success. Here you see it honored with a beautiful, Authentic, First Presentation (bar-hologram), First-State, RIAA award for 6 million sold… ___________________________

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Hi KISS Fans! – Here’s A Rare RIAA Bar Hologram For The 2005 DVD “Kiss: Rock The Nation Live”!

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A KISS show in July 2004, turned into KISS: Rock The Nation Live!, a DVD notable for the addition of “Kiss Power Vision”, which enables the viewer to select different camera angles, each focusing on a different member of the band. The DVD was released on December 13, 2005, and certified by the RIAA for multi-platinum DVD sales of 200,000. Here […]

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R. Kelly “R.” – A Big – Bold – Beautiful – Bar Hologram – RIAA Award For Five Million Sold

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R. Kelly released R. on November 10, 1998 and according to Wikipedia, this album was the first time Kelly allowed other record producers to produce or co-produce on his album, as opposed to producing the entire album himself, as well as his first time collaborating with various artists on his album. The result was a huge […]

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Mudvayne “Lost and Found” 2005 Gold RIAA Bar Hologram Record Award

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Our spotlight award today comes from the collection of Roger Anderson, who along with pictures of a favorite Mulvayne award, added this story… “I have all of Mudvayne’s awards.  The one in the pic is my favorite.  I was looking for it because I had their other awards and wanted to complete my collection.  I […]

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Strokes “Is This It” 2002 Gold RIAA LP Bar Hologram Record Award

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There is only so much wall space. Many successful music people are serially successful, and this award comes from someone who received many. Some of which were a bit faded from display. But this one never got to the wall, and remained pristine in it’s original wrapping from award manufacture Ill-Eagle Enterprises. The Strokes album […]

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Lit “A Place In The Sun” Platinum RIAA Bar Hologram Record Award

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Lit shot to stardom with A Place in the Sun, released in 1999. It yielded the hit single, “My Own Worst Enemy” which held the number one position on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for three months, and received a Billboard Music Award for the biggest modern rock song of 1999. The Bar […]

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Billy Idol “Greatest Hits” Gold CD/LP Bar Hologram Record Award

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If you’ve received or collect awards (or simply love and celebrate music) take a look at the Awards Gallery to the right, and sign up for free Award Stories by Email. __________________________ Billy Idol rocked the MTV world in the 80’s & 90’s, and his Greatest Hits contained all his classics. It was released in […]

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Foo Fighters “There Is Nothing Left To Lose” RIAA Bar-Hologram Platinum LP/CD Award

It’s Round.  It Rocks.  It’s Foo Fighters “There Is Nothing Left To Lose” Released 11/99, certified gold and platinum on 12/13/99, peak chart position #10. Dave Grohl, since his days with Nirvana, has built a tremendous team of talented people. Foo Fighters are a prime example. This unique round award was presented to Rick Morrison, […]

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Eve 6 “Eve 6” Platinum 1998 RIAA LP Bar Hologram Record Award

The most recent RIAA logo is the Bar Hologram, used from 1997 to present day.  The award format, like other hologram formats (Flower and R) can be customized in anyway the label desires. The RIAA logo for the first time also includes a number, so the origin of the award and who it was presented […]

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