RIAJ (Recording Industry Association of Japan) 500,000 Sold Album Award for Lenny Kravitz album Circus. The album was released on Sept. 12, 1995 and certified 500,000 sold by Japan's RIAJ.

The album included "Rock and Roll Is Dead", "Circus", "Beyond the 7th Sky" (which award recipient Craig Ross co-wrote with Kravitz), and "Can't Get You Off My Mind" charted. The album reached #10 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and charted well in many other countries including Japan, the U.K., Australia, Canada, and several European markets.

Item Highlights:

• RIAJ (Japan) 500,000 Sold Album Award with RIAJ hologram sticker
• In VG condition
• Award estimated to be from 1996
• Presented to guitarist/songwriter who appears on the album
• Award measures approx. 24" x 15.5"
  
• Great collectors item for any Lenny Kravitz fan or international awards collector

Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAJ (Japan) 500,000 sold award that would have been manufactured around 1996, making it approximately 27 years old. It is presented to Craig Ross, a guitarist and songwriter who has performed on many Lenny Kravitz releases and co-written Kravitz tracks including "Are You Gonna Go My Way". He also played on albums by Sheryl Crow, Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, The Black Crowes, Nikka Costa and others.

The award is in VG condition with very minor mars on frame and plexiglass. Note that the award originally had a glass front that has been replaced with plexiglass.

Notes on the condition of all vintage record 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.