RIAA Platinum Album award for Billy Ocean album Tear Down These Walls. Released on Feb. 25, 1988, the album went Platinum for one million copies sold on July 21, 1988.

The album featured the Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". Other singles included "Calypso Crazy", "The Colour of Love", and "Stand and Deliver". The album reached #18 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and placed on many other world charts as well.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum Album sales award
• In Excellent condition
• Award made in 1988
• Presented to music industry executive
• All original with manufacturer sticker
• Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
• Known as a RIAA "flower hologram" award, they were made from 1986-89
• Great collectors item for any Billy Ocean fan

Detailed Item Description: This is an official RIAA Platinum album award made in 1988, making it about 35 years old. It is presented to Jeff Rowe, who held various executive roles in the music and media industry at VH1, NBC, AOL and others along with earlier work on-air in radio as "Dallas Cole."

The award is in Exellent condition with only very minor mars on frame. It is all original with Creative Glassics manufacturer label.

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.