RIAA Gold Award for the debut album from Los Lonely Boys. Released on March 26, 2004, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 copies sold a few months later on June 3.

The "Texican" rock group's debut featured the track "Heaven", which hit #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and #16 on the Hot 100. It also appeared in the video game Guitar Hero: On Tour and won a Grammy award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The album itself reached #9 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart after topping the Heatseekers chart. By 2005 the album was certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for two million copies sold.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Gold Album award
• In VG to Excellent condition
• Made in 2004
• Presented to record promotion executive
• Letter of provenance included
• All original with manufacturer sticker
• Known as a "RIAA bar hologram" award with a serial number, they were made from 1998 to present
• Award measures approx. 17" x 22"
• Great collectors item for any fan of Los Lonely Boys

Detailed Item Description: This RIAA Gold Album award is a first presentation award that would have been manufactured in 2004 making it approximately 20 years old. It is presented to Sean Coakley, an independent record promoter that worked with many record labels and who had also worked for ATCO/Atlantic and Arista Records. A notarized letter of provenance from the recipient is included with this award (see image).

The award is in VG to Excellent condition, with only very minor mars on the frame. The award is all original with Jewel Box Platinum manufacturer sticker.

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.