Ashford & Simpson Solid RIAA Gold LP Award Jay Gordon It was the first Nirvana

It was the first Nirvana album released after Kurt Cobain's untimely death and went to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart

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first presentation award

This is a label award presented to a record industry executive in recognition of 50 million sales of George Strait records

Ashford & Simpson Solid RIAA Gold LP Award Jay Gordon It was the first NirvanaRIAA Gold LP award for Ashford & Simpson's album Solid. Released in 1984, the album was certified Gold on March 7, 1985 for 500,000 copies sold. In addition to the songwriting and performing duo's biggest hit as performers, "Solid" which peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the album also spawned two other singles "Outta The World", and "Babies". The album went to #1 on the Billboard Top R&B albums chart, #29 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums