The B-52's debut RIAA Gold Album Award Nathan Followill RIAA Gold LP award for

RIAA Gold LP award for Roberta Flack album Blue Lights In The Basement

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The B-52's debut RIAA Gold Album Award Nathan Followill RIAA Gold LP award forRIAA Gold Album Award for The B 52's debut album. Released on July 6, 1979, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA on Nov. 18, 1980 for 500,000 copies sold. The debut from the group included classic B 52's hits such as "Rock Lobster" (which became the group's first Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at #56), "Planet Claire", and "Dance This Mess Around". The album reached #59 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and charted in Australia and New Zealand as