Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity.
17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome
17th December 2020
Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity.
German pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist after it emerged that they did not sing any of the vocals on their debut album.