Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You White Matte RIAA Gold LP Award - RARE

RIAA Gold white matte award for Aretha Franklin's I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You album presented to songwriter Ronnie Shannon. This album was released in March 10, 1967 and certified Gold by the RIAA on June 13, 1967 for one million dollars worth sold, becoming one of the Queen of Soul's first Gold records. The eleventh studio effort for Franklin (1942-2018), this album included two Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits including the chart topping "Respect" along with the title track "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You)" which hit #9 and was penned by this award's recipient, Ronnie Shannon. The album itself peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and #1 on the R&B Albums chart. In 2002 Rolling Stone magazine named the album #1 on their "Women in Rock: 50 Essential Albums" list. See image above for the RIAA sales certifications of this album*. *Avoid paying auction fees/buyer's premiums by buying our RIAA awards here on our site before they go to auction. We take select R