In 2014 he sold Beats to Apple for $3 billion
with a few minor scratches on the frame including some chipped platinum paint on the bottom facing bottom edge of the frame
The album went to #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and also the single "Highwayman" went to #1 on the Country Singles chart (and won its' songwriter Jimmy Webb a Grammy award in 1986)
put himself firmly on the map with his 1962 classic "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" and has managed to stay current for some 60 years with his recent album with Lady Gaga picking up yet another Grammy
complete with spectacular presentation to the legendary Keith Richards himself
ELO A New World Record BPI Gold LP Award Mark Goodman In 2014 he sold BeatsBPI (British Phonographic Industry) Gold LP award for Electric Light Orchestra album A New World Record. The album was released on Nov. 19, 1976 and was certified Gold in the U. K. by BPI on Jan. 14, 1977 for 250,000 worth sold. The measure for BPI gold certification in the 70s was the monetary value of records sold, much like the RIAA "white matte" awards of the 60s and early 70s. It included ELO's major hit "Telephone Line", which went to #7 on the