Kanye and Jay-Z Given Giant 'Watch the Throne' Platinum Plaques (Exclusive Photo)

Adding to some formerly insanely extended report on accomplishments, Kanye and Jay-Z will have two more trophies they could happily display -- around the very sturdy wall.our editor recommendsJay-Z, Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne' Tour Starts: What Concertgoers Are SayingJay-Z & Kanye Tease 'Watch The Throne' Tour Set List (Video) PHOTOS: Kanye's Indie Rock Dalliances Following their offered out Madison Square Garden show on Monday evening, the celebrity emcees received some ginormous platinum plaques (a great-sized version in the album's cover art, produced by Italian designer Riccardo Tisci),symbols of worldwide sales more than two million models for Watch the Throne. Their collaborative studio album, released on August 8, offered 436,000 copies inside the U.S. within the first week alone and assigned the iTunes album chart in 23 different nations. It marked Jay-Z's twelfth No. 1 album round the Billboard 200 and West's fifth. PHOTOS: MTV VMAs Finest Feuds The backstage ceremony was presided over by Craig Weiss, chairman and Boss of Universal Republic & Island Def Jam, and IDJ Group leader and COO Steve Bartels. It adopted an "unreal" show, while you fan known to to MTV, which featured popular-heavy two-hour set together with a shout-out by Jay-Z to Michael Jackson mere several hours after Dr. Conrad Murray is at prison for involuntary wrongful dying. "Relaxation in peace for the leader in the Jackson 5," mentioned Jay within the stage throughout "Thank you for going to the Jungle." The Throne tour started on October 29 at Atlanta's 21,000 chair Philips Arena. It continues through December 18 if the hits Vancouver. Related Subjects Jay-Z Kanye