As to the ques­tion re­garding why additional RIAA awards weren’t is­sued through Elvis’ lifetime­time. The an­swer is very simple. RCA was al­ready is­suing in-household gold records typically, so there re­ally wasn’t any have to pursue the RIAA awards, al­though, from time to time it would appear they were pur­sued. https://andrezaxvp.blogkoo.com/detailed-notes-on-what-is-a-gold-record-award-48531307