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- ↑ "Awards Show for 2016". Tejanomusicawards.com. San Antonio, Texas. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- 1 2 "TMA Nomination Form 2016". Tejanomusicawards.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Tejano Fan Fair". Tejanomusicawards.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Past Tejano Music Awards Winners". tejanomusicawards.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.