| Cabo Verde Music Awards | |
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| Date | 2017 |
| Location | Praia |
| Country | Cape Verde |
| First awarded | 2011 |
| Website | Official website |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | TCV (television) RCV (radio) |
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The Cabo Verde Music Awards (abbreviation: CVMA) is an annual music award ceremony that takes place every year. The award ceremony takes place in the capital city of Praia, Cape Verde. It is also broadcast on TCV.
The origins of the creation of the music awards for Cape Verde began in the 2000s.
The first edition took place in March 2011 and was one of the most recent music awards made by any country, featuring some of the greatest Cape Verdean musicians from the diaspora abroad. The first guests included Gilyto, La MC Malcriado and Suzanna Lubrano. The recent edition took place on 2016, [1] featuring Elida Almeida, Gilyto, Hélio Batalha and others.
The following music categories include:
| Album of the Year | Best Male Performance | Best International Rhythm |
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