Cabo Verde Music Awards

The award ceremony takes place in the capital city of Praia, Cape Verde.

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.