page_title: Cabo Verde Music Awards
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cabo Verde Music Awards / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Gilyto &amp; Soraia de Deus - CVMA 2014
context_page_description: The Cabo Verde Music Awards 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.
  A band called Splash has won the most awards, numbering five; Neuza won in two categories in 2014.
context_section_description: The origins of the creation of the music awards for Cape Verde began in around the 2000s.
  The first edition took place in March 2011 and was one of the most recent music awards made by any country and features the greatest Cape Verdean singers, even from the diaspora abroad.  The first guests included Gilyto, La MC Malcriado and Suzanna Lubrano.  The recent edition took place on May 7, 2016 and featured Elida Almeida, Gilyto, Hélio de Batalha and others.
caption: The 2014 Cabo Verde Music Awards with Gilyto and Soraia de Deus
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