PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards

PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards (pt: PLAY - Prémios da Música Portuguesa) are annual awards for the Portuguese music scene, sponsored by Vodafone.^[1][2]

PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in music
Sponsored by	Vodafone
Venue	Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon
Country	Portugal
Hosted by	Filomena Cautela Inês Lopes Gonçalves
First award	April 9, 2019
Most awards	Dino D'Santiago (8)
Most nominations	Dino D'Santiago (11)
Website	playpremiosdamusicaportuguesa.pt
Television/radio coverage
Network	RTP
Produced by	PassMúsica

The first edition took place at Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on 9 April 2019 and was broadcast by RTP, presented by Filomena Cautela and Inês Lopes Gonçalves.^[3][4]

Editions

#	Date	Venue	Presenters	Broadcaster
1	April 9, 2019	Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisbon	Filomena Cautela Inês Lopes Gonçalves	RTP
2	June 29, 2020
3	July 8, 2021
4	May 5, 2022
5	April 27, 2023
5	May 16, 2024

Categories

Active

• Vodafone Best Song (2019–)
• Best Female Artist (2020–)
• Best Male Artist (2020–)
• Best Group (2019–)
• Best Album (2019–)
• Best Fado Album (2019–)
• Best Jazz Album (2020–)
• Best Classical/Erudite Music Album (2020–)
• Best Music Video (2019–)
• Revelation of the Year (2019–)
• Lusophony Award (2019–)
• Lusophony Award (2019–)
• Best Popular Music Award (2019–)
• Career Award (2019–)

Extinct

• Best Solo Artist (2019)
• Best International Artist (2019)
• Best International Song (2019)

Active categories winners

Vodafone Best Song

This award is voted by the public via internet and phonecalls.

Year	Winner		Nominees
	Song title	Artist(s)	Song title	Artist(s)
2019	"Estradas no Céu"	Valas feat. Raquel Tavares	"Devia Ir"	Wet Bed Gang
			"Água de Coco"	ProfJam
			"Faz Gostoso"	Blaya
2020	"Amor, A Nossa Vida"	Capitão Fausto	"Bairro"	Wet Bed Gang
			"Bússola"	Nenny
			"Também Sonhar"	Slow J feat. Sara Tavares
2021	"Louco"	Piruka feat. Bluay	“Sei lá”	Bárbara Tinoco
			“Kriolu”	Dino D'Santiago feat. Julinho KSD
			“Assobia Para O Lado”	Carlão
			“A Noite”	Stereossauro X Marisa Liz X Carlão
			“Tribunal”	ProfJam, benji price
2022	“Onde Vais”	Bárbara Bandeira feat. Carminho	“Andorinhas”	Ana Moura
			“Borboletas”	Gama
			“Lote B”	António Zambujo
			“Love is on my Side”	The Black Mamba
			“Tequila”	Nelly
2023	“Lua”	Ivandro	“Agarra em Mim”	Ana Moura feat Pedro Mafama
			“A Maior Traição”	Carlão
			“Quero é Viver”	Sara Correia
			“Saudade, Saudade”	Maro
			“Sorriso”	Diogo Piçarra

Best Female Artist

Year	Winner	Nominees
2020	Lena D’Água	Aldina Duarte Ana Bacalhau Blaya
2021	Capicua	Bárbara Tinoco Carolina Deslandes Mariza
2022	Ana Moura	Bárbara Tinoco Gisela João Nenny
2023	Ana Moura	Aldina Duarte Maro Nena

Best Male Artist

Year	Winner	Nominees
2020	Slow J	Diogo Piçarra Fernando Daniel Salvador Sobral
2021	Dino D’Santiago	Carlão Samuel Úria Sérgio Godinho
2022	Dino D’Santiago	António Zambujo Camané Tony Carreira
2023	Ivandro	Carlão Mário Laginha T-Rex

Best Group

Year	Winner	Nominees
2019	Dead Combo	Wet Bed Gang Linda Martini Diabo na Cruz
2020	Capitão Fausto	The Gift Expensive Soul Mão Morta
2021	Clã	HMB Os Quatro e Meia Wet Bed Gang
2022	The Black Mamba	Moonspell Os Quatro e Meia Wet Bed Gang
2023	Calema	Capitão Fausto Linda Martini Wet Bed Gang

Best Album

Year	Winner		Nominees
	Album title	Artist(s)	Album title	Artist(s)
2019	"Mundu Nôbu"	Dino D'Santiago	"Mariza"	Mariza
			"Do avesso"	António Zambujo
			"Odeon Hotel"	Dead Combo
2020	"Aqui Está-se Sossegado"	Camané & Mário Laginha	"#FFFFFF"	Profjam
			"You are forgiven"	Slow J
			"A Invenção do Dia Claro"	Capitão Fausto
2021	"Kriola"	Dino D'Santiago	"Madrepérola"	Capicua
			"Mais Antigo"	Bispo
			"Véspera"	Clã
2022	"70 Voltas ao Sol"	Jorge Palma	"Aurora"	Gisela João
			"Badiu"	Dino D'Santiago
			"Recomeçar"	Tony Carreira

Best Fado Album

Year	Winner		Nominees
	Album title	Artist(s)	Album title	Artist(s)
2019	"Maria"	Carminho	"Sempre"	Katia Guerreiro
			"Sara"	Sara Correia
			"Branco"	Cristina Branco
2020	"Aqui Está-se Sossegado"	Camané & Mário Laginha
			"Roubados"	Aldina Duarte
			"Um Fado ao Contrário"	Pedro Moutinho
			"Puro"	Matilde Cid

Best Jazz Album

Year	Winner		Nominees
	Album title	Artist(s)	Album title	Artist(s)
2020	TBD	TBD

Best Classical/Erudite Music Album

Year	Winner		Nominees
	Album title	Artist(s)	Album title	Artist(s)
2020	TBD	TBD

Best Music Video

Year	Winner		Nominees
	Artist	Song title	Artist	Song title
2019	Pedro Abrunhosa	"Amor em tempo de muros"	ProfJam	"Água de Coco"
			Boss AC	"Queque foi"
			Blaya	"Eu avisei"
2020	Branko, Sango, Cosima, ProfJam	"Hear from You"	The Gift	"Verão"
			António Zambujo	"Catavento da Sé"
			Lena D’Água	"Grande Festa"

Revelation of the Year

Year	Winner	Nominees
2019	Conan Osíris	Papillon Sara Correia Selma Uamusse
2020	Bárbara Tinoco	Nenny Murta Tiago Nacarato

Lusophony Award

Year	Winner		Nominees
	Artist	Song title	Artist	Song title
2019	Matias Damásio	"Nada Mudou"	C4 Pedro	"Se Eu Soubesse"
			Ludmilla	“Din Din Din”
			Nelson Freitas	"Nubian Queen"
2020	Tainá	"Sonhos"	Anitta & Kevinho	"Terremoto"
			Giulia Be	"Menina Solta"
			Silva e Ludmilla	"Um Pôr do Sol na Praia"
2021	Emicida part. Gilberto Gil	“É Tudo pra ontem”	MC Kevinho	“Te gusta”
			Giulia Be, Luan Santana	“Inesquecível”
			Esperança (Paulo Flores & Prodígio)	“Nzambi”
2022	Paulo Flores	“Jeito Alegre de Chorar”	Mario Lucio	“Hino à Gratidão”
			Luísa Sonza, Anitta & Pabllo Vittar	“Modo Turbo”
			C4 Pedro	“Nossas Coisas”
2023	Pedro Sampaio & MC Pedrinho	“Dançarina”	Anitta & Pedro Sampaio	“No Chão Novinha”
			Matias Damásio	“Como Antes”
			Batida & Mayra Andrade	“Bom Bom”

Critics Award

Year	Winner
2019	Dino d'Santiago
2020	Lena D'Água
2021	Dino d'Santiago
2022
2023	Ana Moura

Career Award

Year	Winner
2019	Carlos do Carmo
2020	Xutos & Pontapés
2022	Simone de Oliveira
2023	Sérgio Godinho
2024	António Victorino de Almeida
2025	José Cid

Extinct categories winners

Best Solo Artist

Year	Winner	Nominees
2019	Dino d'Santiago	Diogo Piçarra Blaya António Zambujo

Best International Artist

Year	Winner	Nominees
2019	Kendrick Lamar	Ariana Grande Drake Cardi B

Best International Song

Year	Winner (Song title)	Nominees (Song title)
2019	Kendrick Lamar - "All The Stars"	Drake - "God's Plan" Ariana Grande - "No Tears Left To Cry" Shawn Mendes - "In My Blood"