Soundcity MVP Awards
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Combined Graph record U-01493 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0020. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Soundcity MVP Awards is the awards festival of Soundcity Radio and Television (stored issuer 'Soundcity TV' stands in substance); it transitioned from the Soundcity Video Music Awards (SMVA) in 2016 and recognises outstanding achievements of African artistes across 15 music categories (incl. Best Male/Female MVP, Song of the Year, African Artiste of the Year) plus special-recognition awards — from the awards' own site soundcitymvp.com (tier 2), fetched in full.
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Soundcity MVP Awards is the awards festival of Soundcity Radio and Television (stored issuer 'Soundcity TV' stands in substance); it transitioned from the Soundcity Video Music Awards (SMVA) in 2016 and recognises outstanding achievements of African artistes across 15 music categories (incl. Best Male/Female MVP, Song of the Year, African Artiste of the Year) plus special-recognition awards — from the awards' own site soundcitymvp.com (tier 2), fetched in full.
Sources
- https://soundcitymvp.com/poll/vote-nominees/ (verification source · master store)
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Soundcity MVP Awards is the awards festival of Soundcity Radio and Television (stored issuer 'Soundcity TV' stands in substance); it transitioned from the Soundcity Video Music Awards (SMVA) in 2016 and recognises outstanding achievements of African artistes across 15 music categories (incl. Best Male/Female MVP, Song of the Year, African Artiste of the Year) plus special-recognition awards — from the awards' own site soundcitymvp.com (tier 2), fetched in full.
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