The International Portuguese Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as IPMA) is an annual music awards show that recognizes songs and music videos recorded and produced by artists of Portuguese descent residing in any country.
From the first edition in 2013 until 2019, the event was held at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic IPMA was held virtually from 2020 to 2021. When the in-person awards show returned in 2022, it found a new location at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
Rhode Island, like Massachusetts, has a significant population of individuals from Portugal or of Portuguese descent. Portuguese is the third-most spoken language in Rhode Island.
Artists or their representatives submit their entries online via IPMA's official website. A confidential panel of judges located in different countries review and score the submissions. For the "New Talent" category, two finalists compete live at the show in front of a panel of judges so the winner can be selected based on their live performance.
The only category voted on by the public is the "IPMA People's Choice Award".
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Some editions of the International Portuguese Music Awards also awarded the "IPMA Lifetime Achievement Award".