Český slavík is a Czech award, similar in nature to the American "Grammy Award" to recognize outstanding achievement and annual popularity in the czech music industry. It was established in 1996 as the successor of Zlatý slavík

Zlatý slavík

Zlatý slavík was a music poll established by magazine Mladý svět along with Smena na nedeľu in 1962, and brodcasted on television.As later exposed, since the 70's the entries very frequently falsified by Communist Party of Czechoslovakia . The poll lasted until 1991, prior to the dissolution of...

 awards, which was established in 1962 in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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 by magazine Mladý svět

Mladý Svet

Mladý Svět was a magazine published in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. It contained editorials, comics and other works...

and Smena na nedeľu, which continued until 1991.. "The 16th Cesky Slavik" will be held on November 25, 2011 at the "Prague State Opera House", in the Czech Republic, Prague.

Since 1999 the chart has been sponsored by the mineral water

Mineral water

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 producer Mattoni

Mattoni

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 and hence officially known as Český slavík Mattoni, or Mattoni's Czech Nightingale.

Currently it has categories "Male Singer", "Female Singer", "Musical Group", and "Absolute Nightingale".

Winners

Year	Male singer	Female singer	Group	New artist	Foreign artist	Teenagers Choice	Best Skipper
1996	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá Lucie Bílá Lucie Bílá is a Czech pop singer. With a powerful, distinctively intense voice and impressive range, she is one of the most famous and celebrated female artists in Czech Republic history...	Olympic
1997	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Olympic
1998	Daniel Hůlka Daniel Hůlka Daniel Hůlka is a Czech actor and baritone who is known for his performances in musicals, films, and operas. He has been awarded five Zlatý slavík by Mladý svět magazine and won an Anděl Award for best singer in 1997...	Lucie Bílá	Olympic
1999	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Lucie
2000	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Lucie			Lucie Bílá
2001	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Lucie
2002	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Lucie
2003	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Kabát	Rebeka			Monika Absolonová
2004	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Kabát	Aneta Langerová Aneta Langerová Aneta Langerová is a Czech pop singer. She first rose to fame at age 17 as the first winner of Česko hledá SuperStar, the Czech version of Pop Idol, in June 2004 and later that year released her first album, Spousta andělů, which would go on to become the best-selling record in Czech music history...			Radůza
2005	Karel Gott	Aneta Langerová	Chinaski Chinaski Chinaski is a Czech pop-rock group. Between 2005 and 2007 Chinaski won the prize "Anděl" , granted by the Academy of Music.- History :...	Vlastimil Horváth Vlastimil Horváth Vlastimil Horváth is the second Czech Superstar. He is ethnic Roma.-Discography:Albums*Česko hledá SuperStar Top 12 *Místo zázraků *Do peří nefoukej...			Helena Zeťová
2006	Karel Gott	Aneta Langerová	Divokej Bill Divokej Bill Divokej Bill is a Czech folk-rock band from Úvaly near Prague. The band take their name from Wild Bill Hickok and blend some country music influences with their punk rock, folk and alternative rock sounds....	Ewa Farna Ewa Farna Ewa Farna is a Polish pop rock singer from the Czech Republic. She was born in Třinec, and belongs to the Polish minority in the Czech Republic. Farna released three studio albums with Czech lyrics, which sold platinum in the Czech Republic and were later re-recorded and released with Polish lyrics...
2007	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Kabát	Josef Vágner			Barbora Zemanová
2008	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Kabát	Marek Ztracený	No Name No Name (Slovak band) No Name is a Slovak rock band. It was formed in Košice on August 26, 1996 by Viliam Gutray and three Timko brothers - Igor, Roman and Ivan. Today, the band has six members....		Iveta Bartošová
2009	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Kabát	Martin Chodúr	No Name		Vojtěch Dyk
2010	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Kabát	Markéta Konvičková	No Name		Xindl X
2011	Karel Gott	Lucie Bílá	Kabát	Gabriela Gunčíková	No Name		Monika Bagárová

Leaders

With fourteen Český slavík awards, Karel Gott

Karel Gott

Karel Gott is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he has being voted the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national pool Český slavík in total thirty-six times...

 along with Lucie Bílá

Lucie Bílá

Lucie Bílá is a Czech pop singer. With a powerful, distinctively intense voice and impressive range, she is one of the most famous and celebrated female artists in Czech Republic history...

 are the most successful artist in the history of the poll to date. They are followed by Kabát band that earned six awards, and the group Lucie, which won four awards.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Karel Gott Karel Gott Karel Gott is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he has being voted the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national pool Český slavík in total thirty-six times...   Lucie Bílá Lucie Bílá Lucie Bílá is a Czech pop singer. With a powerful, distinctively intense voice and impressive range, she is one of the most famous and celebrated female artists in Czech Republic history...	Kabát	Lucie
Total awards	14	6	4

Successors