Raquel Tavares

Raquel Filipa Tavares (born 11 January 1985) is a Portuguese former Fado singer.[1] In January 2020 she decided to end her professional career to pursue a life away from the stage.[2]

Raquel Tavares
Raquel Tavares, 2008
Background information
Birth nameRaquel Filipa Tavares
Born (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985
OriginLisbon (Portugal)
GenresFado
Years active1997–2020

Career

Raquel Tavares won the biggest song contest dedicated to fado in Portugal: “Grande Noite do Fado”.[1]

She sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in Lisbon, and has made shows all around Europe, in cities like Paris, Rome or Madrid.[1]

Her first album was released in 2006 and this was also the year when she was the winner of the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.[1]

Her second album, Bairro, just came out in May 2008.[1]

She has been named one of the most representative fado singers of the new generation and no longer just a promising voice.[1]

Curiosities
The singer Raquel Tavares.

In 2004, Raquel played a small part, as a Fado singer, in Mário Barroso's film "O Milagre Segundo Salomé" ("The Miracle According to Salomé").[3]

She entered in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 with João Tiago. They took the 8th place.[1]

Discography

Albums
  • 1999 - Porque Canto Fado (Metro-Som)[4]
  • 2006 - Raquel Tavares (Movieplay)[5]
  • 2008 - Bairro (Movieplay)[5]
  • 2016 - Raquel (Sony Music)

References
  1. Eurovision Dance Contest Archived March 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Renascença (2020-01-10). "Fadista Raquel Tavares anuncia fim da carreira. "Estava profundamente infeliz" - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  3. IMDB
  4. Raquel Tavares (Porque Canto Fado) in Discogs
  5. CDGo.com - Artist: Raquel Tavares


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