Raquel Tavares

Raquel Filipa Tavares (born January 11, 1985) is a Portuguese Fado singer.

Career
Tavares won a popular Fado song contest in Portugal, known as "Grande Noite do Fado".

Tavares sang regularly at the "Bacalhau de Molho," one of the most famous Fado houses in Lisbon. She has performed all over Europe, including in Paris, Rome and Madrid.

Her first album was released in 2006, in the same year that she won the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.

Her second album, Bairro, was released in May 2008.

In January 2020, she took a break from her professional career to pursue a life away from the stage.

She was named one of the most representative Fado singers of the new generation.

Curiosities
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").

She entered the ⁣Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 with João Tiago, placing 8th.

Albums

 * 1999: Porque Canto Fado (Metro-Som)
 * 2006: Raquel Tavares (Movieplay)
 * 2008: Bairro (Movieplay)
 * 2016: Raquel (Sony Music)