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Raquel Tavares | |
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 Raquel Tavares, 2008 | |
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| Birth name | Raquel Filipa Tavares |
| Born | 11 January 1985 |
| Origin | Lisbon (Portugal) |
| Genres | Fado |
| Years active | 1997–2020 |
Raquel Filipa Tavares (born January 1, 1985) is a Portuguese Fado singer. [1]
Tavares won a popular Fado song contest in Portugal, known as "Grande Noite do Fado". [1]
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. [1]
Her first album was released in 2006, in the same year that she won the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize. [1]
Her second album, Bairro, was released in May 2008. [1]
In January 2020, she took a break from her professional career to pursue a life away from the stage. [2]
She was named one of the most representative Fado singers of the new generation. [1]
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 the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 with João Tiago, placing 8th. [4] [5]
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