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Raquel Tavares | |
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 Raquel Tavares, 2008 | |
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| Birth name | Raquel Filipa Tavares |
| Born | (1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (age 40) |
| Origin | Lisbon (Portugal) |
| Genres | Fado |
| Years active | 1997–2020 |
Raquel Filipa Tavares (born January 11, 1985) is aPortugueseFado singer.[1]
Tavares has won a popular Fado song contest inPortugal, called "Grande Noite do Fado."[1]
Tavares regularly sang at the "Bacalhau de Molho," one ofLisbon's most famous Fado houses. She has performed all overEurope, includingParis,Rome andMadrid.[1]
Her first album was released in 2006, the same year she won theAmália 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 has been named one of the most representative Fado singers of the new generation.[1]
In 2004, Raquel played a small part as a Fado singer inMário 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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