Raquel Filipa Tavares (born 11 February 1985) is a Portuguese former

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

Career

Raquel Tavares won a popular fado song contest in

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: known as "Grande Noite do Fado”. She sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in

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. She has performed all around

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, including

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and

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. Her first album was released in 2006, the same year that she won the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize. Her second album, ''Bairro'', was released in May 2008. She was once 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

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's film " O Milagre Segundo Salomé" ("The Miracle According to Salomé"). She entered in the

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with João Tiago, placing 8th.

Discography

Albums

* 1999 - ''Porque Canto Fado'' (Metro-Som)Raquel Tavares (Porque Canto Fado)
in

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* 2006 - ''

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'' (Movieplay) * 2016 - ''Raquel'' (Sony Music)

References

External links

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on

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1985 births Living people Singers from Lisbon Portuguese fado singers 21st-century Portuguese women singers Golden Globes (Portugal) winners {{Portugal-singer-stub