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Timeline
6 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1980s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Bairro
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography150 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379192761
Biography
Raquel Filipa Tavares (born January 11, 1985) is a Portuguese Fado singer.
Career
Tavares has won a popular Fado song contest in Portugal, called "Grande Noite do Fado."
Tavares regularly sang at the "Bacalhau de Molho," one of Lisbon's most famous Fado houses. She has performed all over Europe, including Paris, Rome and Madrid.
Her first album was released in 2006, the same year she won the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.
Her second album, BairroBairroSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Lisboa, meu amor, Lisboa2:052Outra boa noite3:003Rosa da Madragoa2:434Saída (fim do fim)2:495Madrugadas serenas2:146Sofrendo da alma3:117A nudez do meu fado2:028Lua de Maio3:139Ouve Lisboa3:5810Tia Dolores3:0311Que seja amor3:2012Fala da mulher sozinha3:5813Lisboa garrida3:0614Ardinita3:52, was released in May 2008.
In January 2020, she took a break from her professional career to pursue a life away from the stage.
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)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 42:34
1Lisboa, meu amor, Lisboa2:052Outra boa noite3:003Rosa da Madragoa2:434Saída (fim do fim)2:495Madrugadas serenas2:146Sofrendo da alma3:117A nudez do meu fado2:028Lua de Maio3:139Ouve Lisboa3:5810Tia Dolores3:0311Que seja amor3:2012Fala da mulher sozinha3:5813Lisboa garrida3:0614Ardinita3:522016 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:58
1Deste-me um Beijo e Vivi4:212Meu Amor de Longe3:113Não me Esperes de Volta2:424Limão3:025Regras de Sensatez3:306Tradição2:437Eu Já Não Sei3:588Rapaz da Camisola Verde3:149Para o Destino2:3010Gostar de Quem Gosta de Nós3:2411Coração Vagabundo3:23Roberto Carlos por Raquel Tavares
2017 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 14 tracks · 54:40
1Você2:562Como É Grande o Meu Amor por Você3:493Sua Estupidez4:144De Tanto Amor3:135À Distância3:556Debaixo dos Caracóis dos Seus Cabelos4:227Palavras3:108Fera Ferida5:139Detalhes5:0110Cavalgada3:4811Não Se Esqueça de Mim3:4512Olha3:2313Do Fundo do Meu Coração4:0314Emoções3:482025 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:59
1Ai Se os Meus Olhos Falassem4:062Amor É Água Que Corre4:083Trigueirinha2:364Por Morrer uma Andorinha4:085Carta a Minha Mãe3:116A História de uma Chinela2:217Pontas Soltas3:508Cravo de São João3:319Mulher Deixada4:4010A Viela4:28
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Raquel Tavares head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RaquelBairro.JPGaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1cfe0d1-5183-4909-abe9-505561745ceadiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1cfe0d1-5183-4909-abe9-505561745ceacore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440450genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440450seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Tavaresbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Tavares
Why this artist is in the database
- List of singer-songwriters
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Sonora Urbana · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q440450 · MusicBrainz: b1cfe0d1-5183-4909-abe9-505561745cea
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