- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSara Alexandra Lima Tavares
- Sara Tavares was born on February 1, 1978 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is known for Omi Nobu (2023), Songs of Praise (1961) and Chuva de Estrelas (1993). She died on November 19, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- She won a Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Portuguese Singer in 2000.
- Tavares showed great musical promise from a young age; in 1994 she won the national television song contest Chuva de Estrelas, performing Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time". That same year, she won the Festival da Canção, that earned Tavares a slot in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest at the age of 16.
- In 2021, Tavares publicly revealed that she discovered she was bisexual at the age of 24.
- Her music was noted to feature a blending of cultures, particularly those of Portugal and Cape Verde.
- Tavares named Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin as her favourite childhood artists.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content