 Rosanna Tavares enjoyed singing and began participating in her first singing contests when she was as young as eight years old.In 1974, her family moved from Itaúna near the Bahian border, to Belo Horizonte, where they quickly came into contact with the wide-ranging music scene in the capital of Minas Gerais.It was there she was first introduced to Zélia Fonseca, with whom she performed alongside for 30 years.