 In 2008 she recorded an album with the Cuban singer Omara Portuondo which was followed by a Live DVD

In 2015, her album "Meus Quintais" was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best MPB Album category.In March 2011, Bethânia found herself in the midst of a controversy after receiving permission from the Ministry of Culture of Brazil to make a poetry blog budgeted for $1.3 million tax free Reais ($783,000 USD).The financing of the project would fall under the so-called "Lei Rouanet" (English