Teresa Salgueiro, born January 8, 1969, in Lisbon, Portugal, is a Portuguese singer best known as the lead vocalist of Madredeus from 1986 to 2007. Discovered in 1986 by band co-founder Pedro Ayres Magalhães, she served as the voice and central inspiration of the group. She appeared as a singer in Wim Wenders' film Lisbon Story. Following her departure from Madredeus, she released collaboration and solo albums including Obrigado (2005), Você e Eu (2007) with the Septeto de João Cristal, La Serena (2007) and Matriz (2009) with the Lusitânia Ensemble, O Mistério (2012), and O Horizonte (2016). She also sang on Zbigniew Preisner's album Silence, Night and Dreams (2007). Salgueiro was appointed an Official of the Order of Prince Henry in 1995 and received the Club de las 25 award in 2022.
