in 1991, mercury released her self-titled album, which was followed by "o canto da cidade" a year later, boosting her career as a national artist and taking the axé music to the evidence. over the years, mercury released several albums, generating great singles like "swing da cor", "o canto da cidade", "à primeira vista", "rapunzel", "nobre vagabundo", "ilê pérola negra", "mutante", "maimbê dandá", "levada brasileira", "oyá por nós", among others. she recorded a commemorative dvd of cirque du soleil's 25th anniversary, and was part of the montreal jazz festival. in addition, mercury was invited to participate in the alejandro sanz's dvd, and sing with paul mccartney in oslo, norway, during the delivery of the nobel peace prize.