Katia Guerreiro is one of the most important voices of the Portuguese traditional Fado. Since the very beginning of her career, Katia has taken Fado to the world. Internationally, her talent was noticed by artists such as Maria Bethania, Amina Alaoui, Ensemble Basse-Normandie, Husnu Senlendirici, Selección Nacional de Tango Argentina, and Ney Matogrosso. The excellence of her talent was awarded with the prize of Feminine Personality of the Year 2005. The people who voted for her considered her one of the most beautiful voices, enriched with unusual vocal ability. Also in 2005, after Rencontres pour l'Europe de la Culture, at the Comédie Française in Paris, she was nominated Member of the European Cultural Parliament. In 2010, she received from the Amália Rodrigues Foundation the Best Performer of Fado award. In September 2013, she released her first CD/DVD live "Katia Live at the Olympia". In the same year, Katia Guerreiro was honored with the Order of Arts and Letters by the French state, one of the highest recognitions given by the French Government to foreign citizens, recognizing her as "one of the most notable singers of her generation and a great ambassador of Portugal in the world."

Katia has been a regular recording artist since 2001, with 8 released albums.