In 1991 her album Nanã won the "Grand Prix Gold Disk Award for Jazz" in Japan. Her third album Menina was recorded in Rio de Janeiro, and won the same Grand Prix award. In 2003 she released the album Dans Mon Île (French for "In my island"), themed around a voyage to France and based on famous French songs.
Lisa announced the birth of her second child, a boy, on October 7, 2008.
Lisa has performed with Tom Jobim and with João Donato in Brazil, in addition to other performances around the world. Appearances in Japan include concerts at the Blue Note Tokyo with Paulo and Daniel Jobim, Toninho Horta, and Emílio Santiago.
As of November 2007, she has released 22 albums.
Rihanna and her father both spoke to the press about their most recent estrangement.