The follow-up single, "Sorry, I'm A Lady" was released in August 1977. It started to chart in September 1977, was #1 for 7 weeks in Germany and soon became a worldwide hit reaching the #1 spot in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Norway, #2 in Switzerland and #3 in Sweden.
On September 30th, 1977, Mayte & María received the "Goldener Löwe Award" (Golden Lion Award) of RTL Germany for "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie".
In October 1977, the self-titled debut BACCARA album was released. The record was arranged and produced by Rolf Soja, like all the other BACCARA records until 1981. The sales of the first album were massive and exceeded all expectations at RCA. It went to #1 in all Scandinavian countries (remaining at the top of the album chart for 12 weeks in Norway and 8 weeks in Sweden. In Finland this album still is the fifth all-time best selling International album!) and #13 in Germany.
In November 1977, BACCARA represented Germany at the 8th edition of the "Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo" with the song "Mad In Madrid". Despite being tipped as favourites by the media, their song finished in fourteenth place.
By the end of 1977, BACCARA's success was spreading worldwide. They already had reached the number one spot in almost all European countries and were extremely popular in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, the UK and Eastern Europe. BACCARA were also enjoying chart hits in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel and South Africa.
The public was charmed by Mayte & María, two elegant and glamorous women who complemented each other with their respective vocal styles, as well as with their wardrobe: Mayte would always be dressed in black and María in white.
All European TV channels wanted to have BACCARA on their programmes and Mayte & María were regular guests in top shows like "Musikladen" (NDR), "Die Aktuelle Schaubude" (NDR), "Disco" (ZDF), "Starparade" (ZDF), "Ein Kessel Buntes" (DDR-FS), "Top Of The Pops" (BBC), "The Sacha Distel Show" (BBC) "TopPop" (AVRO) and "300 millones" (TVE).
In January 1978, "Darling" was released as a single: it went to #1 in Norway, #5 in Sweden, #6 in Germany, #7 in Austria and #9 in Switzerland.
On February 24th 1978, BACCARA received a Golden Bambi Award from the Burda publishing group.
With the annual Bambi Awards, the Burda media group honours celebrities from the world of entertainment, literature, sports and politics who have achieved major success.
On April 22nd, 1978, BACCARA represented Luxembourg at the "Eurovision Song Contest" held in Paris with the song "Parlez-vous français?". Even though the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese juries gave the maximum number of points to Luxembourg, the song ended up seventh place with a total of 73 points.
However, it didn't stop the record from becoming a European hit. It charted at #7 in Belgium, #8 in Sweden, #18 in Austria and #21 in Germany. It was one of the best-selling singles of the 1978 contest. "Parlez-vous français?" remains to this day one of the most requested Eurovision songs.
BACCARA's second album, "Light My Fire" was released in July 1978. It did well all over Europe and charted in Scandinavia.
