Nadja Benaissa (born April 26, 1982 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Benaissa released her solo debut album Schritt Für Schritt in 2006. The semi-autobiographical album was entirely recorded in German language, taking Benaissa's work further into soul, R&B and jazz music, but enjoyed moderate success. She's currently recording her second solo album in Berlin, Germany. Biography Early life Benaissa is the second child born to an African-Moroccan father, Muhamed Benaissa, and a Serbian-German mothe