Schritt für Schritt is the debut solo album by German

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 pop singer Nadja Benaissa

Nadja Benaissa

Nadja Benaissa 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...

, released by Universal Music/Urban

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 on February 24, 2006 (see 2006 in music

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). Written and recorded after a break from the group No Angels

No Angels

The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...

, it signaled Benaissa's efforts to craft a solo career in music. The album features production by Tino Oac and Giuseppe Porrello, with additional credits from DJ Release, Audiotreats and Fairtone.

Track listing

1. "Intro" - 0:46
2. "Schritt für Schritt" – 3:32
3. "Augenblick" – 4:51
4. "Leila" (Skit) – 0:33
5. "Es ist Liebe" – 4:45
6. "Alles was du suchst" – 3:58
7. "Herzschlag" – 4:13
8. "Leila" – 4:31
9. "Weitergehen" – 5:10
10. "Ich hab' dich" – 5:10
11. "Alte Wunden" – 4:23
12. "Immer noch" – 4:28
13. "Die Welt" – 5:07
14. "Vater" – 5:00
15. "Alles führt zu dir" (Bonus track
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    ) – 3:16

Credits and personnel

• Susanne Bader - brass
  Brass instrument
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• Loomis Green - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Jens Klingelhöfer - guitar
• Luniz - guitar
• Alex Nies - drums
  Drum kit
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   / percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Andreas Neubauer - drums
• Annabell Owusu-Ansah - viola
  Viola
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• Giuseppe Porrello - guitar
  Guitar
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• Christoph Riebling - piano
  Piano
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• Wolf Schönecker - guitar
• Florian Sitzmann - organ
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   / cello
  Cello
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Production

• Executive producer
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  s: Nadja Benaissa, Mengstu Zeleke
• Producer: Audiotreats, Fairtone, Tino Oac, Giuseppe Porrello, DJ Release
• Engineer
  Engineer
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  s: Nadja Benaissa, Loomis Green, Baba Omar
• Mixing
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  : Ulf Hattwig, Wolfgang Manns, Toni Oac, Florian Sitzmann
• Mastering: Ulf Hattwig
• Art Direction: Oliver Daxenbichler
• Photography & Design: Oliver Daxenbichler

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
German Albums Chart	71