Glashaus is a German band consisting of lead singer

Cassandra Steen Cassandra Steen (born 9 February 1980) is a German singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of the Pop music, pop/Soul music, soul trio Glashaus. After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, she released her moderately suc ...

, songwriter and rapper

Moses Pelham Moses Pelham (born 24 February 1971 in Frankfurt) is a German rapper, singer and producer. In 1993, together with Thomas Hofmann in Frankfurt, he started the Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt. Pelham is a member of the German band Glashaus. Wor ...

, and producer Martin Haas. The trio is best known for their mixture of R&B,

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and

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with lyrics in German language.

History

In 2000, while searching for new talented singers, producers and label partners Moses Pelham and Martin Haas were introduced to vocalist

(by then principally known for her appearances on the latest album by

Freundeskreis Freundeskreis (meaning "Circle of Friends") also known as FK, were a German hip hop group from Stuttgart. They performed songs in German language, German, English language, English, French language, French and Esperanto. The members were Max Her ...

). Although they soon started working on what was to be Steen's solo album, the project moved into a collaborative endeavor and as a result the trio decided to form a band – later named ''Glashaus''. After months of recording Glashaus finally released their debut single "Wenn das Liebe ist" in 2001. The song became the band's biggest hit to date when it debuted at No. 21 on the German singles charts, reaching its peak position of No. 5 in its third week. While the following singles, "Was immer es ist", Rio Reiser cover "Ohne dich", and "Trost (es tut weh)", failed to chart or sell notably, they helped keeping the band's self-titled debut album in the German media charts for over 30 weeks and got the band nominated for three

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History

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

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