Question: Facts:   - website: -lsb- http://cassandrasteen.de cassandrastreen.de -rsb-    - years active: 1997 -- present    - caption: steen performing in dresden in 2011 .    - birth name: cassandra steen    - origin: ostfildern-ruit , baden-württemberg , germany    - label: 3p 2007 -- present -rrb- -lrb- 2000 -- 2006 -rrb- universal urban -lrb-    - genre: soul , r & b , pop      - birth date: 9 february 1980    - name: cassandra steen    - background: solo_singer    - image: cassandra steen 2011.jpg    - associated acts: azad setlur , xavier naidoo , zeichen der zeit , bushido , glashaus , illmatic , sabrina    - occupation: singer , backing vocalist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cassandra steen .
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cassandra steen -lrb- born february 9 , 1980 in ostfildern , baden-württemberg , west germany -rrb- is a german-american singer , songwriter , and voice actress , who rose to fame as the lead singer of the trio glashaus .after a series of commercially successful releases with the group , steen released her moderately successful solo debut album `` seele mit herz '' in 2003 .after her departure from glashaus and a label change to universal urban records in 2007 , she released her second album darum leben wir in february 2009 .a gold-certified the top ten success , it spawned three singles , including `` stadt , '' the fourth biggest-selling single of 2009 in germany .in 2010 , she won the echo award for best national artist rock/pop .also in 2009 , steen voiced the character tiana in the german dub of disney 's 49th animated feature `` the princess and the frog '' .`` never knew i needed , '' a duet with original singer ne-yo , was the first single to be lifted from the .steen has since released two further studio albums , `` mir so nah '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- and `` spiegelbild '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .