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Infobox musical artist | name=Tokio Hotel| image = Tokio Hotel.JPG| caption = Tokio Hotel, 2010. L-R: Georg Listing, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, and Gustav Schäfer| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Magdeburg , Germany| years_active = 2001–present| genre = Alternative rock , electronic rock , pop rock , Elke Buhr for Frankfurter Rundschau . . February 22, 2007. English translation by Sign and Sight.com

Straightforward pop-rock with catchy melodies and a well-calculated mix of stolen Metallica riffs and romantic ballad elements. Everything is played on the safe side, and the production is technically perfect.

ABC –

teen pop Elke Buhr for Frankfurter Rundschau . . February 22, 2007. English translation by Sign and Sight.com

Straightforward pop-rock with catchy melodies and a well-calculated mix of stolen Metallica riffs and romantic ballad elements. Everything is played on the safe side, and the production is technically perfect.

ABC -

emo , pop punk (early)
| label = Universal Music Group|Universal Music Germany , Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree , Interscope
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| website = | current_members = Bill Kaulitz
Tom Kaulitz
Georg Listing
Gustav Schäfer
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Tokio Hotel is a pop rock Band (music)|band from Germany , founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz , guitarist Tom Kaulitz , drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing. The quartet have scored four number one singles and have released three number one albums in their native country, selling nearly 5& nbsp;million CDs and DVDs there.
After recording an unreleased demo-CD under the name "Devilish" and having their contract with Sony BMG|Sony BMG Germany terminated, the band released their first German-language album, Schrei , as Tokio Hotel on Universal Music Group|Universal Music Germany in 2005. Schrei sold more than half a million copies worldwide and spawned four top five singles in both Germany and Austria. In 2007, the band released their second German album Zimmer 483 and their first English album Scream (Tokio Hotel album)|Scream which have combined album sales of over one million copies worldwide and helped win the band their first MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct. The former, Zimmer 483 , spawned three top five singles in Germany while the latter, Scream , spawned two singles that reached the top twenty in new territories such as France , Portugal , Spain and Italy . In September 2008, they won in the US their first MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Award (VMA) for Best New Artist. In October 2008, they won four awards including Best International Artist and Song of the year at Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica (MTV Video Music Awards Latin America) held in Mexico. Tokio Hotel became the first German band ever to win an award at the MTV VMAs and also at the MTV Latin America Awards. They also picked up the Headliner award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 held in Liverpool on November 6, 2008 and the Award for Best Group on November 5, 2009 at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009|MTV Europe Music Award (EMA) held in Berlin. They won an Award for Best World Stage Performance on November 7, 2010 at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid. In July 2011, they became the first German band to win an MTV Video Music Awards Japan (VMAJ).

History

Founding

Tokio Hotel by vocalist Bill Kaulitz and guitarist Tom Kaulitz, who are identical twin brothers, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bass-guitarist Georg Listing. The four met in 2001 after a live show in a Magdeburg-Club, where Listing and Schäfer, who knew each other from music school, watched from the audience while Bill and Tom Kaulitz played on the stage. Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts. After Bill Kaulitz's participation in a children's Star Search in 2003 at age thirteen (which he lost in the quarter-final), he was discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann. Devilish changed their name to Tokio Hotel: "Tokio", the German language|German spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo , due to a love of the city, and "Hotel" due to their constant touring and living in hotels. Soon after Sony BMG took them under contract, Hoffmann hired David Jost and Pat Benzner into the team of creators and authors, and had them give the teens instruction on songwriting and instrument playing; most of the songs of the first album were written by Hoffmann, Jost and Benzer (including the singles "Scream" and "Rescue me" which were completely written by them), only the single "Unendlichkeit" was written completely by Tokio Hotel themselves. Shortly before release of their first album, Sony terminated their contract. In 2005, Universal Music Group took Tokio Hotel under contract and developed a marketing plan. The band is now one of the biggest modern acts from Germany and the biggest in 20 years.

Schrei

Their first single, " Durch den Monsun " ("Through the Monsoon"), quickly rose in the charts, appearing on the German official Media Control Charts|Media Control single chart at #15 on August 20, 2005 and eventually reaching #1 on August 26, 2005; it also reached #1 on the Austrian Ö3 Austria Top 40|singles chart . Their second single, " Schrei (song)|Schrei " ("Scream"), climbed to the #5 position in the German charts. These two songs were written by singer Bill Kaulitz together with their group of producers Peter Hoffmann, David Jost, Pat Benzer and Dave Roth. Their debut album, Schrei , was released on September 19, 2005, and was certified triple gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie|BVMI in 2006 for selling over 300,000 copies in Germany. In 2006, a third and fourth single, " Rette mich (Tokio Hotel song)|Rette mich " ("Rescue Me") and " Der letzte Tag " ("The Final Day"), were released; both reached #1 as well. "Der letzte Tag" contained a B-side called "Wir schließen uns ein", which was also accompanied by a music video.

Zimmer 483

The first single off their second album Zimmer 483 ( Room 483 ), called " Übers Ende der Welt " (later re-released in English under the name " Ready, Set, Go! "), was released on January 26, 2007 and quickly reached #1 in Germany and Austria, and #2 in France. Zimmer 483 was released in Germany on February 23, 2007, along with a deluxe edition of the album containing a DVD. The album's second single, " Spring nicht " ("Don't Jump") was released on April 7. The tour accompanying the release of the album, The Zimmer 483 Tour, was scheduled to start in March 2007, but was delayed by two weeks because the band members wished to have a different stage design. A third single, " An deiner Seite (Ich bin da) " ("By Your Side"), was released on November 16. The single contains the B-side "1000 Meere" ("1000 Oceans"), for which a music video was also produced.
On April 28, 2008 Tokio Hotel released their single " Heilig (song)|Heilig " but no music video for the single was released, because of the tight schedule they had.

Scream

Tokio Hotel's first English language album, Scream (Tokio Hotel album)|Scream , was released on June 4, 2007 throughout Europe. In Germany, the album was released as Room 483 in order to emphasize the continuity with their last German album Zimmer 483 . Scream contains English versions of a selection of songs from their German-language albums Schrei (song)|Scream and Zimmer 483 . " Monsoon (song)|Monsoon ", the English-language version of "Durch den Monsun", was the first single from the album. " Ready, Set, Go! " (the translation of " Übers Ende der Welt ") was released as the album's second single and " Don't Jump " (the translation of "Spring nicht") as the third single. A video for " Schrei (song)|Scream ", the English-language version of their 2005 hit "Schrei", was also recorded, and was released to the iTunes Store in early March 2008.

Tokio Hotel gave their first concert in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2007. " Ready, Set, Go! " was released in the UK as the band's first single on August 27, 2007. The song reached #77 in the UK Singles Chart .

Tokio Hotel won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct on November 1, 2007 and were also nominated for Best Band. They performed "Monsoon" at the event.

Tokio Hotel released their first US single, simply called "Tokio Hotel", in late 2007. The single contains the tracks "Scream" and "Ready, Set, Go!", and was available exclusively at Hot Topic stores. Their second US single, "Scream America", was released on December 11, 2007. The single contains the track "Scream" and a remix of "Ready, Set, Go!" by AFI (band)|AFI 's Jade Puget . In February 2008, the band toured North America for five dates starting in Canada and finishing up in New York.NYTimes.com . Retrieved September 30, 2008. After appearing and performing live on MuchMusic , while touring in Canada, "Ready, Set, Go!" entered the MuchOnDemand Daily 10, a countdown of videos chosen by viewers. It remained there for over a week, then returned to the top of the MOD Daily 10 chart on April 8. "Scream" was released in Canada on March 25 and in the US on May. 6

1000 Hotels Tour

The "1000 Hotels" European Tour began on March 3, 2008 in Brussels and continued to locations including The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Scandinavia, and was scheduled to finish on April 9; during the concert in Marseille , France on March 14, Bill started to experience vocal problems.Kautz, Julia, "Das Ende von Tokio Hotel? ", pg. 10, 11, 12 & 13, Bravo , Issue 15, April 2008 He let the audience sing more frequently than normal and instead of the original 21 songs that were on the set list, they only played 16 songs. Bill apologized, in German, for his bad singing and explained that he was sick. Two days later, the band canceled Lisbon , Portugal concert minutes before it was supposed to commence. The rest of the "1000 Hotels" Tour and a scheduled North American Tour were cancelled following an announcement in Bild by the band's manager that Bill Kaulitz had to undergo surgery to remove a cyst on his vocal cords."Wie schlecht geht es Bill wirklich", Bild , April 5, 2008"Noch mehr US-Konzerte abgesagt", Bild , April 26, 2008

Bill Kaulitz had been putting strain on his voice after playing 43 concerts in the 1000 Hotels tour without vacation. He had to undergo Larynx surgery on March 30 to remove a cyst that had formed on his vocal cords. The cyst was the result of a throat infection that went untreated. Following his surgery, Bill was unable to speak for twelve days, and had four weeks of vocal rehabilitation.Jessen, Philip & Michaelsen, Sven, "Ich habe Angst", pg. 46, Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair , Issue 15, April 3, 2008 If Bill had continued singing the rest of the tour, his voice would have eventually been permanently damaged. Tokio Hotel started performing again in May 2008 and after that they embarked on a 2nd part of their 1000 Hotels European Tour adding many Open Air concerts and wrapping up the tour on July 13 in Werchter, Belgium.

North American Tours and Humanoid

Tokio Hotel embarked on a second tour of North America in August 2008, which included a performance at the Bamboozled festival in New Jersey. The band's music video for "Ready Set Go!" was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards , where they also won the award for Best New Artist. They returned to North America again in October 2008 for a month long tour of concerts and record store signings. In December 2008, a behind-the scenes DVD called Tokio Hotel TV – Caught on Camera was released. It contains footage from Tokio Hotel TV and backstage feature stories of the previous year on disc one entitled "History – The very best of Tokio Hotel TV!". A deluxe edition contains a second disc entitled "Future – The road to the new Album!" which features footage of the band on promotion tours and preparing for their third studio album.

In between the North American tours, the band returned to their record studio in Hamburg to record their third studio album, Humanoid (Tokio Hotel album)|Humanoid , which, according to their producer David Jost, is currently set for release on October 2 in Germany & October 6, 2009 in the U.S. This is despite earlier statements predicting a March/April 2009 release or a May/June 2009 release. Dos Anjos, Barbara, "Bem-vinda ao Tokio Hotel", pg. 29, Capricho , Issue 1050, August 2008 The album was recorded in both German and English with both versions were released simultaneously worldwide.

On August 10, it was announced on MTV news that the first German single would be "Automatisch" and its English counterpart, "Automatic", would also be released as a first single in the United States. On August 20, MTV Buzzworthy released a video which previewed "Automatic" and Cherrytree Records announced that the English version of the song would be released in the US on September 22. Nevertheless, the video for the single was released on September 3.

On November 2, it was announced on Tom's Blog that the second English single would be "World Behind My Wall" and its German counterpart, "Lass uns laufen", would be the second German single.
The music videos for both versions were released on December 14 and December 15.

On June 24, the live music video for their single, "Dark Side of the Sun" was released on the band website.

On July 20, 2010 they released their second live album Humanoid City Live from Milan , Italy
On November 22, 2010, their new song "Hurricanes and Suns," premiered on the Greek radio station Mad Radio. It was included in the bonus track on all versions of "Tokio Hotel: Best Of," a compilation album of their most successful songs. As well as the single for the 'Best of' release. The album will also include "Mädchen aus dem All", the first song the band recorded in a studio.

On December 14, 2010 their 'Best of' was released. December 2 was the World Premiere of the video for "Hurricanes and Suns" on their On April 28, 2011 they received the "Fan Army FTW" award at the , the networks first online award show. A clip of Bill and Tom thanking their fans was played after the winner was announced.

Asian performances

Tokio Hotel performed their first concert in Asia (excluding their concert in Israel) at the Audi Showcase in Singapore, followed shortly by the TM Connects With Tokio Hotel event in Malaysia, promoting the sales of their album Humanoid. They concluded the series of mini-concerts with Taiwan. They returned to Malaysia a couple of months later to perform at MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2010. They performed in Tokyo on December 15, 2010, after their South American Tour concluded in Distrito Federal, Mexico on December 2, 2010. In February, 2011 Tokio Hotel travelled to Japan to complete a second promo tour. A number of TV appearances and media interviews took place between February 8 and February 11.

On June 24, 2011 Tokio Hotel performed in Japan at “The Next Premium Night Tokio Hotel in Tokyo". The event was presented by Audi A1 and 150 fans were chosen to win tickets to attend the show. The event was the bands first acoustic performance in Japan. On June 25, 2011 the band performed live at the MTV Video Music Aid Japan in Tokyo. The show, which was formerly called the Video Music Awards Japan, was used as a music benefit to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross in order to help those who were affected by the recent earthquake.

Modeling and commercials

On January 19, 2010, lead singer Bill Kaulitz teamed up with twins Dean and Dan Caten of DSquared to walk the runway at a fashion event in Milan. Kaulitz made two appearances, as he opened and closed DSquared's Menswear Autumn/Winter 2010 show to Tokio Hotel song "Screamin".

Car maker Audi hired the two frontmen to star in their new advertising campaign to attract the younger generation. They were featured in an episode of Tokio Hotel TV (on Tokio Hotel's website) and also in a commercial.

On August 4, 2010, Tom Kaulitz got his own Reebok shoe commercial. Reebok signed the 20-year-old Tokio Hotel guitarist and sneaker addict to model shoes for the company. "At home, I created a little room like a little storage room," he said of his sneakers. He also said that he gets 10 new pairs a week.

Band members

Bill Kaulitz

Bill Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in Leipzig ten minutes after his identical twin brother, Tom.

Tom Kaulitz

Tom Kaulitz was born 1 September 1989 in Leipzig , German Democratic Republic , and he is the guitarist of the band.

Georg Listing

Georg (Moritz Hagen) Listing was born on 31 March 1987. His hometown is Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle . He began playing bass when he was thirteen years old, and, , uses a Sandberg bass.Keijzers, Rawathe, "Touren Met Tokio Hotel", pg. 9, Hitkrant , Issue September 38, 22 2007 He has said that his playing style was heavily influenced by Flea (musician)|Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers , and other musical influences include Die Ärzte and Oasis (band)|Oasis .

Gustav Schäfer

Gustav (Klaus Wolfgang) Schäfer was born on 8 September 1988 in Magdeburg . He currently lives in Magdeburg and in the temporary home in Hamburg where the studio is. Gustav has been playing drums since he was five. His musical influences include Metallica , Joe Cocker , and Rod Stewart .

Discography

;Studio albums

Schrei (2005, Universal Music/ Island Records|Island )

Zimmer 483 (2007, Universal Music/Island)

Scream (Tokio Hotel album)|Scream (2007, Universal Music/Island

Humanoid (album)|Humanoid (2009, Island)

Awards

Since the release of the " Durch den Monsun " single in 2005, Tokio Hotel have gone on to win 102 awards in various categories and countries.

;2005

Category	Award	Date
Best Newcomer	Comet Awards (Germany)	October 6
Super Comet	Comet Awards (Germany)	October 6
Best Newcomer	Eins Live Krone	November 24
Best Pop National Act	Bambi Awards	December 1
Best Single	Golden Penguin (Austria)	...2005
Best Pop	Golden Penguin (Austria)	...2005
Rock Band 2005	Golden Penguin (Austria)	...2005

;2006

Category	Award	Date
Album of the year	Golden Penguin (Austria)	February 8
Band of the year	Golden Penguin (Austria)	February 8
Song of the year – ‘Der Letzte Tag’	Golden Penguin (Austria)	February 8
Best Newcomer	Golden Penguin (Austria)	February 8
Ausverkaufte Tourhalle	Sold-out-Award of Königpilsener Arena	March 11
Best Newcomer	ECHO Awards (Germany)	March 12
Best Newcomer	Steiger Award s	March 25
Pop National	Radio Regenbogen (Germany)	March 31
SuperBand Rock – Golden Otto	Bravo Otto	May 6
Music Award	Bild OSGAR	May 22
Best Newcomer International	Popcorn Awards (Hungary)	May 26
Best Newcomer	Bravo Otto (Hungary)	June 24
Best International Band	Bravo Otto (Hungary)	June 24
Best Newcomer Band	Popkomm Bavarian Music Lion	September 21
Best German Pop Band	Goldene Stimmgabel	September 24
Best Selling German Artist	World Music Awards	November 15
Best Pop National Act	Bambi Awards	November 30
Best Live Act	Eins Live Krone	December 7
Best Rock band	MTV France

;2007

Category	Award	Date
Single of the Year – Durch Den Monsun	Golden Penguin
Best Selling German Act – Album Schrei	European Border Breakers Award	January 21
European Border Breakers Award	NRJ Awards	January 21
Rock Award	BZ-Kulturpreis	January 23
Best Video National	ECHO Awards (Germany)	March 25
SuperBand Rock – Golden otto	Bravo Otto	April 28
Best Video	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 3
Best Band	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 3
Supercomet	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 3
Best Band	Jabra Music	July 2007
Digital prize	Festivalbar (Italy)	September 7
Most Successful Group Rock International	Goldene Stimmgabel	September 22
Most Successful Popgroup International	Goldene Stimmgabel Awards	October 3
Best Album	TMF Awards (Belgium)	October 14
Best Video	TMF Awards (Belgium)	October 14
Best New Artist	TMF Awards (Belgium)	October 14
Best Pop	TMF Awards (Belgium)	October 14
Best International Act	MTV Europe Music Awards (Germany)	November 1
Best band of the Year	MTV Italy Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award	December 1

;2008

Category	Award	Date
Band of the Year 2007	Golden Penguin (Austria)	January
Best International Band	Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden)	January 24
Best Music National	Goldene Kamera (Germany)	February 6
Best Music Video	Echo Awards (Germany)	February 15
Best International Artist	Emma Gala Awards (Finland)	March 8
Best International Group	Disney Channel Kids Award (Italy)	March 28
Best Concert	Hitkrant (Netherlands)	May 2008
Best Mood Song – Monsoon	Hitkrant (Netherlands)	May 2008
Song that Satys in your Head – Monsoon	Hitkrant (Netherlands)	May 2008
Superband Rock – Silver Otto	Bravo Otto	May 3
Best Band	MTV TRL Awards (Italy)	May 17
Best Number 1 of the Year with Monsoon	MTV TRL Awards (Italy)	May 17
Best Band	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 23
Best Video – An Deiner Seite	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 23
Best Live Act	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 23
Super Comet	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 23
Best New Artist	MTV VMA Music Awards (USA)	September 7
Fan Choice Best Entrance	MTV VMA Music Awards (USA)	September 7
Best Male Artist International (Bill Kaulitz)	TMF Awards TMF AWARDS 2008 Winners . Retrieved October 11, 2008. (Belgium)	October 11
Best Video International – Don't Jump	TMF Awards (Belgium)	October 11
Song of the Year	MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico)	October 16
Best Fanclub-Venezuela	MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico)	October 16
Best New Artist-International	MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico)	October 16
Best Ringtone	MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico)	October 16
Headliner	MTV Europe Music Awards (England)	November 6
Best Selling DVD: ZImmer 483 – Live in Europe	Rekord (Russia)	December 2

;2009

Category	Award	Date
SuperBand – Golden Otto	Bravo Otto (Germany)	May 12
Best TRL Artist of the Year	MTV TRL Awards (Italy)	May 16
Best Online Star	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 29
Export Hit of Germany	Bavarian Music Lion	September 17
International Award (2009)	Audi Generation Award (Germany)	October 18
Best GroupTokio Hotel Win Best Group . Retrieved November 6, 2009.	MTV Europe Music Awards (Germany)	November 5
Best International Rock Band	Telehit Awards (Mexico)	November 12

;2010

Category	Award	Date
Band of the Year	Golden Penguin (Austria)	January 29
Album of the Year	Golden Penguin (Austria)	January 29
Band of the Year	Bravoora Awards (Poland)	February 1
Best International Artist	Emma Gala Awards (Finland)	February 4
Walk of Fame	König-Pilsener Arena (Germany)	February 26
Best International Band	Radio Regenbogen Awards (Germany)	March 19
Favorite Music Star	Kids Choice Awards 2010 (Germany)	April 10
Best Live Act	Comet Awards (Germany)	May 21
Foreign Song of the Year - World Behind My Wall	Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden)	September 1
Concert of the Year	Rockbjörnen Award (Sweden)	September 1
Best World Stage Performance	MTV Europe Music Awards (Spain)	November 7
Best Band NationalTokio Hotel wins Best Band National . Retrieved December 12, 2010.	CMA Awards (Germany)	December 12
Best Single National - World Behind My WallTokio Hotel wins Best Single National . Retrieved December 13, 2010.	CMA Awards (Germany)	December 12

;2011

Category	Award	Date
Band of the Year	Bravoora Awards (Poland) Bravoora Awards Winners . Retrieved March 1, 2011.	March
Star of the 20th Anniversary	Bravoora Awards (Poland)	March
Best Fan Army (Fan Army FTW)	MTV O Music Awards (USA) . Retrieved April 28, 2011.	April 28
Best Rock Video	MTV Video Music Awards Japan . Retrieved July 2, 2011.	July 2
Best Fan Army (Fan Army FTW)	MTV O Music Awards (USA). Retrieved October 31, 2011.	October 31

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