Bill

Bill Kaulitz was born on September 1, 1989 in Leipzig, East Germany.^[37] He was born ten minutes after his identical twin brother, Tom, to Simone Kaulitz, a freelance tailor, and Jörg Kaulitz.^[37] His parents divorced when he was seven, and his mother remarried Gordon Trümper, a guitarist from the German rock band Fatun. His stepfather inspired Bill and his brother to begin their music careers, and they began writing song lyrics.^{[11][37][38][39]} Bill has stated that his biggest musical influence is German pop artist Nena.^[37] He voiced the role of Arthur in the German version of the film, Arthur and the Minimoys.^[40]

German site dw-world.com suggests that his androgynous look, young age and edgy hairstyle has reached icon status among many teenage girls.^[41] In August 2008, Bill Kaulitz was chosen as the most attractive singer on stage by the readers of the Spanish magazine ¡Hola!.^[42]

Bill was immortalized in wax at the Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin. His wax statue was unveiled on September 30, 2008. At 19 years old, Bill is now the youngest person to be duplicated by the Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin.^[43][44]

In December 2008, Bill Kaulitz was named "Man of the Year #6" by MTV News. ^[45]