Tokio Hotel: About Band

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

2006

Category	Award	Date
Album of the year	Golden Penguin	8 February
Band of the year	Golden Penguin	8 February
Song of the year - ‘Der Letzte Tag’	Golden Penguin	8 February
Ausverkaufte Tourhalle	Sold-out-Award of Königpilsen Arena	11 March
Best Newcomer	ECHO Awards	12 March
Best Newcomer	Steiger Awards	25 March
Best Selling German Artist	World Music Awards	15 November
Best Pop National Act	Bambi Awards	30 November

2007

Category	Award	Date
European Border Breakers Award	NRJ Awards	21 January
Best Video National	ECHO Awards	25 March
Best Video	Comet Awards	3 May
Best Band	Comet Awards	3 May
Supercomet	Comet Awards	3 May
Most Successful Popgroup International	Goldene Stimmgabel Awards	3 October
Best Album	TMF Awards	14 October
Best Video	TMF Awards	14 October
Best New Artist	TMF Awards	14 October
Best Pop	TMF Awards	14 October
Best International Act	MTV EMA Music Awards	1 November

2008

Category	Award	Date
Best International Band	NRJ Music Awards	26 January
Best Music Video	Echo Awards	15 February
Best Band	Comet Awards	23 May
Best Video	Comet Awards	23 May
Best Live Act	Comet Awards	23 May
Super Comet	Comet Awards	23 May
Best New Artist	MTV VMA Music Awards	7 September
Best Male Artist International (Bill Kaulitz)	TMF Awards^[48]	11 October
Best Video International	TMF Awards^[48]	11 October
Song of the Year	MTV Latin America Awards	16 October
Best Fanclub-Venezuela	MTV Latin America Awards	16 October
Best New Artist-International	MTV Latin America Awards	16 October
Best Ringtone	MTV Latin America Awards	16 October
Headliner	MTV EMA Music Awards	6 November

2009

Category	Award	Date
Best Online Star	Comet Awards	29 May

Discography

For more details on this topic, see Tokio Hotel discography.

Studio albums

Schrei (2005), Universal
Schrei - so laut du kannst (2006), Universal – Re-recording of Schrei
Zimmer 483 (2007), Universal
Scream / Room 483 (2007), Universal
Humanoid (2009), Universal Music Group/CherryTree Records/Interscope Records

Live albums

Zimmer 483 – Live In Europe (2007), Universal

Founding

Tokio Hotel was founded 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.^[11]^[12] Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts.^[13] 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 spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo, due to a love of the city, and "Hotel" due to their constant touring and living in hotels.^[11] 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. However, 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 has now become one of the biggest acts from Germany.

Schrei

Bill Kaulitz performing in Hessisch-Lichtenau, Germany in 2006.

Their first single, "Durch den Monsun" ("Through the Monsoon"), quickly rose in the charts, appearing on the German official Media Control single chart at #15 on 20 August 2005 and eventually reaching #1 on 26 August 2005; it also reached #1 on the Austrian singles chart. Their second single, "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 19 September 2005, which the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Germany later awarded a platinum certification for selling over 200,000 copies.^[14]^[15] In 2006, a third and fourth single, "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 26 January 2007 and quickly reached #1. Zimmer 483 was released in Germany on 23 February 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 7 April. 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 the 16 November. The single contains the B-side "1000 Meere" ("1000 Oceans"), for which a music video was also produced. Then On 28 April 2008 Tokio Hotel Released Their Single "Heilig (song)" But No Music Video For The Single Was Released, Because Of The Tight Schedule They Had.

Scream

While their German albums never received official releases outside the German-speaking world, Tokio Hotel's first English language album, Scream, was released on 4 June 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 and Zimmer 483. "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 "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 19 June 2007. "Ready, Set, Go!" was released in the UK as the band's first single on 27 August 2007. The song reached #77 in the UK Singles Chart.

Tokio Hotel won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best InterAct on 1 November 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 11 December 2007. The single contains the track "Scream" and a remix of "Ready, Set, Go!" by AFI's Jade Puget. In February 2008, the band toured North America for five dates starting in Canada and finishing up in New York. 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 25 March and in the US on 6 May.

1000 Hotels Tour

The "1000 Hotels" European Tour began on 3 March 2008 in Brussels and continued to locations including The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Scandinavia, and was scheduled to finish on 9 April; however, during the concert in Marseille, France on 14 March, Bill started to experience vocal problems.^[16] 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.^[17]^[18]

Bill Kaulitz had been putting strain on his voice after playing 43 concerts in the 1000 Hotels tour without vacation.^[19] He had to undergo Larynx surgery on March 30 to remove a cyst that had formed on his vocal cords.^[20] The cyst was the result of a throat infection that went untreated.^[21] Following his surgery, Bill was unable to speak for twelve days, and had four weeks of vocal rehabilitation.^[22] If Bill had continued singing the rest of the tour, his voice would have eventually been permanently damaged.^[16]^[23] Tokio Hotel started performing again in May 2008^[24] 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.

United States tours and Humanoid

Tokio Hotel embarked on a second tour of North America in August 2008. The band's music video for "Ready Set Go!" was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards,^[25] where they also won the award for Best New Artist.^[26] 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.^[27]

In between the North American tours, the band returned to their record studio in Hamburg to record their third studio album, Humanoid, which, according to their producer David Jost, is currently set for release on October 2, 2009. ^[28]^[29]^[30] This is despite earlier statements predicting a March/April 2009 release or a May/June 2009 release.^[31]^[32]^[33] The album will be recorded in both German and English with both versions being released simultaneously worldwide.^[32]^[33] On July 21, 2009, Nokia.de told the public that they had signed a deal with Tokio Hotel. They would became Nokia's face and in return they get a postercampaign and an unplugged performance from Tokio Hotel in Germany. On July 22, it was revealed that the mini-concert would be existing out of 6 songs, 5 known hits and their brand new single. The concert will be on August 27 in Cologne, Germany and tickets are available through a contest.^[34]

On June 17 2009, 2 short versions of brand new English songs leaked on the internet. "Dark Side of the Sun" (0:19) "Pain of Love" (0:25) Have been confirmed to be brand new English songs from Tokio Hotel and to be on their 2nd English album. On that same day, after the confirmation, every possible video on YouTube containing these two demo's has been taken down due to copyright restrictions.

On August 10, it was announced on MTV news that the first single from the album would be "Automatisch" in German and "Automatic" in English. On August 20, MTV Buzzworthy released a video which previewed "Automatic" and Cherrytree Records announced that the English version of the song would be release in the US on September 22. ^[35]^[36]

Musical style

This section requires expansion.

Tokio Hotel's genre definition is a matter of a debate. Frankfurter Rundschau article describes their music as "Straightforward pop-rock with catchy melodies and a well-calculated mix of "stolen" Metallica riffs and romantic ballad elements." "Lyrics laced with "emo" angst, wrapped in a flamboyant pop-rock package", says an ABC reviewer, mentioning that style "range from catchy pop anthems... to appealing rock ballads" from song to song. Tokio Hotel deliver "both yowling rockers and sentimental ballads", follows Rolling Stone.

Tokio

Tokio Hotel (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːkio hoˈtɛl]) is a German band founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing.^[8] The quartet have scored four number one singles and have released two number one albums in their native country, selling nearly 5 million CDs and DVDs there.^[9] After recording an unreleased demo-CD under the name "Devilish" and having their contract with Sony BMG terminated, the band released their first German-language album, Schrei, as Tokio Hotel on Island Records in 2005. Schrei sold more than half a million copies worldwide^[10] 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 which have combined album sales of over one million copies worldwide and helped win the band their first 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 Portugal, Spain and Italy. In September 2008, they won their first MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. In October 2008, they won 4 awards including Best International Artist and Song of the year at the MTV Latin America Awards. Tokio Hotel became the first german band ever to win an award at both the MTV VMAs and the MTV Latin America Awards. They also picked up the Headliner award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 held in Liverpool on 6 November 2008.

Biography of Band

Formed: 2001, Magdeburg, Germany
Genres: Rock
Representative Albums: "Scream," "Zimmer 483 - Live in Europe," "Zimmer 483"
Representative Songs: "Rette Mich," "An Deiner Seite (Ich Bin Da)," "Heilig"

Biography

Emo quartet Tokio Hotel emerged as one of the most successful new German acts of their generation, scoring three number one singles via 2005's debut LP, Schrei. Bill and Tom Kaulitz, 12-year-old twins, formed the group in their native Magdeburg in 2001, recruiting drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing to round out the lineup. Originally dubbed Devilish, the teen foursome toured aggressively before signing to Universal in 2003, adopting the moniker Tokio Hotel in tandem with the deal. Composed primarily by Bill Kaulitz in tandem with a series of high-profile songwriters, Schrei was preceded by the August 2005 release of Tokio Hotel's debut single, "Durch den Monsun." Teenage girls quickly embraced the band with puppy-love fervor, and by the end of the month the single topped the German pop chart and its Austrian counterpart. The follow-ups "Rette Mich" and "Der Letzte Tag" also hit number one, although the former appeared in a re-recorded version dramatically different from its LP version thanks to Kaulitz's post-pubescent vocal changes. After the singer wrapped his contributions to filmmaker Luc Besson's animated fantasy Arthur and the Minimoys, Tokio Hotel returned to the studio to complete work on their 2007 follow-up album, Zimmer 483. In June 2007, Scream, the band's first English language album, was released in Europe. The album's tracks were comprised of songs from Schrei and Zimmer 483 that had been translated and re-recorded. Scream was released in the United States on April 29, 2008. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Biography of Tokio Hotel

Emo quartet Tokio Hotel emerged as one of the most successful new German acts of their generation, scoring three number one singles via 2005's debut LP, Schrei. Bill and Tom Kaulitz, 12-year-old twins, formed the group in their native Magdeburg in 2001, recruiting drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing to round out the lineup. Originally dubbed Devilish, the teen foursome toured aggressively before signing to Universal in 2003, adopting the moniker Tokio Hotel in tandem with the deal. Composed primarily by Bill Kaulitz in tandem with a series of high-profile songwriters, Schrei was preceded by the August 2005 release of Tokio Hotel's debut single, "Durch den Monsun." Teenage girls quickly embraced the band with puppy-love fervor, and by the end of the month the single topped the German pop chart and its Austrian counterpart. The follow-ups "Rette Mich" and "Der Letzte Tag" also hit number one, although the former appeared in a re-recorded version dramatically different from its LP version thanks to Kaulitz's post-pubescent vocal changes. After the singer wrapped his contributions to filmmaker Luc Besson's animated fantasy Arthur and the Minimoys, Tokio Hotel returned to the studio to complete work on their 2007 follow-up album, Zimmer 483. In June 2007, Scream, the band's first English language album, was released in Europe. The album's tracks were comprised of songs from Schrei and Zimmer 483 that had been translated and re-recorded. Scream was released in the United States on April 29, 2008. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tokio Hotel to Name New Album “Humanoid”

Tokio Hotel fans will be happy to know that the band has finally decided to name their upcoming album, titling it “Humanoid.” Producer, David Jost had a few details to share on the album.

Jost tells Zeit Online, "Bill [Kaulitz] has already given a name for the new record: Humanoid. The word ‘Humanoid’ comes from the science-fiction language, meaning humanlike. This word is pronounced differently in the English and German language but is written the same way in both languages. Bill wanted the new record to have only one name worldwide: Humanoid."

Lead singer, of the German band, Bill Kaulitz has said that the new album "will probably surprise a lot of people. They handle about our mood, new thoughts and reflections, and also new wishes and hopes. … We have a song but there are many different ways to interpret the song. And we have to find the best interpretation. We, then start to experiment with each song by changing the guitar-sounds or modifying my voice."

There haven’t been all that many details about the album but it’s been rumored that they will be releasing it on October 2nd. You guys excited?!

Tokio Hotel

Band History Twins Bill Kaulitz (vocals) and Tom Kaulitz (guitar) (born September 1, 1989) have been performing since the age of 9. After a show in their hometown of Magdeburg in 2001, Bill and Tom met Gustav Schäfer (drums, born September 8th, 1988) and Georg Listing (bass, born March 31st, 1987). Their similar taste in music led to the creation of the band 'Devilish'. Though Devilish was never signed by a recording company, they did produce one demo CD that passed relatively unnoticed. The CD included themes composed by Bill Kaulitz and featured several lyrics in the english language. Vocalist Bill Kaulitz had a short appearence in the German talent show StarSearch in 2003, where he performed "It's Raining Men". Though he did not win, his appearence did not pass unnoticed. Later in 2003 the group was approached by music producer Peter Hoffmann and was soon after signed with Sony BMG in Hamburg. They were then known as Tokio Hotel - Tokio for the lively and engaged city of Tokyo and Hotel for the band's constant touring around the country. Assisted by professionals, Bill co-wrote the majority of the songs on their first album, Schrei (Scream). Success Their first single, "Durch den Monsun" ("Through the Monsoon"), quickly gained popularity after its release, appearing on the German music charts at 15 on 20 August 2005 and reaching 1 on 26 August 2005; it reached 1 on the Austrian music charts as well. Their second single was "Schrei" ("Scream"), which climbed to 5 on the German charts. They released their debut album, Schrei, on 19 September 2005; the lead singer, Bill Kaulitz, wrote most of the songs. In early 2006, their third single, "Rette mich" ("Rescue Me"), was released; it reached 1. Their first single from Zimmer 483 (Room 483), called "Übers Ende der Welt" ("Beyond the Edge of the World"), was released on 26 January 2007. It has reached 1. The Zimmer 483 album was released on 23 February 2007. A deluxe edition of the album also is available. The Zimmer 483 tour was scheduled to start in March 2007, but was delayed by two weeks because the band members wished to use a new stage. However, all of the tickets bought for the tour are still valid. The video for their next single, "Spring Nicht" ("Don't Jump"), premiered on VIVA Live on 12 March 2007 and is to be released on 7 April 2007. An English-language Tokio Hotel album is anticipated to be released on May 21 2007, and a tour of the United States is expected to take place in the autumn of 2007 (it depends on the success of their english-language album). Awards 6 October 2005: Best Newcomer award and the Super Comet award at the annual Comet Awards 24 November 2005: Eins Live Krone award 1 December 2005: Bambi award 12 March 2006: Best Newcomer award at Echo Awards 25 March 2006: Bester Newcomer award at Steiger-Award 6 May 2006: Goldener Otto award at Bravo Otto show. 22 May 2006: Music award at Bild Osgar 1 June 2006: Best Foreign Band award and Best Foreign Newcomer award at Bravo Otto Hungary 24 September 2006: Best German Popband award at Goldene Stimmgabel 15 November 2006: Best-Selling German Act award at the WMAs 2006 in London 7 December 2006: Best Liveact award at the Eins Live Krone 21 January 2007: European Border Breakers Award, for Schrei and Island/Universal DEU 23 January 2007: BZ-Kulturpreis award in Rock 25 March 2007: Best Videoclip at Echo Awards