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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Tokio Hotel
| Img = Tokio Hotel collage.jpg
| Img_capt = {{nowrap begin}}Bill Kaulitz{{•}} Tom Kaulitz{{nowrap end}}<br>{{nowrap begin}}Georg Listing{{•}} Gustav Schäfer{{nowrap end}}
| Landscape = ''''''
| Background = group_or_band
| Alias =
| Origin = [[Magdeburg]], [[Germany]]
| Years_active = 2001 - present
| Genre = <!-- Do not remove sourced genres -->[[Pop Rock]]<ref> [[Elke Buhr]] for [[Frankfurter Rundschau]]. [http://www.signandsight.com/features/1222.html "As if" eroticism]. February 22, 2007. English translation by Sign and Sight.com<br /><blockquote>
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.
</blockquote></ref><ref>ABC - [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Story?id=5665875&page=3 Tokio Hotel: The Latest German Export]
<br /><blockquote>
A winning combination of lyrics laced with "emo" angst, wrapped in a flamboyant pop-rock package. It's PG-rated but still edgy enough for younger fans. Songs range from catchy pop anthems to anti-suicide messages to appealing rock ballads.
</blockquote></ref><br />[[Emo]],<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/tokio_hotel/artist.jhtml MTV Artist View]</ref> [[Teen pop]],<ref>http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3626595,00.html</ref> [[Glam rock]]<ref>[http://musique.ados.fr/interviews/interview-video-tokio-hotel_article2573.html Interview Vidéo de Tokio Hotel : Ich bin ein Glam-Rocker]</ref><ref>[http://www.mtv.it/music/archivio/newsitehome.asp?ID=45626 MTV.it Tokio Hotel]</ref><ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/20635358/review/20533382/scream Rolling Stone, Tokio Hotel - Scream Review ]</ref>
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]] ([[Universal Records|Universal]]) <br/> [[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]]/[[Interscope]] (US)
| Associated_acts =
| URL = [http://www.tokiohotel.com www.tokiohotel.com]
| Current_members = Bill Kaulitz<br/>Tom Kaulitz<br/>Georg Listing<br/>Gustav Schäfer
| Past_members =
}}
'''Tokio Hotel''' [{{IPA|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.<ref> {{cite web
|author=Angus, Kat
|title=Tokio Hotel Makes All The Girls Scream
|publisher=canada.com
|url=http://www.canada.com/cityguides/montreal/story.html?id=119cfe69-4046-4018-8525-ac18324e1fc9
|accessdate=2008-08-22}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article2005797/Tokio_Hotel_will_den_gesamten_Planeten_erobern.html Prominente: Tokio Hotel will den gesamten Planeten erobern - Nachrichten Vermischtes - WELT ONLINE<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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<ref name="Schrei album sales"> {{cite web
|title=IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2007
|publisher=ifpi.org
|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2007.html
|accessdate=2008-03-19}}</ref> 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 [[Portugal]], [[Spain]] and [[Italy]]. Their first [[live album]], ''[[Zimmer 483 - Live In Europe (DVD)|Zimmer 483 - Live In Europe]]'', was released near the end of 2007. On 25 March 2008, ''Scream'' was released in Canada, and was planned for release on 29 April in the United States, but due to Bill Kaulitz's vocal problems had to be postponed to 6 May. In September 2008, they won their first [[MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Award]] for Best New Artist. They also beat bands [[Metallica]] and [[Linkin Park]] and picked up the prestigious Headliner award at the [[MTV Europe Music Awards 2008]] held in [[Liverpool]] on 6th November 2008.


== SIEG HEIL! ==

==Musical style==
{{Expand-section|date=November 2008}}
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 music|pop]] anthems... to appealing [[rock ballad]]s" from song to song. Tokio Hotel deliver "both yowling rockers and sentimental ballads", follows [[Rolling Stone]].

==Band members==
*'''Bill Kaulitz''' [[Singing|lead vocals]]
Bill Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in [[Leipzig]], [[East Germany]].<ref name="Deutsche Welle">Deutsche Welle [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3451304,00.html Bill Kaulitz: El fenómeno de Tokio Hotel (Bill Kaulitz: The phenomenon of Tokio Hotel)]. Retrieved September 17, 2008. {{sp icon}}</ref> He was born ten minutes after his identical twin brother, Tom, to Simone Kaulitz, a freelance tailor, and Jörg Kaulitz.<ref name="Deutsche Welle"/> 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.<ref name="Deutsche Welle" /><ref name="PowerPlay">Oei, Roland, "Tokio Hotel", pg. 20 & 21, ''PowerPlay'', Issue 91, September, 2007</ref><ref name="Sound Generator"> {{cite web
|title=Sound Generator - INTERVIEW - Tokio Hotel
|publisher=Sound Generator
|url=http://www.soundgenerator.com/viewArticle.cfm?ArticleID=17849
|accessdate=2008-06-15}}</ref><ref name="Pop Culture Madness"/> Bill has stated that his biggest musical influence is German pop artist [[Nena]].<ref name="Deutsche Welle"/> He voiced the role of Arthur in the German version of the film, ''Arthur and the Minimoys''.<ref>arthur- der film.de [http://www.arthur-derfilm.de/ Arthur und die Minimoys].Retrieved September 17, 2008. {{de icon}}</ref>

Bill Kaulitz' style, charisma and his way of performing on stage are the factors that have caused the success of Tokio Hotel.<ref name="Deutsche Welle"/><ref>NY Times. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/arts/music/20toki.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=tokio%20hotel&st=cse&oref=slogin A Wild Welcome to a German Teen-Pop Band].Retrieved September 17, 2008.</ref> His androgynous look, young age and edgy hairstyle has reached icon status among many teenage girls.<ref>Deutsche Welle [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3626595,00.html German Pop Sensation Tokio Hotel Wins MTV Video Music Award]. Retrieved September 17, 2008.</ref>
In August 2008, Bill Kaulitz was chosen as the most attractive singer on stage by the readers of the Spanish magazine ''[[¡Hola!]]''.<ref>Hola.com [http://www.hola.com/musica/2008/08/27/resultado-votacion/ BILL KAULITZ, VOCALISTA DE TOKIO HOTEL, EL CANTANTE MÁS ATRACTIVO SOBRE EL ESCENARIO SEGÚN LOS LECTORES DE HOLA.COM]. Retrieved September 17, 2008. {{sp icon}}</ref>

Bill was immortalized in wax at the [[Madame Tussauds]] museum in Berlin. His wax statue was unveiled on 30 September 2008. At 19 years old, he is now the youngest person to be duplicated by that museum.<ref>El Pais.com [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/gente/Bill/Kaulitz/tiene/estatua/cera/elpepugen/20080930elpepuage_4/Tes Bill Kaulitz ya tiene su estatua de cera]. Retrieved September 30, 2008. {{sp icon}}</ref><ref>MTV.com [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596022/20081001/tokio_hotel.jhtml Tokio Hotel's Bill Kaulitz Immortalized -- In Wax -- At Madame Tussauds In Berlin].Retrieved October 1st, 2008.</ref>

* '''Tom Kaulitz''' [[lead guitar]]
Tom Kaulitz was born on September 1, 1989 in Leipzig ten minutes before his identical twin brother, Bill. As of September 2007, Tom was using [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] guitars.<ref name="Touren Met Tokio Hotel">Keijzers, Rawathe, "Touren Met Tokio Hotel", pg. 9, ''Hitkrant'', Issue 38, 22 September 2007</ref> He has stated his musical influences to be [[Aerosmith]]<ref name="PowerPlay"/> and German hip-hop such as [[Samy Deluxe]].<ref name="Pop Culture Madness"/>

* '''Georg Listing''' [[bass guitar]]
Georg Listing was born on 31 March 1987. His hometown is [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]]. He began playing bass when he was thirteen-years-old,<ref name="Pop Culture Madness"/> and, as of September 2007, uses a Sandberg bass.<ref name="Touren Met Tokio Hotel"/> He has said that his playing style was heavily influenced by [[Flea (musician)|Flea]] of [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]],<ref>[http://tokiohotelus.com/blog/?page_id=6 Tokio Hotel US » Georg Listing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and other musical influences include [[Die Ärzte]] and [[Oasis]].<ref name="Pop Culture Madness"/>

* '''Gustav Schäfer''' [[Drum kit|drums]]
Gustav Schäfer was born on 8 September 1988 in his hometown of Magdeburg, and has an older sister. Gustav has been playing the drums since he was five.<ref name="Pop Culture Madness"> {{cite web
|title=Tokio Hotel Interview
|publisher=popculturemadness.com
|url=http://www.popculturemadness.com/interview/Tokio-Hotel.html
|accessdate=2008-06-15}}</ref> His musical influences include [[Metallica]],<ref name="Sound Generator"/> [[Joe Cocker]] and [[Rod Stewart]].<ref name="PowerPlay"/>

==Discography==
{{seesubarticle|Tokio Hotel discography}}
;Studio albums
* ''[[Schrei]]'' (2005), [[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
* ''[[Schrei - so laut du kannst]]'' (2006), Universal – Re-recording of ''[[Schrei]]''
* ''[[Zimmer 483]]'' (2007), Universal
* ''[[Scream (Tokio Hotel album)|Scream]]'' / ''Room 483'' (2007), Universal
;Live albums
* ''[[Zimmer 483 - Live In Europe (DVD)|Zimmer 483 – Live In Europe]]'' (2007), Universal

;Singles
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Date
! Song
! Album
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| 15 August
| "[[Durch den Monsun]]"
| rowspan="4"|''Schrei''
|-
| 25 November
| "[[Schrei (song)|Schrei]]"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2006
| 10 March
| "[[Rette mich (Tokio Hotel song)|Rette mich]]"
|-
| 28 August
| "[[Der letzte Tag (song)|Der letzte Tag]]" / "Wir schließen uns ein"
|-
|rowspan="6"| 2007
| 26 January
| "[[Übers Ende der Welt]]"
| rowspan="2"| ''Zimmer 483''
|-
| 7 April
| "[[Spring nicht]]"
|-
| 18 May
| "[[Monsoon (song)|Monsoon]]"
| rowspan="2"| ''Scream''
|-
| 27 August
| "[[Ready, Set, Go!]]"
|-
| 16 November
| "[[An deiner Seite (Ich bin da)|An deiner Seite]]" / "By Your Side" / "1000 Meere"
| ''Zimmer 483'' / ''Scream''
|-
| 11 December
| "[[Scream (Tokio Hotel song)|Scream]]"
| rowspan="2"| ''Scream''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2008
| 4 April
| "[[Don't Jump]]"
|-
| 28 April
| "[[Heilig (song)|Heilig]]"
| ''Zimmer 483''
|-
|}
<!---Do not add rumoured singles to this table without discussion on this article's talkpage or at least a reliable source. Thanks. --->

;DVDs
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!Year
!Date
!DVD
|-
| 2005
| 2 December
| "Leb' die Sekunde – Behind The Scenes"
|-
| 2006
| 10 April
| ''Schrei Live''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
| 10 April
| ''Spring Nicht'' (DVD Single)
|-
| 30 November
| ''[[Zimmer 483 - Live In Europe (DVD)|Zimmer 483 - Live In Europe]]
|-
| 2008
| 5 December
| ''Tokio Hotel TV - Caught on Camera''
|-
|}

==Awards==
;2005
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! 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
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! 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 Pop National Act
|Bambi Awards
|30 November
|}

;2007
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! 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
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Category
! Award
! Date
|-
|Best International Band
|NRJ Music Awards
|26 January
|-
|Best Music Video
|Echo Awards
|15 February
|-
|Best Band
|Comet Awards
|23 February
|-
|Best Video
|Comet Awards
|23 February
|-
|Best Live Act
|Comet Awards
|23 February
|-
|Super Comet
|Comet Awards
|23 February
|-
|Best New Artist
| MTV VMA Music Awards
|7 September
|-
|Best Male Artist International ([[Bill Kaulitz]])
| [[TMF Awards]]<ref name="TMF AWARDS 2008 Winners"> TMF AWARDS 2008 Winners [http://awards.tmf.be/08/winners08/ TMF Awards 2008 Winners].Retrieved October 11, 2008. </ref>
|11 October
|-
|Best Video International
| TMF Awards<ref name="TMF AWARDS 2008 Winners"/>
|11 October
|-
|Song of the Year
|MTV Latin Awards
|16 October
|-
|Best Fanclub-Venezuela
|MTV Latin Awards
|16 October
|-
|Best New Artist-International
|MTV Latin Awards
|16 October
|-
|Best Ringtone
|MTV Latin Awards
|16 October
|-
|Headliner
|MTV EMA Music Awards
|6 November
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
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;Record label
:*[http://www.interscope.com/artist/default.aspx/aid/579/ Interscope Records Profile]

;Official sites
:*[http://www.tokiohotel.com/ Official site]
:*[http://www.youtube.com/tokiohotelchannel Official Youtube site]

;Articles and reviews
:*[http://blog.muchmusic.com/archives/2008/05/tokio_hotel_tal.php Interview] from [[MuchMusic]] (May 2008)
:*[http://blog.muchmusic.com/archives/2008/02/tokio_hotel_int.php Interview] from [[MuchMusic]] (February 2008)
:*[http://www.cosmogirl.com/entertainment/celeb-qa/tokio-hotel Interview] from [[CosmoGIRL!]] (February/March 2008)
:*[http://www.soundgenerator.com/viewArticle.cfm?ArticleID=17849 Interview] from [[Sound Generator]] (August 2007)

;Other
:*{{Allmusicguide|id=11:jxfoxqrsldfe}}
:*[http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/tokio_hotel/artist.jhtml Tokio Hotel] on [[MTV]]

{{Tokio Hotel}}

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