Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel

Tokio Hotel, 2010. L-R: Georg Listing, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, and Gustav Schäfer
Background information
Origin Magdeburg, Germany
Genres
Years active 2001–present
Labels Universal Music Germany, Polydor, De-Code
Website www.tokiohotel.com
Members Bill Kaulitz
Tom Kaulitz
Georg Listing
Gustav Schäfer

Tokio Hotel is a German pop-rock / alternative rock band, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer, and bassist Georg Listing.[5] The quartet have scored four number one singles for now and have released three number one albums in their native country. The band sold more than 10 million CDs worldwide.[6] After recording an unreleased demo-CD under the name "Devilish" and having their contract with Sony BMG Germany terminated, the band released their first German-language album, Schrei, as Tokio Hotel on Universal Music Germany in 2005. Schrei sold more than half a million copies worldwide[7] 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 2.5 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 France, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In September 2008, they won in the US their first 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 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). They also won MTV's 2012 Musical March Madness and in 2013, they won the MTV O Music Awards four times in a row for "Fan Army FTW" and the MTV Europe Music Awards for being amazing "Biggest Fans". Their fifth studio album titled Kings of Suburbia was released in Germany on October 3, 2014 and worldwide on October 6. Their new world tour "Feel It All World Tour 2015" started in March 2015.

History

Formation (2001–2004)

The twin brothers Bill Kaulitz (vocalist) and Tom Kaulitz (guitarist), along with drummer Gustav Schäfer and bass-guitarist Georg Listing, formed their own band in Magdeburg in 2001. The four had 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.[8][9] Under the name Devilish, the band soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts.[10] 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.[8] 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.

Schrei (2005–2006)

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

In 2005 Universal Music Group took Tokio Hotel under contract and developed a marketing plan. Their first single, "Durch den Monsun" ("Through the Monsoon"), quickly rose in the charts, appearing on the German official Media Control single chart at No. 15 on August 20, 2005 and eventually reaching No. 1 on August 26, 2005; it also reached No. 1 on the Austrian singles chart. Their second single, "Schrei" ("Scream"), climbed to the No. 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 BVMI in 2006 for selling over 300,000 copies in Germany.[11] In 2006, a third and fourth single, "Rette mich" ("Rescue Me") and "Der letzte Tag" ("The Final Day"), were released; both reached No. 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 (2007–2008)

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 No. 1 in Germany and Austria, and No. 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" but no music video for the single was released, because of the tight schedule they had.

Scream (2007–2008)

Tokio Hotel's first English language 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 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 June 19, 2007. "Ready, Set, Go!" was released in the UK as the band's first single on August 27, 2007. The song reached No. 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's Jade Puget. In February 2008, the band toured North America for five dates starting in Canada and finishing up in New York.[12] 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.

The "1000 Hotels" European Tour began on March 3, 2008 in Brussels and continued to locations including the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Serbia 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.[13] 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 cancelled 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.[14][15]

Bill Kaulitz had been putting strain on his voice after playing 43 concerts in the 1000 Hotels tour without vacation.[16] He had to undergo Larynx surgery on March 30 to remove a cyst that had formed on his vocal cords.[17] The cyst was the result of a throat infection that went untreated.[18] Following his surgery, Bill was unable to speak for twelve days, and had four weeks of vocal rehabilitation.[19] If Bill had continued singing the rest of the tour, his voice would have eventually been permanently damaged.[13][20] Tokio Hotel started performing again in May 2008[21] 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.

Humanoid (2009–2012)

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,[22] where they also won the award for Best New Artist.[23] 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.[24]

In between the North American tours, the band returned to their record studio in Hamburg to record their third studio album, Humanoid, which was released on October 2 in Germany & October 6, 2009 in the U.S.[25][26][27] This is despite earlier statements predicting a March/April 2009 release or a May/June 2009 release.[28][29][30] The album was recorded in both German and English with both versions were released simultaneously worldwide.[29][30]

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.[31][32] Nevertheless, the video for the single was released on September 3.

On November 2, 2009, 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.[33] The music videos for both versions were released on December 14 and December 15.

They toured thirty-two cities in Europe from February 22 to April 14, 2010.

On June 24, 2010, 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 13, 2010 their 'Best of' was released in Germany. It was released internationally the next day. December 2 was the World Premiere of the video for "Hurricanes and Suns" on their Official Website.

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 April 28, 2011 they received the "Fan Army FTW" award at the MTV O Music Awards, the networks first online award show. A clip of Bill and Tom thanking their fans was played after the winner was announced.

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 band's 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.

Not long after finishing "Welcome To Humanoid City Tour" Bill and Tom with their manager David Jost moved to Los Angeles and still are living there.

On 18 May 2012 Far East Movement released an album named "Dirty Bass", featuring the song "If I Die Tomorrow" which includes vocals by Bill.

Kings of Suburbia (2013–present)

On January 5, 2013, after a long period of silence, Tom Kaulitz confirmed on the "BTK Twins" app (which was recalled in November) that a new album would be released in 2013.[34] During MTV's Musical March Madness 2013 Tournament, Tokio Hotel promised to release their new album "if they repeat as March Madness Champs".[35] Although they did not win the award, and despite inactivity, the band managed to gather a considerable amount of support from their fanbase. Once again, Tokio Hotel announced that they were planning to release a new single on October 27, 2013 and the album the following month.[36] However, neither the album nor any new singles were released during that year.

On January 22, 2014 the band's producer, Peter Hoffman, announced that recording for the new album had been completed and that they were in the process of selecting the track list. He stated that there was no release date yet, but the album would come out later in 2014.[37] On April 3 the band informed their fans via Facebook and Twitter about their recent website update, which included an official video teaser of them working on their upcoming album and never-before-seen photos of the members.[38]

After the comeback of Tokio Hotel TV, the band announced on Twitter that the album had been finished and was currently in the hands of the label.[39] On September 3, 2014 Bill Kaulitz announced via his Instagram account that the name of the new album would be Kings of Suburbia and it would be released on October 3.[40]

On September 12, Tokio Hotel released a music video for the song "Run, Run, Run" from their new album.[41] "Girl Got a Gun" was also released as a second promotional song on September 19, followed by a music video on September 23. The lead single from the album, Love Who Loves You Back, was released on September 26, followed by a music video on September 30. The album was released in three versions on October 3, 2014 and was number one in 30 countries and in TOP5 in 17 more countries.

Tokio Hotel's new world tour "Feel It All World Tour" started March 6 in Europe with "Part 1: the Club Experience," giving fans an exclusive personal encounter with the band in special club-sized venues. Part 2 will commence with dates in the United States, followed by dates in Latin America, and a return to Europe in the fall in larger venues. The second official single from the album is the namesake of the tour, "Feel It All." The video for it was released March 27, 2015, and the Feel It All EP was released for sale April 3, 2015.

Tours

Name Time Total Concerts Total Country
Schrei European Tour November 24, 2005 - November 28, 2006 61 5
Zimmer 483 European + Israel Tour March 16, 2007 - November 4, 2007 55 18 + 1
1000 Hotels World Tour February 9, 2008 - December 5, 2008 50 19
Humanoid City World Tour February 22, 2010 - December 15, 2010. 38 25
Feel It All World Tour March 6, 2015 - November 10, 2015 56 19

Other ventures

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.[42] Kaulitz made two appearances, as he opened and closed DSquared's Menswear Autumn/Winter 2010 show to Tokio Hotel's songs "Scream" and "Screamin'" respectively.[43]

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.[44]

On August 4, 2010, Tom Kaulitz got his own Reebok shoe commercial.[45] 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.[45]

Bill and Tom released an app named "BTK Twins" for Android on December 19, 2011[46] and iOS on January 16, 2012[47] to keep in touch with their fans. On the app Bill and Tom post photos, videos and text messages and fans can leave messages which the twins often respond to. In November 2013 the app was removed from both the Android and iOS store due to the imminent release of Tokio Hotel's new album.

Bill and Tom appeared as jury members on the 10th season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar which broadcast from January 5 until May 11, 2013.

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

Awards

Since the release of the "Durch den Monsun" single in 2005, Tokio Hotel have gone on to win 110 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)
Best Pop Golden Penguin (Austria)
Rock Band 2005 Golden Penguin (Austria)
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 Awards 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
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 13
Best Video TMF Awards (Belgium) October 13
Best New Artist TMF Awards (Belgium) October 13
Best Pop TMF Awards (Belgium) October 13
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 Stays 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[48] (Belgium) October 11
Best Video International – Don't Jump TMF Awards[48] (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 Rock Video(2009) Music New Video Music Award September 2009
Best Group[49] 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 Group Video Music New Video Music Award December 2010
Best Band National[50] CMA Awards (Germany) December 12
Best Single National – World Behind My Wall[51] CMA Awards (Germany) December 12
2011
Category Award Date
Band of the Year Bravoora Awards (Poland)[52] March
Star of the 20th Anniversary Bravoora Awards (Poland)[52] March
Best Fan Army (Fan Army FTW) MTV O Music Awards (USA)[53] April 28
Best Rock Video MTV Video Music Awards Japan[54] July 2
Best Fan Club : Aliens 2Musica Awards[55] August 17
Fashion Icon : Bill Kaulitz 2Musica Awards[56] August 17
Best Videography 2Musica Awards[57] August 17
Best Artist In A Versus 2Musica Awards[58] August 17
Best Rock Artist 2Musica Awards[59] August 17
Best Fan Army (Fan Army FTW) MTV O Music Awards (USA)[53] October 31
Best Peta2 Ad Peta2 6th Annual Libby Awards[60] December
2012
Category Award Date
Super-Band Rock- Bronze Otto BRAVO OTTO (Germany)[61] March 21
Mister Winter 2012 : Bill Kaulitz Star Planete Awards 2012 (France)[62] March 25
Musical March Madness Champions MTV Musical March Madness 2012[63] April 5
Hottest Rocker Boys Q102's Online Competitions[64] May 27
Best Fan Club : Aliens 2Musica Awards[65] June 25
Best Artist In A Versus 2Musica Awards[66] June 25
Best Fan Army (Fan Army FTW) MTV O Music Awards (USA)[53] June 28
Battle Of The Boy Bands MTV Latin America Awards (Mexico)[67] August 16
2013
Category Award Date
Best Fan Army (Fan Army FTW) MTV O Music Awards (USA) June 19
Biggest Fans MTV Europe Music Awards[68] November 10
2014
Category Award Date
Album Of The Year : Kings of Suburbia Music Daily Awards (Hungary) December 28
Video Of The Year : Love Who Loves You Back Music Daily Awards (Hungary) December 28
Band Of The Year Music Daily Awards (Hungary) December 28
Best Fan Club : Aliens Music Daily Awards (Hungary) December 28
Best International Band Love Radio Awards (Russia) December 29
OMG Of The Year - Tokio Hotel's comeback Love Radio Awards (Russia) December 29
2015
Category Award Date
Video of the year: Love who loves you back MTV Award (Spain) January 9
Musical March Madness Champions MTV Musical March Madness 2015 April 3
Best Artist From The World MTV Awards 2015 (Italy) June 14

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