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Tokio Hotel
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Tokio Hotel is a German pop-rock band. The band began in 2001, and were first called Devilish. The people who are in the band all came from Magdeburg in Germany. The youngest, the Kaulitz twins, were born two months before the Berlin Wall was taken down.

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Gustav Schäfer is married to Linda Schäfer, they met in 2009. [7]

Tom Kaulitz married Heidi Klum in 2019.

George Listing is now engaged.

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History

Tokio Hotel was started by singer Bill Kaulitz and guitarist Tom Kaulitz, who are identical twin brothers. Their step father owns a music school named "Rock School". The drummer is Gustav Schäfer and bass-guitarist is 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. Using the name "Devilish", the band began playing in talent shows and small concerts. After Bill Kaulitz took part 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, because they love the city, and "Hotel" because of 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. They guided the teens on songwriting and instrument playing. Most of the songs of the first album were written by Hoffmann, Jost, Benzer, and Bill Kaulitz (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 ended 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.[7]

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Band members

  • Bill Kaulitz – lead vocals
  • Tom Kaulitz – guitars, keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals
  • Georg Listing – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Gustav Schäfer – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Discography

Main articles: Tokio Hotel discography and List of songs recorded by Tokio Hotel

Studio albums

  • Schrei (2005)
  • Zimmer 483 (2007)
  • Scream (2007)
  • Humanoid (2009)
  • Kings of Suburbia (2014)
  • Dream Machine (2017)
  • 2001 (2022)

Videography

Music videos

  • List of Tokio Hotel music videos

Live albums

  • Schrei – Live (Universal, 2006)
  • Zimmer 483 – Live in Europe (Universal, 2007)
  • Humanoid City Live (Cherry Tree, 2010)

Documentaries

  • Leb' die Sekunde – Behind the Scenes (2005)
  • Tokio Hotel TV – Caught on Camera (2008)
  • Tokio Hotel – Hinter Die Welt (2017)
  • Netflix Exclusive: Kaulitz & Kaulitz (2024)

Concert tours

Further information on Tokio Hotel concert tours, in: French
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Awards

Since the release of the single "Durch den Monsun" in 2005, Tokio Hotel have gone on to win 110 awards in various categories and countries.

2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2018
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