TOKIO HOTEL is German band, founded in Magdeburg,by Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, Gustav Schafer, and Georg Listing. They started their music career with the band name Devilish. After the 1st record and little concerts, they decided to changed band's name became Tokio Hotel. Tokio, (Tokyo) is their favorite city, and Hotel, is due to their constant touring and living in hotels.
ALBUMS
1. Schrei
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. In 2006, a third and fourth single, "Rette mich" and "Der letzte Tag" , were released; both reached #1. "Der letzte Tag" contained a B-side called "Wir schließen uns ein", which was also accompanied by a music video.
2.Zimmer 483
The first single off their second album Zimmer 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" 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)" , was released on the 16 November. The single contains the B-side "1000 Meere" , for which a music video was also produced.
3.Scream
Scream is Tokio Hotel's first English language album, Scream, was released on 4 June 2007 throughout Europe. 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, with "By Your Side" (the translation of "An deiner Seite") as the third, and "Don't Jump" (the translation of "Spring nicht") as the fourth. 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 won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Inter Act 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!" while touring in Canada, "Ready, Set, Go!" entered the Much On Demand 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. Tokio Hotel embarked on a second tour of 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,[13] where they also won the award for Best New Artist.
