Tokio Hotel is a pop/rockband found in 2001 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Magdeburg,<st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany. Thetwins, Bill and Tom Kaulitz (born in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Magdeburg, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germanyon 9/1/89) have been performing since the age of 9. After a show in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Magdeburg, Bill and Tommet Gustav Schäfer(born 9/8/88) and Georg Listing(born 3/31/87). Their tastes in music soon paved the way to the formation ofthe band 'Devilish'. 'Devilish'never got signed by a record company but produced one demo.
Bill Kaulitz once appeared in the German Talent Show StarSearch in 2003, wherehe performed "It's Raining Men".

Later in 2003, the group was signed by Peter Hoffmann by Sony BMG in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hamburg. The band wassoon called Tokio Hotel (German for Tokyo Hotel) because of the liveliness ofthe city, and because of the constant touring. Bill Kaulitz co-wrote themajority of the debut album Schrei (Scream) with the help of professionals.Their first single Durch den Monsun(Through The Monsoon) was asuccess as it hit #1 on the German music charts in 8/26/05. It also hit #1 onthe Austrian music charts. Their second single Schrei (Scream)reached #5 on the German music charts and their third single, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Rette <st1:state w:st="on">Mich(Rescue Me), reached #1. Theirfourth and last single of their debut album Schrei called Der Letzte Tag (The Last Day) reached #1 too.

Their sophomore album Zimmer 483(Room 483) was released on2/23/07. They released their first single from their sophomore album in 1/6/07,called Übers Ende der Welt(Over The End Of The World; butactually called Ready, Set, Go).It reached #1. Their second single from the sophomore album Spring Nicht (Don't Jump) premiered at VIVA Live on3/12/07 and was released on 4/7/07.

An English album is anticipated to be released on May 21st, and a tour in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United Statesis expected to take place in the autumn of 2007.