Tokio Hotel!

                                  TOKIO HOTEL

 Since signing with Universal in May 2005, Tokio Hotel have sold approaching three million records & DVDs in Germany alone, making them the country’s most successful band, with a host of domestic awards jostling for space in the collective cabinet (nine platinum/four gold, at last count, plus an additional four platinum awards for sales in Austria & Switzerland).And they played the most successful debut live tour everto grace German stages. Their two albums – 2005’s Schrei (‘Scream’) and follow-up ‘Zimmer 483’ (‘Room 483’) – have both topped the charts at home, spawning four No.1 singles, and in the case of the former, staying on those charts for 66 unbroken weeks. Tokio Hotel is a young band who pride themselves on playing their instruments since they could walk, putting on great live shows, and having positive things to say to fans their own age. Yes, their demeanour and their dress have played a significant role in bringing them into the spotlight, and yes, their average age is only 18, but it would be foolish to attribute such dramatic (and fast-growing) success to pin-up power alone