page_title: Bill Kaulitz
section_title: International breakthrough (2007–2008)
hierarchical_section_title: Bill Kaulitz / Career / International breakthrough (2007–2008)
caption_attribution_description: English: Bill Kaulitz at 'Olympic' sport center, 27.9.2007, Moscow, Russia (2007)
context_page_description: Bill Kaulitz, also known mononymously as Billy for his solo act, is a German singer, songwriter, and model. He is best known for his work as the lead singer of pop rock band Tokio Hotel.
context_section_description: As Tokio Hotel's fanbase increased in the Western part of the world, Kaulitz and the band decided to re-record select songs from both Schrei and Zimmer 483 for a new English-language LP so that fans around the world could understand the band's songs. The result of these re-recorded songs was Tokio Hotel's debut English album, titled Scream. The album was released in Europe in mid-2007 (albeit with the name Room 483, the literal translation of Zimmer 483, to express its continuity with that album), however it did not reach release in the West until mid-2008.
  Scream spawned four singles, including "Scream", "Monsoon" (the translated version of "Durch den Monsun" however the title was not 100% literally translated), "Don't Jump" (the translated version of "Spring Nicht"), and "Ready, Set, Go!" (the translated version of "Übers Ende der Welt", again not a literal translation of the title). Scream was moderately successful internationally, and to support the release, Tokio Hotel left Europe for the first time in their careers, and flew to the United States.
  In February 2008, Tokio Hotel first set foot in North America to play five shows, starting in Canada and ending in New York. Tokio Hotel were the first German act since Nena to gain success internationally, and maintain their status. The U.S. tour was a success, but when they went back to Europe for their 1000 Hotels Tour, disaster struck.
caption: Kaulitz performing in Moscow, Russia on 27 September 2007
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