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GMM Grammy Public Company Limited
Formerly
Grammy Entertainment (1983–2001)
PCL
Traded as SET: GRAMMY
ISIN
  • ISIN: [https://isin.toolforge.org/?language=en&isin=TH0473010Z09 TH0473010Z09
  • ISIN: TH0473010Z17
]
Industry Mass media
Founded 11 November 1983 (40 years ago) (1983-11-11)
Founder Rewat Buddhinan
Paiboon Damrongchaitham
Headquarters GMM Grammy Place, 50 Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Paiboon Damrongchaitham
    (President & Chairman)
  • Boosaba Daorueng
    (Conglomerate CEO & Vice Chairman)
  • Phawit Chitrakorn
    (Music Business CEO)
  • Sompohb Budspawanich
    (COO)
  • Fahmai Damrongchaitham
    (Music Business CMO & CSO)
  • Karnsuda Sansuthi
    (CFO)
  • Chitralada Hengyotmark
    (CLO)
Products Music, Films, Digital Terrestrial Television, Radio, Magazines, Digital Business, Satellite Television, Event Management, Home Shopping
Revenue Decrease 6,640.25 million baht
US$204.44 million (2019)
Increase 341.87 million baht
US$10.53 million (2019)
Total assets Decrease 3,669.28 million baht
US$112.97 million (2019)
Total equity Increase 1,169.32 million baht
US$36.00 million (2019)
Number of employees
1,917 (2018)
Subsidiaries
  • GDH 559 (film studio)
  • Nadao Bangkok (Subsidiary of GDH559)
  • GMM Z (set-top box distributor)
  • One 31 (HDTV channel)
  • GMM 25 (SDTV channel)
  • GMMTV (TV producer)
  • GMM Bravo (TV Production)
  • A-Time Media (Radio)
  • CHANGE2561 (TV Production)
  • Across The Universe (joint venture with RS Group)

GMM Grammy Public Company Limited (Thai: จีเอ็มเอ็ม แกรมมี่ or stylized as G"MM' Grammy) is the largest media conglomerate entertainment company in Thailand. Grammy top artists include Bird Thongchai, Silly Fools, Loso, Tai Orathai, Bie Sukrit, Tata Young, Mos Patiparn, Bodyslam, Getsunova, Joey Boy,... In addition to its music business, the company is involved in concert production, artist management, film and television production and publishing.

In 2023, GMM Grammy has joined hands with RS Group, another famous Thai music label to establish a joint venture called Across The Universe.

Major shareholders

Rank Major Shareholders
(as of December 6, 2022)
No. of Shares  % of Issued Capital
1 Fah Damrongchaitham Co., Ltd 426,774,344 52.05
2 Mr. Thaveechat Jurangkool 134,635,723 16.42%
3 Mr. Nuttapol Jurangkool 81,122,700 9.89%
4 Mrs. Hathairatn Jurangkool 51,573,500 6.29%
5 Mr. Komol Juangroongruangkit 22,720,000 2.77%
6 UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Limited – Client Account 17,932,520 2.19%
7 Bangkok Bank Public Co., Ltd 12,278,693 1.50%
8 Thailand Securities Depository Co., ltd 5,216,651 0.64%
9 Mr. Takonkiet Viravan 5,059,236 0.62%
10 Bualuang Equity RMF 4,830,400 0.59%

Music

The company has twelve music subsidiaries:

  • Genie Records – Pop/rock records
  • Grammy Gold – Thai country records (luk thung)
  • Grammy Big – Compilation records
  • Sanamluang Music – Indie records
  • White Music – Pop records
  • GMMTV RECORDS – Ost records
  • RISER Music – Pop records
  • One Music – Pop/ost records
  • Genelab – Pop/rock records
  • Thaidol Music – Thai northeast country records (Mor lam)
  • White Fox – Pop idol records
  • GNEST – Pop idol records
  • YGMM – Pop idol records

GMMTV RECORDS is under GMM TV department and One Music are under GMM One Digital TV department.Manufacturing and distribution comes under MGA Co. Ltd., while the Imagine record store chain is a company-owned retailer. Music publishing is handled by GMM Music Publishing International Co., Ltd., while GMM Grammy licensed karaoke music and equipment is handled by Clean Karaoke.

List of GMM Grammy artists

Current artists in the GMM Grammy label include (incomplete list):

  • Bird Thongchai
  • Big ...
  • Bodyslam
  • Potato
  • Tai Orathai
  • Monkaen Kaenkoon
  • Yinglee SriJumpol
  • Earn Suruttikarn
  • Peck Palitchoke
  • Tilly Birds
  • Three Man Down
  • Taitosmith
  • Joey Phuwasit
  • New & Jiew
  • Lula [th]
  • Pop Pongkool
  • Klear
  • Palmy
  • Palapol
  • Num Kala
  • Labanoon
  • Boom Saharat
  • Bell Nipada
  • Meentra Intira
  • Paper Planes
  • New Country
  • PERSES
  • ALALA
  • KIN
  • Matcha
  • TIGGER
  • Meepooh
  • Getsunova
  • Phai Pongsathorn
  • Clockwork Motionless
  • LEMONY
  • Mike Piromporn
  • Siriporn Ampaipong
  • ASIA7
  • MEYOU
  • Bomb At Track
  • Monica
  • Only Monday
  • Instinct
  • Cocktail
  • Bell Supon
  • Retrospect
  • Sweet Mullet
  • Paradox
  • The Yers
  • The White Hair Cut
  • Krist Perawat Sangpotirat
  • Nanon Korapat Kirdpan
  • Win Metawin
  • Gemini Norawit Titicharoenrak
  • Fourth Nattawat Jirochtikul

Media

Film

GMM Grammy has conducted business in the film industry through various subsidiary studios: Grammy Film (1995–2000), GMM Pictures (2002–2004), GMM Tai Hub (GTH, 2004–2015), and GDH 559 (2016–present). Grammy Film and GMM Pictures were wholly owned subsidiaries, while GTH was formed in 2004 as a joint venture with Tai Entertainment and Hub Ho Hin Bangkok, following their successful 2003 co-production My Girl. GMM Grammy owns a 51% stake in GDH 559, which was formed in 2016 as GTH's successor following disagreements which led to the departure of Tai Entertainment.

GMM Z

GMM Z Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of GMM Grammy that produces and distributes satellite television set-top boxes airing free-to-air channels and its own content.

It formerly operated Z PAY TV, a pay television platform offering premium and exclusive content such as German Bundesliga, UEFA Euro 2012, and channels from FOX International Channels before it was sold to CTH.

Television

GMM Grammy has 2 digital television channels:

  • One 31 Channel 31 (high definition)
  • GMM 25 Channel 25 (standard definition)

Production marques, studios which produce lakorns, TV series, TV shows, game shows and variety shows, including:

  • A-Time Media
  • CHANGE 2561 (with Adelfos Co Ltd and Saithip Montrikul Na Audhaya)
  • GMM Channel (Owner of GMM 25)
  • GDH 559
  • GMMTV
  • GMM Bravo
  • Me Mi Ti
  • Nadao Bangkok
  • The One Enterprise (Owner of One 31, merged from GMM One TV, Exact, and Scenario)

Radio

Atime Media, a subsidiary of GMM Grammy, operates the following stations:

  • Chill FM Online
  • EFM 94
  • Green Wave 106.5 FM
  • Hot 91.5 (disbanded in 2013)

Publishing

Magazines

Magazines produced by GMM Grammy include:

  • Image – Fashion, beauty, society news.
  • Madame Figaro Magazine – Fashion and beauty "targeting sophisticated and highly educated women who do not need 'how to'".
  • Her World – The Thai edition of the popular Singaporean women's magazine.
  • Attitude – The Thai edition of the British gay lifestyle magazine.
  • In Magazine – Fashion and Entertainment

Newspapers

GMM Grammy has partial stakes in the Bangkok Post and the Matichon Group, which publishes several Thai-language dailies, including Matichon and Khao Sod.

Distribution

  • Se-Education PLC – A chain of university bookstores.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: GMM Grammy para niños

  • Media of Thailand
  • List of record labels: 0-9
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