GMM Grammy facts for kids
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GMM Grammy Place
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Formerly
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Grammy Entertainment (1983–2001) |
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| Traded as | SET: GRAMMY |
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| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 11 November 1983 |
| Founder | Rewat Buddhinan Paiboon Damrongchaitham |
| Headquarters | GMM Grammy Place, 50 Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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| Products | Music, Films, Digital Terrestrial Television, Radio, Magazines, Digital Business, Satellite Television, Event Management, Home Shopping |
| Revenue |  6,640.25 million bahtUS$204.44 million (2019) |
 341.87 million bahtUS$10.53 million (2019) |
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| Total assets | 3,669.28 million baht US$112.97 million (2019) |
| Total equity | 1,169.32 million baht US$36.00 million (2019) |
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Number of employees
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1,917 (2018) |
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GMM Grammy Public Company Limited (Thai: จีเอ็มเอ็ม แกรมมี่) is the biggest entertainment company in Thailand. It's like a giant media company that does many things. GMM Grammy is famous for its music, but it also makes movies, TV shows, and even runs radio stations.
Some of the top artists from GMM Grammy include Bird Thongchai, Silly Fools, Loso, Tai Orathai, Bie Sukrit, Tata Young, and Bodyslam. Besides music, the company also puts on concerts, manages artists, and publishes magazines.
In 2023, GMM Grammy teamed up with another big Thai music company called RS Group. They created a new company together called Across The Universe. This shows how big companies can work together!
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Music World
GMM Grammy has many smaller music companies, called subsidiaries. Each one focuses on different types of music.
- Genie Records – This label is known for pop and rock music.
- Grammy Gold – This one specializes in Thai country music, which is called luk thung.
- Grammy Big – This label creates compilation albums, which are collections of songs from different artists.
- Sanamluang Music – This is where you'll find independent (indie) music artists.
- White Music – This label focuses on pop music.
- GMMTV RECORDS – This part of the company creates music for TV shows, often called original soundtracks (OSTs).
- RISER Music – Another label that produces pop music.
- One Music – This label also creates pop and OST music.
- Genelab – This is another label for pop and rock music.
- Thaidol Music – This label focuses on Thai northeast country music, known as Mor lam.
- White Fox – This label is for pop idol groups.
- GNEST – Another label that produces music for pop idol groups.
- YGMM – This label also focuses on pop idol groups.
The company also handles making and selling music through MGA Co. Ltd. They used to have their own music stores called Imagine. GMM Music Publishing International Co., Ltd. takes care of publishing music, and Clean Karaoke handles karaoke music and equipment.
Famous GMM Grammy Artists
Here are some of the popular artists who are part of the GMM Grammy family:
- Bird Thongchai
- Bodyslam
- Potato
- Tai Orathai
- Monkaen Kaenkoon
- Peck Palitchoke
- Tilly Birds
- Three Man Down
- Taitosmith
- Joey Phuwasit
- New & Jiew
- Pop Pongkool
- Klear
- Palmy
- Num Kala
- Labanoon
- Bell Nipada
- Paper Planes
- New Country
- PERSES
- ALALA
- Getsunova
- Phai Pongsathorn
- Mike Piromporn
- Siriporn Ampaipong
- ASIA7
- MEYOU
- Cocktail
- Paradox
- The Yers
- Krist Perawat Sangpotirat
- Nanon Korapat Kirdpan
- Win Metawin
- Gemini Norawit Titicharoenrak
- Fourth Nattawat Jirochtikul
Media and Entertainment
GMM Grammy is a big player in the world of movies and television.
Movies and Film Studios
GMM Grammy has been involved in making movies for a long time through different film studios:
- Grammy Film (1995–2000)
- GMM Pictures (2002–2004)
- GMM Tai Hub (GTH, 2004–2015)
- GDH 559 (2016–present)
GTH was a joint venture, meaning GMM Grammy worked with other companies to create it. After some changes, GDH 559 was formed in 2016 and GMM Grammy owns most of it. This studio continues to make popular films.
GMM Z
GMM Z Co., Ltd. is a company under GMM Grammy that makes and sells special boxes for satellite TV. These boxes let people watch free TV channels and also GMM Z's own shows.
They used to have a paid TV service called Z PAY TV, which showed special sports like German Bundesliga football. But that service was later sold to another company.
Television Channels and Shows
GMM Grammy owns two digital television channels that you can watch:
- One 31 (Channel 31) – This channel broadcasts in high definition (HD), which means super clear pictures.
- GMM 25 (Channel 25) – This channel broadcasts in standard definition (SD).
They also have many production companies that create all sorts of TV shows, like lakorns (Thai dramas), TV series, game shows, and variety shows. Some of these production companies include:
- A-Time Media
- CHANGE 2561
- GMM Channel (which owns GMM 25)
- GDH 559
- GMMTV
- GMM Bravo
- Nadao Bangkok
- The One Enterprise (which owns One 31)
Radio Stations
Atime Media, a part of GMM Grammy, runs several popular radio stations:
- Chill FM Online
- EFM 94
- Green Wave 106.5 FM
Magazines
GMM Grammy also publishes several magazines:
- Image – This magazine covers fashion, beauty, and social news.
- Madame Figaro Magazine – This is a fashion and beauty magazine for women.
- Her World – This is the Thai version of a popular women's magazine from Singapore.
- Attitude – This is the Thai version of a British magazine about gay lifestyle.
- In Magazine – This magazine focuses on fashion and entertainment.
See also
- Media of Thailand
- List of record labels: 0-9
