Golf & Mike, more often credited in Thailand as Golf-Mike (Thai: กอล์ฟ-ไมค์), are a Thai pop duo consisting of brothers Pichaya "Golf" Nitipaisalkul and Pirat "Mike" Nitipaisalkul.
History
Golf (Pichaya Nitipaisalkul) was born on February 20, 1987, the younger brother of Sand and Bank, a retired musical sibling duo that was under record label RS Entertainment. Mike Pirat Nitipaisalkul was born on December 19, 1989, the youngest son in the family. The four brothers have a younger sister Ying, born in 1992.
Influenced by their older brothers, Golf and Mike aspired to be singers, and in 2002, the two Nitipaisalkul brothers were recruited into the G-Junior project by GMM Grammy, Thailand's largest entertainment company. They were trained in singing, dancing, acting, and language for four years before finally debuting as Golf-Mike in November 2005 with their self-titled album, Golf-Mike. Dance-pop track "Bounce" was chosen to be the album's first promotional single, and it became a big hit in Thailand. The other tracks, "Ruang Lek Kaung Tur", "Ta Lok Dee", "Yah Len Bab Nee," and "Epilogue" were also widely accepted in the industry.
The duo's first nomination was the Most Popular Artist for the Year award for the Seed Awards 2006, which they also won in February 2006 In March, they were able to hold their first solo concert, Golf-Mike Let's Bounce Concert at Thunder Dome with an audience of 5,000 people.
In June 2006, Golf & Mike was awarded Best Breakthrough Artist from the Channel [V] Thailand Music Video Awards 2006. Later that month, they showed up in Japan forming Johnny's Entertainment's first ever international unit, Kitty GYM along with popular J-pop figure, Tomohisa Yamashita. "GYM", stands for Golf, Yamashita and Mike, respectively with "Kitty" standing for the backup dancers. They released one single, "Fever to Future" as an official supporter of the Women's Volleyball World Grandprix. The single ranked #1 on the Oricon charts.
At the end of August, Golf & Mike teamed up with other G-Junior artists including Chin, Guy, Happy, Madiow, J, Nut, Ken, and Ice as a group called "G-JR" (read as G-J-R) releasing an album, 10 Club.
On October 7, G-JR held a concert again called The Show Must Go On Concert By Golf-Mike & Friends at Impact Arena. At the end of the month, G-JR managed to win a Virgin Hitz Awards 2006 for Popular Vote New Band.
Golf & Mike performing on MTV Fast Forward in 2009
After finishing the promotion for their album 10 Club, Golf & Mike got back to the studios and started working on their second full-length album. By the end of 2006, Golf & Mike decided to release a special album 365 Days With Golf-Mike instead of their second album. This special album included a hit song, "Kaub Khun Young Noi Pai." They promoted the special album and worked in the studio for the second album until March 8, 2007 when their second album, One By One, officially launched to the stores. The first music video for the album, "Fight For You," took them three whole days to practice for Free-Running. On March 13, Golf-Mike was voted by Thailand's Entertainment Reporter Association in the Star Entertainment Awards 2007 as the "Best Group".
In June 2007, they released their first Japanese debut single, "Nippon Ai Ni Ikuyo". Two months later they released their debut Japanese album RIN.
In September 2007, Golf & Mike released a Korean version of their One By One album under SM Entertainment. It contains two bonus tracks sung in Korean.
Both Golf and Mike have taken the leading roles in a Thai series called Ubat Ruk Kaam Kaub Fah that has been broadcasted on Modern 9 TV in Thailand. This series, or lakorn, was directed and screen-written by Ping Lampraplerng.
Golf & Mike have their very own clothing range, which appears in popular shopping areas such as Siam Square in Thailand.
They are currently studying at Mahidol University International College. Their third album, GET R3ADY was released December 2008.
Background information
Also known as GM, Golf-Mike
Origin Bangkok, Thailand
Genre(s) Thai pop, J-pop, dance-pop, hip hop, R&B
Years active 2005–present
Label(s) GMM Grammy, Johnny's Entertainment, SM Entertainment
Associated acts Kitty GYM, G-JR
Website golfmike.gmember.com
Members
Golf Pichaya
Mike Pirat
Discography
Studio albums
* 2005: Golf-Mike
* 2006: 10 Club (as G-JR, a collaboration with other G-Junior artists)
* 2007: One By One
* 2007: RIN
* 2008: GET R3ADY
* 2009: GET R3ADY 2 (chinese)
* 2009: Golf Mike Love Beyond Frontier OSTs [Mai Pid Tee Ruk Ter]
* 2009: Love Beyond Frontier Lakorn (Season 1 and 2) + Behind the Scenes and OSTs
Compilations
* 2007: Golf Mike Music Box Collection
* 2008: Golf-Mike: Diary Hits
EPs
* 2006: 365 Days With Golf-Mike
Singles
* 2005: "Tong Ther Tao Nun"
* 2005: "Kon Kon Deaw Kun"
* 2006: GYM "Fever to Future"
* 2007: "Nippon Ainiikuyo"
Concerts
* 2006: Let's Bounce
* 2006: The Show Must Go On by Golf-Mike & Friends
* 2007: One By One
* 2008: Golf Mike Get Ready Concert
Filmography
| Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role Golf | Role Mike | Notes |
| 2007 | Mid-Road Gang มะหมา 4 ขาครับ | Makham (voice) มะขาม | — | Main protagonist |
| Television series (Lakorn) | ||||
| Year | Title | Role Golf | Role Mike | Network |
| 2008 | Love Beyond Frontier อุบัติรักข้ามขอบฟ้า | Golf กอล์ฟ | Mike ไมค์ | Modern 9 TV |
| 2009 | Love Beyond Frontier 2 อุบัติรักข้ามขอบฟ้า2 | Golf กอล์ฟ | Mike ไมค์ | Modern 9 TV |
Commercials
* 2006: 12PLUS CUTIE, facial powder
* 2006: YAMAHA FINO, motorcycle
* 2007: iKeyclub.com
* 2007: True Corporation
* 2007: Save The World
* 2007: MY STYLE MY FINO, motorcycle
* 2008: PURIKU, fruit white tea
* 2008: i-mobile 625
* 2008: i-mobile TV 626
* 2008: YAMAHA NEW FINO 2008, motorcycle with Korean boy-band Super Junior
* 2009: PURIKU COOL
* 2009: Citra, Body Lotion
* 2009: My FINO ... My Experience, motorcycle with Korean boy-band Super Junior
Awards and nominations
* 2006: Seed "Most Popular Artist of the Year" award
* 2006: Seed "Most Popular Group Artist of the Year" (nominated)
* 2006: Channel [V: "Favorite Breakthrough Artist" award
* 2006: Channel [V: "Best Song" - Ruang Lek Kaung Tur (nominated)
* 2006: Virgin Hitz "Popular Vote New Band" - G-JR
* 2007: Star Entertainment Award "Best Group Artist"
* 2007: Asia Song Festival 2007 "Best Asian Artist Award" / Appreciation plaque from the Minister of Culture & Tourism in Korea
* 2007: Seventeen Magazine "Popular Group Artist"
* 2007: Virgin Hitz "Most Popular Group Artist of the Year" award
* 2007: Virgin Hitz "Most Popular Song of the Year" award for the song "Tee Prueksa"
* 2008: Korean Ambassador award
* 2008: Audition Music Award "Best Band"
* 2008: Sudsapda Young & Smart Vote 2008 "Young & Smart Band"
* 2009: Top Awards 2008 "Best Group Artist"
* 2009: Seed "Most Popular Artist of the Year" award
External links
Sister project Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Golf-Mike
* Golf & Mike Official Site
* Golf's GMM Profile
* Mike's GMM Profile
* GMxLoves International Fanclub
* GMZclub
Thanks to information from Wikipedia.org
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