G-Series
Founded1983[1]
FounderNazmul Haque Bhuiyan
StatusActive
Distributor(s)Geetanjoly
GenreVarious
Country of originBangladesh
LocationDhaka, Bangladesh
Official websitewww.gentertainmentbd.club

G-Series is a major Bangladeshi record label.[2] The company produces and publishes cassettes, CDs, VCDs, and DVDs of dramas, telefilms, movies, and music.[1] It is one of the largest such companies in Bangladesh.[3] The owner of the company is Nazmul Haque Bhuiyan, popularly known as Khaled.[4][5] The Daily Star described it a major record label in Bangladesh.[6]

History

G-Series was established in 1983 by Nazmul Haque Bhuiyan. In 2006, Agniveena production was founded as a sister concern of G-Series. G-series is named after the famous book of poems, Gitanjali of Rabindranath Tagore.[1] In 2007, G-Series was seeing a decline in the sale of compact disks due to piracy.[7]

In 2010, for the Eid market, G-series and Agniveena, its sister concern, released 30 albums.[8] The same year the company partnered with BBC World Service Trust to launch BBC Janala on CD. BBC Janala is a program of the trust, English in action, with an aim of making English lessons more accessible.[9]

In 2011, G-Series partnered with Nescafé to launch Get Set Rock, a talent hunt which was won by S.I.X. G-Series released an album of the winner, S.I.X, and the runner-up, Rang, titled Nescafé 'Get Set Rock.[10]

Artists

Musicians

Bands

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About us". G-Series. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Mahmud, Jamil (8 September 2010). "New voices keeping the Eid audio market abuzz". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Tanim, Faizul A (30 April 2004). "The Turbulent Evolution of Bangla Rock". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Amader Gaan, Sound Machine and G-Series tie the knot". Rising Stars. The Daily Star. 25 July 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sandipan's solo album 'Bondhu Porobashi' launched". The Daily Star. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "G Series to celebrate its 36th birthday today". The Daily Star. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Ghias, Durdana. "Audio Piracy: Eating up music industry". The Daily Star. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "New voices keeping the Eid audio market abuzz". The Daily Star. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "BBC English lessons now on CD". The Daily Star. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Nescafé launches Get Set Rock". The Daily Star. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Ustad Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury's solo album launched". The Daily Star. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "In memory of Suchitra Sen - Parveen Sultana launches solo album". The Daily Star. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "THE HIP-HOP STORY". The Daily Star. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "Shironamhin launches its third album Bondho Janala". The Daily Star. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  15. ↑ "Black's latest album "Abar" launched". The Daily Star. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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