Thongchai McIntyre

Thongchai McIntyre (Thai: ธงไชย แมคอินไตย์, pronounced [tʰōŋ.tɕʰāj mɛ́k.ʔīn.tāj]; born Albert McIntyre on 8 December 1958) is a Thai singer, actor, and 2023-batch National Artist of Thailand. Nicknamed Bird (Thai: เบิร์ด, pronounced [bɤ́ːt]), he is among the most commercially successful singers in Thai music history, with over 25 million albums sold. Thongchai holds the record for the most solo studio albums in Thailand to exceed one million copies in sales—seven albums, along with two additional special albums that also surpassed one million in sales. His most iconic milestones include the album Boomerang (1990), which made him the first GMM Grammy artist to sell over two million copies.