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Gramo has established a new and more precise way to distribute royalties from the use of recorded music in public places (shops, cafes, restaurants, gyms, etc.). The new distribution model more closely reflects the music that is actually used by our more than 16,000 corporate customers, and thus also provides a more correct distribution of royalties to our rights holders.
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Gramo has had a busy year with technological innovation, strengthened management and increased payments to rights holders. The 2024 annual report shows that Gramo's work contributes to a fairer and more efficient value chain for recorded music – to the benefit of performers, producers and music users alike.
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Gramo launches this year's radio statistics: Which songs dominated the radio in 2024? Which artists and songs got the most airtime? And how much Norwegian music is actually played? Now this year's radio statistics from Gramo are here.
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Ed Sheeran's "Eyes Closed" was the most played song on local radio in 2023. It has been played for 504 hours and 32 minutes. It was Miley Cyrus with "Flowers" that topped on national radio, while Aden Foyer and the song "The Ballet Girl" was among the top three on both national and local radio.
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In 2023, the men continue to dominate the top list. The two women on the list are Norwegian, and with this Emma Steinbakken and Dagny mark their place in the top tier.
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More than half of the music played on NRK radio channels in 2023 was Norwegian. On the commercial radio channels, international music dominates.
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The Norwegian song "The Ballet Girl" by Aden Foyer was played almost 6,000 times last year. This puts the Norwegian at the top of the list of most played Norwegian songs.
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In doing so, she knocks Kygo off his throne as the most played Norwegian artist on the radio, a position he has held for the past 8 years.
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We have now allocated NOK 103.2 million for music played on the radio and in shops, cafés, gyms and the like in 2023. This is distributed with NOK 50.5 million to performers and NOK 52.7 million to record companies and self-producers.
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New reports from shops, cafés, gyms and the like mean that more people are now receiving payments from Gramo.
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The final payment of the year distributes NOK 23.1 million to Norwegian artists, producers and record labels.
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By adopting the DDEX standard for data exchange of metadata, Gramo wants to ensure that payments to rights holders are made faster, more accurately and with full transparency.
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Last year, EUR 178 million for artists and musicians was exchanged between Gramo organizations internationally. A total of EUR 880 million was collected in remuneration. This is an increase of 10 percent from the previous year.
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A thousand new Carp songs every single day? With polka rhythms and Britney as a backing singer, all tailored to your own mood? - The only thing stopping it is the law," says Ankit Desai. He believes AI will change everything.
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Holsten's "Slå Hjerte, Slå" was the most played Norwegian-language song on the radio in 2022. He also holds second place on the same list with "Smilet I Ditt Eget Speil". Together, the two Holsten songs received over 500 hours of airplay.
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A more even gender balance as a condition for funding when organizing concerts and festivals was one of the proposals discussed during this year's by:larm.
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The proportion of Norwegian music on the individual radio channels varies from 50.9 percent on NRK P1 to 5.6 percent on Radio Norge.
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With 38 different songs and over 1,000 hours on the air, Kygo consolidates its position as the most played Norwegian artist on Norwegian radio stations for the fourth year in a row.
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8 of the 10 most played artists on Norwegian radio are men, according to a recent statistics report from Gramo.
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