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Gramo's annual meeting was held on June 2, 2026 in the new premises at Kongens gate 12. It was also possible to participate digitally. The annual meeting brought together members from both the performer and producer groups, and discussed, among other things, the annual accounts, transparency report, elections and central principles for Gramo's activities.
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On Monday, June 8, 2026, Gramo was at a hearing in the Storting's Family and Culture Committee on Prop. 41 LS.
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Astrid S was the most played lead artist on Norwegian radio in 2025, with 1,938 hours of playing time spread across 56 recordings. Behind her are a number of international names on the top list; Alex Warren, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter.
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Gramo has distributed and paid out NOK 117.7 million to artists, musicians, record labels and personal producers for the use of recorded music in 2025 and subsequent payments for 2023 and 2024. This is the first of three payments in 2026.
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Last year, Gramo's board decided to introduce a new rights management system (the system that calculates and pays out remuneration to our rights holders), thereby phasing out the proprietary system that has been in operation since 2015. The goal is lower annual costs, increased standardization and strengthened international collaboration in Gramo's rights management.
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Christmas is the sound of music – from classic tunes that immediately evoke Christmas associations, to songs that aren’t really about Christmas but have become constant companions in December. Some songs paint pictures of snow, stars and the holiday season, while others simply have that vibe that makes them favorites year after year.
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Over 16,000 Norwegian businesses will have a simpler everyday life when TONO and Gramo coordinate their services within background music. All businesses and organizations that use recorded music in public places will, from September 1, receive all services in one place, and a joint invoice from both organizations from January 1, 2026.
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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 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 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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