Photo: Janne Rugland
Astrid S tops the radio statistics for 2025
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.
"Messy" was the most played song
The most played song on Norwegian radio this year overall was "Messy" by Lola Young. It also ranked 59th on the list of most played songs overall over the past 10 years, even though it wasn't released until May 2024.
"Få det på" was the most played Norwegian song
On the list of most played Norwegian songs, "Få det på" by Astrid S and StigBrenner tops the list.
The song was also named song of the month by Spellemann and Topplista in February.
AstridS is also strongly represented on the list:
- 2nd place: "It's raining in Oslo"
- 14th place: "Friskis" (with Kjartan Lauritzen)
- "Symphony", "It's ok if you forget me", "Hurt som good" and "Years" are also in the top 100
Norwegian songs with Norwegian lyrics dominate
The fact that songs with Norwegian lyrics are strong is clearly confirmed in the statistics: The 10 most played Norwegian songs have Norwegian lyrics .
Norwegian violinist with the most recordings
Agnes Hoffart was the Norwegian performer with the most recordings used in 2025, a whopping 266. Hoffart plays violin in the Norwegian Broadcasting Orchestra.
Gender balance in the "Norwegian top"
The statistics show that 3 of the 10 most played main artists were women. If we look only at Norwegian artists, the proportion of women was 5 out of 10.
The Norwegian share decreases the most on P4
The statistics show Norwegian shares per channel for the last five years, based on recordings released by Norwegian record labels or personally produced. Figures for 2024 in parentheses.
- NRK P1: 53.8% (51.8%)
- NRK P3: 52.5% (52.4%)
- NRK District: 54.6% (53.6%)
- P4: 18.9% (22.3%)
- Radio Norway: 5.5% (6.0%)
Other current affairs
Gramo's annual meeting: solid results and important decisions for the future
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.
Read moreGramo's annual meeting: solid results and important decisions for the future
Gramo asks the Storting to protect the compulsory licensing system in Section 21 of the Copyright Act.
On Monday, June 8, 2026, Gramo was at a hearing in the Storting's Family and Culture Committee on Prop. 41 LS.
Read moreGramo asks the Storting to protect the compulsory licensing system in Section 21 of the Copyright Act.
Main payment from Gramo for 2025
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.
Read more
