Gramex's autumn meeting elected a new council in December. At the end of the year, the council also appointed a new board for Gramex, which now represents the music field even more broadly. For the first time, the board includes an independent artist representative from the Musicians Union as well as a representative of independent record labels.

The Gramex office was strengthened at the beginning of the year with the addition of two new professionals to the team. New appointments were also made in the Gramex Communications and Public Relations team. Meet the people on the music side!

Looking for something new and interesting to read? GramexPress brought together the most popular articles from August to December, so you can easily find the best stories in one package.

Gramex will pay four royalties to music performers and producers in 2024.

Leevi and The Leavings' Somewhere There Must Still Be Christmas was the most played song on commercial radio stations last Christmas. Wham, the overwhelming number one on the previous charts, fell to number four. The Gramex Christmas statistics list the top twenty Christmas songs played on commercial radio between November and December.

Elton John's old hit Diamonds hit the top ten of the UK album charts this month. The reason was a children's toy called Yoto.

Gramex paid over 5 million euros in the Christmas distribution on December 10th. Approximately 8,700 domestic music performers and producers represented by Gramex received compensation.

The last statement of the year will be paid on Tuesday 10.12.2024. The amounts are now visible in MyGramex.

The outage affects Gramex's online store (shop.gramex.fi) and radio reporting.

A number of Finnish summer festivals recently announced their first performers. However, the 2025 festival summer may be less successful than previous years, and it's not the event organisers who are to blame.