Gramex will pay four royalties to music performers and producers in 2026.

Gramex paid out around EUR 5.8 million in the autumn settlement, which was received by around 10 000 domestic music performers and producers represented by Gramex.

Ares received the most nominations this year, being nominated in six categories. Gramex is a partner of the Emma Gala and will share the award in the Newcomer of the Year category.

At the beginning of January 2026, Gramex's client agreement will be updated by decision of the general meeting. The agreement for both music performers and producers will change Gramex's rights to license the use of music. New licensing areas include the use of music as background music for podcasts and the possibility to sell licences to libraries, archives and museums for the use of sound recordings and music videos that have been withdrawn from commercial distribution and thus considered “out of commerce”. The customer may choose to exclude the new areas from their contract.

In the second project of the endeavour, system interfaces were designed and continuous ISNI processes established. The project participants were the Finnish copyright management organisations Gramex, Kopiosto, Kuvasto, Sanasto and Teosto. The project was coordinated by the National Library of Finland, which serves as the ISNI registration agency for Finland. The effort resulted in a vision document entitled 'ISNI in Finland in 2035', outlining the objective for ISNI operations.

On Saturday 8.11. at the Choir Gala, Gramex awarded the Music Video of the Year prize to Leticia Choir for the video "Nää maat", directed by Saara Kemppainen.

Gramex and JVG's Value of Music campaign has closed on Tuesday 25.11.2025. The campaign challenged individuals and companies to show that music has value and at the same time support bully-free banding for young people through RockCamp ry.

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At the heart of the Value of Music campaign is JVG's new song, which will be sold as a single vinyl single. The unique song is available to the buyer who understands and can justify the value of music.

The expert workshop, hosted by Gramex and Teosto, brought together metadata pioneers from Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands - including DDEX experts Vanessa Bastian and Jenny Pretz.