This year's Grammy Awards helped confirm a recent US study that found the proportion of women as performers and creators of popular music continued to rise last year.

Much has been said in recent years about the increasing popularity of vinyl records. Now it seems that the CD is also making a slow comeback.

The fifth edition of the Indie Awards was presented at an invitation-only event at the Helsinki Tiivistämö.

If statistics were to predict the music year 2024, one trend seems clear: the popularity of Latin music will continue to grow.

Dance Brothers is a 10-part drama series about dancing brothers, produced by Endemol Shine Finland. The series is the first Finnish-language production commissioned by Netflix to have a worldwide premiere on the service.

Long-time musician and AI researcher Martin Clancy believes in the potential of music. According to Clancy, when used responsibly, AI can add value to the creative process and the music ecosystem. National solutions to the problems need to be sought.

For those who spent their youth in the 1990s and 2000s, it’s going to be a real nostalgia summer as several of famous bands, from Don Huonot to PMMP and Kingston Wall, return to the stage.

Gramex joined the global Human Artistry campaign to promote the use of responsible AI and the future of genuine creative work. The principles have been signed by hundreds of organisations from more than 30 countries.

In December, Gramex paid out 4.3 million EUR in the fourth distribution of the year, in which around 8 000 Finnish music performers and producers received remuneration. This year was the first year in which Gramex made four distributions for all main use types such as public performance and broadcasting.

Gramex's autumn meeting decided on new deductions from performers' and producers' remuneration. In 2024, a handling fee for remunerations collected from abroad will be introduced, as well as a deduction for social, cultural and educational activities for music performers.