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.

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

Did you know that Gramex automatically issues an international IPN artist number to each of its music performer clients? The number is especially useful when you create recordings abroad or receive royalties from abroad. You can find your number in MyGramex.

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.

Gramex’s director Tuomas Talonpoika examines the importance of metadata in his “Music and the Metadata” -series. This second part of the series focuses on the importance of music metadata and its content, such as various identifiers, in the activities and processes of collective management organisations.

Indie record label Stupido Records is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. The work at the company is broad and colorful, but rarely boring.

The soulful and raspy-voiced artist Bee, whose real name is Bertta Seppälä, casually reflects on the events of the past year while having breakfast. It becomes clear that the past year has been the most significant of her career so far. Read the interview!

With her hit song Timanttei, Mirella rose to explosive popularity. Now she answers the phone in the middle of rehearsals for the Elämä Lapselle concert, her hair curled and her make-up ready for tonight's performance. She exudes a joyful, bubbling, engaging energy. Read the interview!

Last month, the first Finnish seven-inch vinyl in almost 30 years was produced in Kyläsaari, Helsinki, along with the first ever Finnish record pressed from biovinyl.

TikTok accuses indie collective Merlin of streaming fraud, and seeks to bypass Merlin's collective bargaining power by striking individual deals with independent labels. What does this mean for indie music creators and publishers?