For Harri Kuusijärvi, making art is the noblest and the best thing he knows. It is reaching toward goodness, which is otherwise hard to find.

This year marks 100 years since jazz symbolically arrived in Finland with the ship Andania. The year 2026 is therefore a historic anniversary for Finnish jazz: the Jazz Finland 100 celebration year. The arrival of jazz had a significant impact on the development of Finnish popular music and culture.

The gender distribution in the Finnish music industry is still changing very slowly. The proportion of women among music creators, performers and producers only grows in small increments from year to year. However, the distributions paid to women are increasing more than the proportion of women. Although the differences are still large, both Teosto’s and Gramex’s statistics show that women’s visibility and earnings in the Finnish music industry are increasing.

The artist Vahtera, who is currently working on her third album, believes that the joy of making music stays alive when you are surrounded by good people.

The nominees for the 2026 Teosto Prize were announced on Tuesday, 10 February 2026 at Musiikin Satama in Espoo. Seven Finnish compositions are in the running for the award, selected from domestic works that were published or premiered during the previous year.

The 2026 Grammy Awards highlighted Finnish music creators on several fronts. Six Finnish music makers were nominated, and producer Jonas W. Karlsson went on to win an award.

IndieCo ry, recognised the most successful achievements of 2025 at the Indie Awards 2026. The awards were presented at an invitation-only event held at Tiivistämö in Helsinki on Thursday evening, 5 February 2026.

The first payment of the year will be made in week 13. Please make sure you send us your audio notifications for all songs already released by 1 March.

Mia Kari, the new President of the Musicians' Union, took up her post in May 2025, shortly after which she also became Vice Chair of the Gramex Board. With a long career as an orchestral musician, she now wants to ensure that musicians get the recognition and compensation they deserve for their work.

Welcome to a webinar Music360 for music professionals, on Thursday, January 22, from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. GT Musiikkiluvat Oy, owned by Gramex and Teosto, are involved in organizing the webinar.