Gramo handles your clients’ right to remuneration when their recordings are used in broadcasting and public performance.
Anyone with a right to remuneration may be admitted as a Gramo member, in line with Section 21 of the Norwegian Copyright Act.
We claim and distribute remuneration to all participating musicians on a recording, both featured and non-featured.
What do you need to do?
This page covers four tasks for agents and intermediaries representing performers:
Register your agency with Gramo
Apply for a new client
Submit airplay claims for clients
Track payments and deadlines
Register your agency with Gramo
One-time setup. Do this once before you can represent any clients.
You provide company and bank details, a contact person, and your certificate of incorporation. The registration is reviewed before you can apply for clients.
A passport is strongly preferred because it verifies nationality. A driver's licence or national ID card may be accepted if a passport is unavailable. The identification must be current and not expired.
Copy of passport.
Copy of driver's licence.
Copy of national ID card.
For us to accept the application
If the artist is or was represented in Norway by another society or agent, you must include a termination letter confirming the mandate transition. The letter must state the date of termination and any additional collection period if needed.
Send everything in a single email. If anything is missing, you will need to resend all documents.
How payouts are handled
Remuneration earned by your client is paid to the agency account by default. If your client wants payments to go to their own bank account, state this clearly in the membership application form.
Note: changes to geographic scope
If a client changes the geographic scope of the management rights, the resignation must be signed by the artist and reach Gramo no later than 1 October to take effect on 1 January the following year.
Please remember to report any client resignation from your agency.
Ready to apply for a new client?
Check that you have everything before sending:
Membership application form, signed by the agency
Power of attorney / letter of direction, signed by the artist
Copy of valid identification for the artist (passport preferred)
Termination letter from any previous society or agent (if applicable)
Send to medlem@gramo.no. Use one email per client.
Recurring. Do this regularly so your clients are included in the next distribution.
Claims for performers are processed through a dedicated online portal. Gramo no longer accepts repertoire or discographies submitted by Excel sheet.
To get portal access, or to learn more about how the claim process works, contact:
KE
Kristoffer Eikrem
Agentansvarlig
Track payments and deadlines
When payments arrive. Payments only cover previous years. A recording played in 2025 generates its first payment in 2026.
Payment schedule for 2026
16 March 2026, main payment. Covers airplay from 2025.
18 May 2026, post payment. Covers airplay from 2023 to 2025.
Mid-December 2026, post payment and final payment for 2023. Covers airplay from 2023 to 2025. Exact date to be confirmed.
Payment types
Main payment: the largest payment of the year. Covers recordings played on radio and in shops, cafés, gyms and similar venues the previous year.
Post payment: corrections and newly identified rightholders from the past three years.
Final payment for a year: closes that year. After this, no further payments are made for airplays from that year.
Deadlines for representatives
New client applications
1 September.
For processing before year-end.
Performer claims
2 months before next planned payment.
We need time to match claims to airplay data. Anything later will be included in the following payment.
Adhering to these deadlines helps us process applications and claims efficiently, so your clients receive their remuneration as quickly as possible. We recommend submitting well in advance to allow for any clarifications or additional information requests.
When recordings earn remuneration
A recording must be protected under Norwegian law to earn remuneration through Gramo. Protection applies when at least one of these conditions is met:
A Norwegian performer participates on the recording, or the recording is released by a Norwegian company.
A performer from the EU or EEA participates on the recording, or the recording is released by a company from the EU or EEA.
The recording was released by a company from a country that has signed the Rome Convention. 92 countries have signed.
The United States has not signed the Rome Convention. Recordings released solely by US companies, with only US performers, fall outside Norwegian protection.
A recording earns remuneration for 70 years from initial publication. This applies to all recordings made after 1 January 1963. Earlier recordings have entered the public domain.