Agents and representatives
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 other representatives:
- Register your agency with Gramo
- Apply for a new client
- Submit airplay claims for clients
- Track payments and deadlines
1. 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.
2. Apply for a new client
Per client. Apply by email, one email per client you take on.
Before sending, check that you have the following documents:
- Membership application form, signed by the agency
- Power of attorney or 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
Ready to apply for a new client?
Send all documents for each client in a single email.
A copy of a valid passport is strongly preferred, as it verifies nationality. If a passport is unavailable, a copy of a driver's licence or national ID card may be accepted. The document must not be expired.
If the artist is or was represented in Norway by another society or agent, you must include a termination letter confirming the transfer of mandate. The letter must state the termination date and any additional collection period, if applicable.
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.
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.
Report the resignation to Gramo.
3. Submit airplay claims for clients
Recurring. Do this regularly so your clients are included in the next distribution.
Log in to submit airplay claims for performers
Gramo no longer accepts repertoire or discographies submitted by Excel sheet.
For login access or questions about the claim process, contact:
- KKristoffer EikremAgent Manager
4. 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.
The main payment is Gramo's largest payment of the year. It covers recordings played publicly the previous year, for example on radio, in shops, cafés or gyms. We pay out to everyone registered as a rightsholder to these recordings.
When we identify new rightsholders or receive updated information about recordings after a previous payment, we make a post payment. This happens with every payment for up to three years after the music was played.
Deadlines for representatives
- Client applications – can be submitted at any time.
- Performer and producer claims – can be submitted at any time for open airplay years.
- Claims for the closing airplay year – must be submitted by 1 September. Claims submitted after this date may still be processed, but we cannot guarantee that they will be completed before the year is closed for claiming.
Each airplay year remains open for claiming for three years before it is closed. For example, the 2023 airplay year will close in December 2026.
We encourage representatives to submit claims for the closing airplay year before 1 September to allow sufficient time for review and any necessary follow-up.
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.