Background music, radio and TV
If you use recorded music in public, you are required to pay remuneration to those who have put time, talent and money into the work.
Background music is the use of recorded music in public places, for example in shops, restaurants, hotels, gyms and other public venues.
Agreements and customer service at TONO
TONO handles customer service and invoicing for background music in businesses. This also applies to agreements and questions that used to be handled by Gramo.
Gramo has its own agreements with NRK, P4 and Radio Norge.
Gramo's agreement with the Norwegian Local Radio Association (Norsk Lokalradioforbund) is being renegotiated.
Contact us if you have any questions.
Gramo and TONO both collect money for the use of music, but we administer different rights.
- Gramo collects for the use of the sound recording itself. The money goes to the artists and musicians who performed on the recording, and to the producers who arranged and paid for it.
- TONO collects for the use of the work, meaning the music and the lyrics. The money goes to composers, lyricists and music publishers.
When a track is played on the radio, the station pays both Gramo and TONO. If you both wrote and recorded the track, you can be a member of both.
Gramo distributes and pays the remuneration on to the artists, musicians and producers. How Gramo works.