On Friday, TONO paid out NOK 240,2 million to music creators and music publishers at home and abroad. 26,744 TONO members received payments. Here's where they live and how much they got – See TONO's county statistics for this year's big concert payout.
/ 04/10/2023 / Kristian DugstadOn Friday, TONO paid out NOK 240,2 million to composers, lyricists and music publishers at home and abroad. Of this, NOK 134,9 million went to 26,744 TONO members.
Most went to members residing in Oslo. 7387 members received a total of NOK 53,2 million in the capital county. Viken and Vestland counties follow with the second and third largest number of members and the second and third highest settlement amount in the country, respectively.
See the complete county statistics sorted by amount below.
| county | Number of members | Total amount |
| Oslo | 7387 | 53 175,243 |
| Viken | 4584 | 23 905,354 |
| Westland | 2850 | 13 661,439 |
| Trondelag | 2236 | 7 399,124 |
| Rogaland | 1687 | 5 673,883 |
| inland | 1377 | 4 006,777 |
| Troms and Finnmark + Svalbard | 1017 | 3 707 619 |
| Vestfold and Telemark | 1402 | 3,493,026 |
| Agder | 1275 | 2,837,841 |
| Møre and Romsdal | 721 | 2,791,208 |
| Nordland | 642 | 1,927,696 |
In addition, NOK 8,6 million has been paid to 380 members residing at addresses abroad. NOK 2,7 million has been paid to 866 deceased members. This money will go to their heirs.
In September each year, TONO settles the money for concerts that took place in Norway the previous year. This is usually the largest of the year's four main settlements.
Of the total settlement amount of NOK 240 million, this time NOK 72,2 million is settlement for Norwegian concerts. The majority of this money is distributed to TONO members.
– This is one of the largest payments in a quarter from TONO, and it is particularly pleasing to see such good activity in the concert area, says CEO Karl Vestli.
Below you can see the development in the amounts we have settled for concerts in Norway since 2019.
2021 and 2022 were characterized by the Covid-19 lockdowns. The figures are given in millions of kroner.
TONO has looked at which musical works generate the most revenue and which works have been performed the most times. In both cases, there is a clear trend.
– When it comes to concert performances, Christmas carols top our lists. The Christmas season is particularly characterized by music, and therefore it is natural that Christmas music creates great value and is performed many times, says Vestli.
These three musical works were performed in concert the most times in 2022. Music publishers in parentheses.
The Northern Norwegian Christmas Carol was performed in concert more than 450 times last year.
You can read more details about this year's September settlement here.