Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson is a British and American musician, record producer, songwriter and DJ whose work has moved between hip-hop, pop, funk and dance music. Born Mark Daniel Ronson on 4 September 1975 in St John's Wood, London, he has won ten Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. He also received Record of the Year Grammys for Winehouse's “Rehab” and his own “Uptown Funk,” featuring Bruno Mars.

Ronson began his recording career with Here Comes the Fuzz in 2003, released through Elektra Records. The album featured guest appearances from American hip-hop artists but met with lukewarm commercial reception. After leaving Elektra the following year, he co-founded Allido Records. By 2006, his production work with Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera and Winehouse had brought wider recognition, with his work on Back to Black becoming a major part of that period.

He signed with Columbia Records in 2007 and released Version, an album of covers recast in a Motown-funk style. Its singles “Stop Me,” with Daniel Merriweather, and “Valerie,” with Winehouse, both reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. Version also peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and won Ronson the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist. His next album, Record Collection (2010), matched that UK chart position and entered the US Billboard 200.

“Uptown Funk,” released in 2014 and featuring Bruno Mars, became Ronson's biggest international hit. It spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and seven non-consecutive weeks atop the UK Singles Chart, and is among the best-selling singles of all time. It led his fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015), which was dedicated to Winehouse, reached number one in the UK and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200.

In 2018, Ronson founded Zelig Records as a Columbia imprint and formed Silk City with Diplo. Their debut single, “Electricity,” featuring Dua Lipa, won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. That year he also co-wrote “Shallow,” performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper for A Star Is Born. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award.

Ronson later served as lead and executive producer of the soundtrack for Greta Gerwig's 2023 film Barbie, composing and co-writing several songs with Andrew Wyatt. The soundtrack received three Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for “What Was I Made For?,” and an Academy Award for Best Original Song.