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Born | Mark Daniel Ronson 4 September 1975 Notting Hill, London, England |
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Alma mater | New York University (BS) |
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Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American disc jockey (DJ), record producer and remixer. He has won eight Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black (2006), as well as two for Record of the Year with her 2006 single "Rehab" and his own 2014 single "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars). He has also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award for co-writing "Shallow" (performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) for the film A Star Is Born (2018). Ronson served as lead and executive producer for the soundtrack to the 2023 fantasy comedy film Barbie , on which he also composed and co-wrote several of its songs with his production partner Andrew Wyatt. The soundtrack won three Grammy Awards—"What Was I Made For?" won Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media, while the parent album won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media—from 11 nominations, as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song from two nominations. [3]
Ronson was born in London and raised in New York City. His stepfather is Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones, which contributed to his musical upbringing. While attending New York University, Ronson became a popular DJ in the regional area for his work in hip hop music. He signed with Elektra Records to release his debut studio album, Here Comes the Fuzz (2003), which contained guest performances from prominent American hip hop acts and was met with lukewarm commercial reception. Due to this, he parted ways with Elektra the following year and co-founded his own label, Allido Records, through which he released his following projects and signed other artists including Wale, Rhymefest, and Daniel Merriweather.
By 2006, he gained wider recognition for his production work on albums and singles for Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera, and Amy Winehouse. The following year, he signed with Columbia Records and released the Motown-funk cover singles "Stop Me" (featuring Daniel Merriweather) and "Valerie" (featuring Amy Winehouse), both of which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and preceded the release of his second album, Version (2007). It peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart earned him the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist. His third album, Record Collection (2010), matched its chart position and moderately entered the U.S. Billboard 200.
His 2014 single "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars), yielded his furthest commercial success internationally, spending 14 consecutive weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, seven non-consecutive weeks atop the UK Singles Chart, and becoming one of the best-selling singles of all-time. "Uptown Funk" served as lead single for his fourth studio album Uptown Special (2015), which was dedicated to Winehouse and peaked atop the UK Albums Chart, as well as number five on the Billboard 200. In 2018, he founded the record label Zelig Records, an imprint of Columbia Records, and formed the duo Silk City with fellow producer Diplo; their debut single, "Electricity" (featuring Dua Lipa) was released in September of that year and won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
In 2015, he became a patron of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which helps disadvantaged youth through music. He has also worked with the End the Silence campaign to raise funds and awareness for the Hope and Homes for Children charity. He served as a mentor at Turnaround Arts, a national program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which helped low-performing schools through arts education.
Mark Daniel Ronson was born in Notting Hill, London, England, [4] to Laurence Ronson, a then music manager and publisher, now real estate developer, [5] and Ann Dexter-Jones (née Dexter), a writer, jewelry designer, and socialite. [6] [7] His Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors emigrated from Austria, Lithuania, and Russia. He was brought up in a Conservative Jewish household and celebrated his Bar Mitzvah. [8] [9]
After his parents' divorce, his mother married Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones. [10] Jones wrote Foreigner's hit song "I Want to Know What Love Is" about his burgeoning relationship with Dexter-Jones. [11]
Ronson, along with his mother, stepfather, and sisters, moved to New York City when he was eight years old. Living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, he counted Sean Lennon among his childhood friends. [12] At twelve, being a self-described music nerd, he pestered Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner into an internship at the magazine. [13] He attended high school at the private Collegiate School in Manhattan before attending Vassar College and then New York University. [14] In 2008, he obtained American citizenship so that he could vote in that year's election. [15] [16]
He was born into the Ronson family, formerly one of Britain's wealthiest families and founders of Heron International; following success in the 1980s, they lost $1 billion of their wealth in the property crash of the early 1990s. [17] He is the nephew of businessman Gerald Ronson. [5]
Through his mother, he is distantly related to British Conservative politicians Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Leon Brittan, [18] and Odeon Cinemas founder Oscar Deutsch. [19] [20]
Ronson has two younger sisters: twins Charlotte Ronson, a fashion designer, and Samantha Ronson, a singer and DJ. Through his mother's second marriage to Mick Jones, he has two elder step-siblings and two half-siblings, including actress Annabelle Dexter-Jones. [21] [22] Through his father's second marriage, he has three other half-siblings.
While attending New York University, Ronson became known as a DJ on the local club scene in the early 1990s. [23] He played a diverse, genre-spanning selection, noting that "I've always loved everything. I've never had any kind of genre boundaries". [24] [25] In 1999, Ronson was featured in an ad for Tommy Hilfiger wearing that company's denim in the recording studio. [26]
Ronson transitioned from DJ to producer after Nikka Costa's manager, Dominique Trenier, heard one of his sets and introduced him to several musicians. Ronson produced Costa's song "Everybody Got Their Something", [27] and Ronson soon signed a record contract with Elektra Records. [28] He had already produced tracks for Hilfiger ads and, in 2001, used the connection to have Costa's single "Like a Feather" feature in an advertisement. [29]
Ronson's debut album, Here Comes the Fuzz, was released in 2003 and according to a retrospective review "the record sold poorly and (...) critical reception was lukewarm at best, dismissive at worst". [30] The album featured performances from artists from diverse genres, including Mos Def, Jack White, Sean Paul, Nappy Roots and Rivers Cuomo. [31] The lead single "Ooh Wee," reached no. 15 on the UK Singles Chart, [32] and was used in a number of films, including in Honey (2003). [31] Two weeks after releasing Here Comes the Fuzz, Elektra Records dropped Ronson. [33] In 2004, Ronson formed his own record label, Allido Records, a subsidiary of Sony BMG's J Records, along with his longtime manager Rich Kleiman. [34]
On 2 April 2007, Ronson released a cover of The Smiths' track "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" under the title "Stop Me", featuring singer Daniel Merriweather. [35] It reached number 2 in the UK singles charts, giving Ronson his highest-peaking single until 2014's "Uptown Funk". [36] Ronson remixed the Bob Dylan song "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine" in promotion for the three-disc Bob Dylan collection titled Dylan released October 2007. [37] Ronson has also produced Candie Payne's single "One More Chance" in 2007. [38] The cover album Version appeared on his own label with Alexis Petridis describing the song interpretations as "an affectionate pastiche of a 60s soul revue's brass-laden sound". [39] In May 2007 it was awarded the title Album of the Month by the British dance music magazine, Mixmag . On 23 June, Ronson made the cover of The Guardian newspaper's Guide magazine, alongside singer Lily Allen.
In June 2007, Ronson signed DC hip hop artist Wale to Allido Records. In late 2007, he focused on production, working with Daniel Merriweather on his debut album, and recording again with Amy Winehouse and Robbie Williams. [40] On 24 October 2007, Ronson performed a one-off set at The Roundhouse in Camden, London as part of the BBC Electric Proms 2007. The performance featured the BBC Concert Orchestra and included special guests Terry Hall, Sean Lennon, Tim Burgess, Alex Greenwald, Ricky Wilson, Charlie Waller, Adele and Kyle Falconer. [41]
In December 2007, Ronson received his first Grammy Award nomination, for 'Producer of the Year, Non-Classical'. Ronson's work with Amy Winehouse also received substantial accolades, gaining 6 nominations. Winehouse's "Back to Black" album, mostly produced by Ronson, was nominated for 'Album of the Year' and 'Best Pop Vocal Album'. Her song "Rehab" received nods for 'Best Female Pop Vocal Performance', 'Song of the Year' and 'Record of the Year'. Ronson would go on to win three Grammys: 'Producer of the Year' as well as 'Best Pop Vocal Album' and 'Record of the Year' (the latter two of which he shared with Amy Winehouse) in early February 2008. [42]
Ronson is credited as producer on a mixtape album called Man in the Mirror, released in January 2008 by the rapper Rhymefest which is a tribute to the pop star Michael Jackson. The album features Rhymefest appearing to speak to Michael Jackson using archive audio from interviews with the pop star. The same month Ronson received three nominations for the Brit Awards, including 'Best Male Solo Artist,' 'Best Album' (Version) and 'Song of the Year' ("Valerie"). Ronson won his first Brit for 'Best Male Solo Artist' in mid-February 2008 over favourite Mika. He also performed a medley of Coldplay's "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" with Adele, "Stop Me" with Daniel Merriweather, and "Valerie" with Amy Winehouse. The performance allowed for a large boost in sales in the iTunes UK Top 100. "Valerie" would jump almost 30 spots in the days after the event, while "Just", "Stop Me" and "Oh My God" all appeared in the chart as well. That same week, Ronson appeared twice in the UK Top 40, with "Valerie" rebounding to number 13 and "Just" at number 31, his fourth Top 40 entry from "Version". The Brits performance also allowed for "Version" to climb 18 spots to number 4.
Around this time, Ronson received his first number one on an international chart (Dutch Top 40) for "Valerie," which spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. He collaborated with Kaiser Chiefs on their third album. [43] Ronson toured the album "Version" extensively through both the UK and Europe during 2008. Notable sold-out performances at The Hammersmith Apollo and Brixton Academy. Ronson is known to champion new upcoming artists on the road with him, such as Sam Sparro and Julian Perretta. Ronson's string backing was provided by the all-female string quartet Demon Strings.
On 2 July 2008, in Paris, Mark Ronson performed live with Duran Duran for an invited audience. They played new arrangements by Ronson of some Duran Duran songs, along with tracks from the band's new album, Red Carpet Massacre . Ronson & the Version Players also performed songs from his album Version. Simon Le Bon sang. As of March 2009, Ronson was working with the group on their 13th album. [44] The Album, titled All You Need Is Now, was released digitally exclusively via Apple's iTunes on 21 December 2010, while the physical CD was released in March 2011 with additional tracks. In 2013–14 Ronson was once again in the studio producing Duran Duran's 14th album, Paper Gods , making it the first time the band has worked with the same producer on consecutive albums since Colin Thurston produced their first two albums in the 1980s.
In the spring of 2010, Ronson confirmed the name of his new album Record Collection , and said that he hoped to have it out by September 2010. Additionally, Ronson announced the name of his new band, "The Business Intl.'", which is the alias adopted by Ronson on the third studio album. The first single, "Bang Bang Bang," which featured rapper Q-Tip and singer MNDR, [45] was released on 12 July 2010, where it peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, giving Ronson his fourth Top 10 single. The single also entered the Irish Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 18. The second single from the album, "The Bike Song", was released on 19 September 2010, and features Kyle Falconer from The View and Spank Rock. The album was released on 27 September 2010. This is the first Ronson album on which he features as a singer. [46]
Although Ronson had never met Michael Jackson, he was given the vocal track to a song titled "Lovely Way", sung by Michael Jackson, in 2010 to produce for Jackson's posthumous album Michael . He submitted the track, but it did not make the tracklisting for Michael. Ronson said about the rumours surrounding the vocals on the track (due to the controversy surrounding the Cascio tracks on that same album), "It was definitely him singing. I was given a vocal track to work with but I never actually met Michael. [...] It's in the vein of Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' and John Lennon's 'Imagine'." [47] He provided the score for the 2011 film Arthur . Ronson was one of the artists featured in the 2012 documentary Re:GENERATION Music Project. His song "A La Modeliste" features Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, members of The Dap-Kings, and Zigaboo Modeliste. [48]
On 30 October 2014, Ronson announced, via Twitter, a new single from his upcoming album, to be released on 10 November 2014. The single, "Uptown Funk," features Bruno Mars on vocals. [49] On 22 November 2014, Ronson and Mars appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live performing "Uptown Funk" and "Feel Right" (featuring Mystikal). "Uptown Funk" reached number one in the UK and US singles charts, and also became the all-time most streamed track in a single week in the UK, having been streamed a record 2.49 million times in a week. [50] "Uptown Funk" reached the top 10 in nearly every country it charted; it spent fifteen weeks at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and seven weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. In February 2015 the song won Ronson the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. [51] As of August 2022, the song's music video on YouTube has amassed over 4.6 billion views. [52] In 2015, Ronson starred in the documentary film Amy about his late friend Amy Winehouse. His voice features in the film where he talks about his career and relationship with Winehouse and there is footage of Ronson from the recording session of the single "Back to Black" from March 2006 and also at Winehouse's funeral in London in July 2011. On 16 October 2015, Ronson became a patron of the Amy Winehouse Foundation. [53] In January 2016, Ronson was nominated for two Brit Awards; Best British Male Solo Artist, and British Producer of the Year, at the 2016 Brit Awards. [54]
At the 2016 Grammy Awards Ronson won two awards for "Uptown Funk", including Record of the Year. Jason Iley, the head of Sony Music UK and Ronson's UK label Columbia Records, hailed Ronson as "a true gentleman" and "one of the most considerate, kind and humble artists in our industry." He added, "the monumental success of Uptown Funk is so thoroughly deserved and has established itself as, not only one of the Records of the Year but of our lifetime." [55] At the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show Ronson performed "Uptown Funk" with Mars. [56] He went on to executive produce Lady Gaga's fifth album, Joanne . [57] Ronson produced the Queens of the Stone Age's 2017 album Villains . [58]
In 2018, Ronson founded his own label, Zelig Records, an imprint of Columbia Records and the first artist he signed was singer King Princess. [59] He formed the duo Silk City with fellow producer Diplo. Their first single "Electricity" featuring Dua Lipa was released on 6 September and peaked at the US Dance Club Songs and received the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. [60]
In May 2018, it was revealed that Ronson was working with Miley Cyrus in the studio. [61] Their first collaboration "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" was released in November 2018. [62] Ronson also co-wrote the song "Shallow" for the film A Star Is Born with his frequent collaborators Lady Gaga, Andrew Wyatt, and Anthony Rossomando. The song earned Ronson an Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, as well as two Grammy nominations, winning the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. [63] [64] [65]
On 12 April 2019, it was announced that Mark Ronson would release his fifth album, Late Night Feelings , on 26 June 2019. The album features Miley Cyrus, Angel Olsen, Lykke Li and Camila Cabello. Ronson has described the album as a collection of "sad bangers," with the title track laying down a warm mid-tempo dance groove under Li's melancholy vocals. [66] On 12 October 2019, BBC Two broadcast the documentary Mark Ronson: From the Heart, directed by Carl Hindmarch. [67] In June 2021, Ronson, along with the Foo Fighters, shared a "re-version" of their single "Making a Fire". [68]
In 2023, Ronson was announced as the executive producer of Barbie the Album , the soundtrack of the film Barbie by Greta Gerwig. [69] In addition to executive producing the album, Ronson also served as co-producer and co-writer on several of the tracks, including "Dance the Night", [70] "What Was I Made For?", [71] "Man I Am", [72] and "I'm Just Ken". [73] He co-wrote the score of the film. In October 2023 Ronson released a remixed version of Mina's classic "Ancora, ancora, ancora". The song premiered at Gucci’s runway at Milan Fashion Week in September 2023. [74]
Ronson divides his time among London, Los Angeles, and New York. Since childhood, he has been a fan of English Premier League football club Chelsea F.C. and is also a fan of the New York Knicks basketball team. [75] [76]
In 2009, Ronson was voted the most stylish man in the UK by GQ magazine. [77]
In 2011, a portrait of Ronson was painted by British artist Joe Simpson; the painting was exhibited around the UK, including a solo exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall in London. [78]
In 2015 he was named one of the magazine's 50 best dressed British men. [79]
On 20 August 2019, Ronson, along with several other celebrities, invested in a funding round for Lowell Herb Co, a California cannabis brand. He is known to be "a dedicated cannabis consumer". [80]
In 2002, Ronson began dating the actress-singer Rashida Jones. [81] They became engaged in March 2003, with Ronson proposing by creating a crossword puzzle with the message "Will you marry me." [82] Their relationship ended approximately one year later. [83] [82]
On 3 September 2011, Ronson married French actress and singer Joséphine de La Baume, who had previously appeared in the music video for "The Bike Song". [84] On 16 May 2017, it was reported that de La Baume had filed for divorce from Ronson, listing the separation date as 21 April 2017. [85] The divorce was finalized in October 2018. [86]
On 4 September 2021, Ronson announced his marriage to actress Grace Gummer, after a year of dating. [87] On 13 October 2022, Gummer and Ronson announced they were expecting their first child. [88] Their first child, a daughter, was born in December 2022. [89]
In 2017, Lastrada Entertainment claimed that "Uptown Funk" infringed the copyright of Zapp & Roger's 1980 hit song "More Bounce to the Ounce". A total of three lawsuits had been filed by different parties. Two lawsuits were settled on undisclosed terms. [90]
Ronson created a video, along with directors Gary Breslin and Jordan Galland, called Circuit Breaker, which was an homage to the video game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past . [91] In 2001, Ronson appeared in the Aaliyah music video "More Than a Woman" as a DJ. [92] On 30 July 2021, the documentary series Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson was released on Apple TV+.
Adapted from AllMusic. [93] Bold denotes a commercial single.
Year | Artist | Track | Album | Details |
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1998 | The Flip Squad | "Turntables" | The Flip Squad All-Star DJs | |
"Only Time You Love 'Em" | ||||
1999 | The High & Mighty | Home Field Advantage | Additional programming | |
2001 | Nikka Costa | "Like a Feather" | Everybody Got Their Something | Co-producer, co-writer |
"So Have I for You" | ||||
"Tug of War" | ||||
"Everybody Got Their Something" | ||||
"Nothing" | ||||
"Nikka What?" | ||||
"Hope It Felt Good" | ||||
"Some Kind of Beautiful" | ||||
"Nikka Who?" | ||||
"Just Because" | ||||
"Push & Pull" | ||||
"Corners of My Mind" | ||||
"I Don't Want to Be the Rain | ||||
"Call Me" (Blondie cover) | Zoolander (Music From The Motion Picture) | Co-producer | ||
2002 | Jimmy Fallon | "Idiot Boyfriend" | The Bathroom Wall | Bass, backing vocals, keyboards, mixing |
"(I Can't Play) Basketball" | ||||
"Drinking in the Woods" | ||||
"Road Rage" | ||||
"Snowball" | ||||
Sean Paul | "International Affair" (feat. Debi Nova) | Dutty Rock | ||
Saigon | "The Corner" | The Best of Saigon a.k.a.The Yardfather Volume 1 | ||
2003 | Macy Gray | "When I See You" | The Trouble with Being Myself | Guitar |
"It Ain't the Money" (feat. Pharoahe Monch) | Programming, turntables | |||
"Screamin'" | Guitar | |||
Mark Ronson | "Intro" | Here Comes the Fuzz | ||
"Bluegrass Stain'd" (feat. Nappy Roots and Anthony Hamilton) | ||||
"Ooh Wee" (feat. Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife Diesel and Saigon) | ||||
"High" (feat. Aya) | ||||
"I Suck" (feat. Rivers Cuomo) | ||||
"International Affair" (feat. Sean Paul and Tweet) | ||||
"Diduntdidunt" (feat. Saigon) | ||||
"On the Run" (feat. Mos Def and M.O.P.) | ||||
"Here Comes the Fuzz" (feat. Jack White, Freeway and Nikka Costa) | ||||
"Bout to Get Ugly" (feat. Rhymefest and Anthony Hamilton) | ||||
"She's Got Me" (feat. Daniel Merriweather) | ||||
"Tomorrow" (feat. Q-Tip and Debi Nova) | ||||
"Rashi (Outro)" | ||||
"NYC Rules" (feat. Daniel Merriweather and Saigon) | ||||
2005 | Ol' Dirty Bastard | "Dirty Dirty" | Osirus | Producer and co-writer |
Terry Sullivan | TheErthMoovsAroundTheSun | Guitar | ||
Teriyaki Boyz | "The Takeover" | Beef or Chicken | Producer | |
2006 | Lily Allen | "Littlest Things" | Alright, Still | Co-producer, co-writer |
"Smile" (version revisited) | Remix artist | |||
Rhymefest | "Devil's Pie"" | Blue Collar | Producer | |
"Tell a Story" | ||||
"Build Me Up" (feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard) | ||||
Christina Aguilera | "Slow Down Baby" | Back to Basics | Co-producer, guitars, bass, beats, keyboards, engineer | |
"Without You" | ||||
"Welcome" | ||||
"Hurt" | ||||
Amy Winehouse | "Rehab" | Back to Black | ||
"You Know I'm No Good" | ||||
"Back to Black" | ||||
"Love Is a Losing Game" | ||||
"Wake Up Alone" | ||||
"He Can Only Hold Her" | ||||
"You Know I'm No Good" (remix feat. Ghostface Killah) | ||||
"Rehab" (Hot Chip remix) | ||||
"Back to Black" (The Rumble Strips remix) | ||||
Robbie Williams | "Lovelight" | Rudebox | Producer, guitar, bass, beats, keyboards, turntables, percussion, engineer | |
"Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus" | ||||
"Keep On" | ||||
"Good Doctor" | ||||
Rhymefest & Samantha Ronson | "Wanted" | Half Nelson: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
Saigon | "The Corner" | |||
Ghostface Killah | "You Know I'm No Good" | More Fish | Producer | |
2007 | Wale | "Let's Ride" | 100 Miles & Running | Producer |
"Smile" (remix) (Feat. Lily Allen) | ||||
Mark Ronson | "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" (feat. the Daptone Horns) | Version | Coldplay cover | |
"Oh My God" (feat. Lily Allen) | Kaiser Chiefs cover | |||
"Stop Me" (feat. Daniel Merriweather) | The Smiths & The Supremes cover | |||
"Toxic" (feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard and Tiggers) | Britney Spears cover | |||
"Valerie" (feat. Amy Winehouse) | The Zutons cover | |||
"Apply Some Pressure" (feat. Paul Smith) | Maxïmo Park cover | |||
"Inversion" | ||||
"Pretty Green" (feat. Santigold) | The Jam cover | |||
"Just" (feat. Phantom Planet) | Radiohead cover | |||
"Amy" (feat. Kenna) | Ryan Adams cover | |||
"The Only One I Know" (feat. Robbie Williams) | The Charlatans cover | |||
"Diversion" | ||||
"L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)" (feat. Kasabian) | Kasabian cover | |||
"Outversion" | ||||
"Pistol of Fire" (feat. D. Smith) | Version (Deluxe) | Kings of Leon cover | ||
"No One Knows" (feat. Domino Kirke) | Queens of the Stone Age cover | |||
"You're All I Need to Get By" (feat. Wale and Tawiah) | Ashford & Simpson cover | |||
2008 | Rhymefest | Man in the Mirror | Producer | |
Adele | "Cold Shoulder" | 19 | Producer, guitar, drums, keyboards, programming | |
Estelle | "Magnificent" (feat. Kardinal Offishall) | Shine | Producer | |
Wale | "The Remake of a Remake (All I Need)" | The Mixtape About Nothing | Producer | |
"The Chicago Falcon (Remix)" | ||||
Solange Knowles | "6 O'Clock Blues" | Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams | Co-producer, co-writer | |
Nas | "Fried Chicken" (feat. Busta Rhymes) | Nas | Producer, co-writer | |
Kaiser Chiefs | Off with Their Heads | Producer, agogo bells, engineer | ||
Wiley | "Cash in My Pocket" | See Clear Now | Producer | |
2009 | Bebel Gilberto | "The Real Thing" | All in One | Co-producer |
Foreigner | "Fool For You Anyway" | Can't Slow Down | Producer | |
Wale & 9th Wonder | "Pot Of Gold" | Back to the Feature | Producer | |
"Um Ricka" | ||||
Richard Swift | The Atlantic Ocean | Co-producer, synthesizer, engineer | ||
Wale | "Mirrors" (feat. Bun B) | Attention Deficit | Producer, co-composer | |
"90210" | ||||
"Beautiful Bliss" (feat. Melanie Fiona & J. Cole) | ||||
Daniel Merriweather | "For Your Money" | Love & War | Producer, engineer | |
"Impossible" | ||||
"Change" (feat. Wale) | ||||
"Chainsaw" | ||||
"Cigarettes" | ||||
"Red" | ||||
"Could You" | ||||
"Not Giving Up" – 3:14 | ||||
"Getting Out" | ||||
"Water and a Flame" (feat. Adele) | ||||
"Live by Night" | ||||
"Giving Everything Away for Free" | ||||
"You Don't Know What Love Is" ( The White Stripes cover) | ||||
"The Children" | ||||
"I Think I'm in Love" | ||||
The Rumble Strips | Welcome to the Walk Alone | Producer | ||
Ol' Dirty Bastard | "Lift Ya Skirt (Remix)" | A Son Unique | Producer | |
2010 | The Like | Release Me | Producer | |
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. | "Bang Bang Bang" (feat. Q-Tip and MNDR) | Record Collection | Producer, composer, vocals, guitar, bass, beats, keyboards, percussion, engineer | |
"Lose It (In the End)" (feat. Ghostface Killah and Alex Greenwald) | ||||
"The Bike Song" (feat. Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock) | ||||
"Somebody to Love Me" (feat. Boy George and Andrew Wyatt) | ||||
"You Gave Me Nothing" (feat. Rose Elinor Dougall and Andrew Wyatt) | ||||
"The Colour of Crumar" | ||||
"Glass Mountain Trust" (feat. D'Angelo) | ||||
"Circuit Breaker" | ||||
"Introducing the Business" (feat. Pill and London Gay Men's Chorus) | ||||
"Record Collection" (feat. Simon Le Bon and Wiley) | ||||
"Selector" | ||||
"Hey Boy" (feat. Rose Elinor Dougall and Theophilus London) | ||||
"Missing Words" | ||||
"The Night Last Night" (feat. Rose Elinor Dougall and Alex Greenwald) | ||||
"Sound of Plastic" (feat. Nick Rhodes, Rose Elinor Dougall, Spank Rock, Jamie Reynolds, and Anthony Rossomando) | Record Collection (Deluxe) | |||
Quincy Jones | "It's My Party" | Q Soul Bossa Nostra | Producer | |
Duran Duran | "All You Need Is Now" | All You Need Is Now | Producer | |
"Blame the Machines" | ||||
"Being Followed" | ||||
"Leave a Light On" | ||||
"Safe (In the Heat of the Moment)" (feat. Ana Matronic) | ||||
"Girl Panic!" | ||||
"A Diamond in the Mind" | ||||
"The Man Who Stole a Leopard" (featuring Kelis) | ||||
"Other People's Lives" | ||||
"Mediterranea" | ||||
"Too Bad You're So Beautiful" | ||||
"Runway Runaway" | ||||
"Return to Now" | ||||
"Before the Rain" | ||||
"Networker Nation" | All You Need Is Now (Deluxe) | |||
"This Lost Weekend" | ||||
"Too Close to the Sun" | ||||
"Early Summer Nerves" | ||||
2011 | Black Lips | Arabia Mountain | Producer | |
Amy Winehouse | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" | Lioness: Hidden Treasures | Producer | |
"Valerie ('68 version)" | ||||
Arthur Orchestra | "A Harmless Game Of Dress Up" | Arthur: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
Daniel Merriweather | "A Little Bit Better" | |||
"Dazed" | ||||
"Can't Buy You" | ||||
2012 | Rufus Wainwright | "Out of the Game" | Out of the Game | Producer, bass, drum programming |
"Jericho" | ||||
"Rashida" | ||||
"Barbara" | ||||
"Welcome to the Ball" | ||||
"Montauk" | ||||
"Bitter Tears" | ||||
"Respectable Dive" | ||||
"Perfect Man" | ||||
"Sometimes You Need" | ||||
"Song of You" | ||||
"Candles" | ||||
"WWIII" | ||||
Bruno Mars | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Unorthodox Jukebox | Producer, DJ, recording | |
"Gorilla" | Producer, beats, DJ, recording | |||
"Moonshine" | Producer, co-writer, guitar, bass, beats | |||
2013 | Paul McCartney | "Alligator" | New | Producer |
"New" | ||||
2014 | The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger | Midnight Sun | Producer, bass | |
2015 | Emile Haynie | We Fall | Bass | |
Mark Ronson | "Uptown's First Finale" (feat.Stevie Wonder and Andrew Wyatt) | Uptown Special | Producer, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, programming | |
"Summer Breaking" ("Summer Breaking" featuring Kevin Parker) | ||||
"Feel Right" (feat. Mystikal) | ||||
"Uptown Funk" (feat. Bruno Mars) | ||||
"I Can't Lose" (feat. Keyone Starr) | ||||
"Daffodils" (feat. Kevin Parker) | ||||
"Crack in the Pearl" (feat. Andrew Wyatt) | ||||
"In Case of Fire" (feat. Jeff Bhasker) | ||||
"Leaving Los Feliz" (feat. Kevin Parker) | ||||
"Heavy and Rolling" (feat. Andrew Wyatt) | ||||
"Crack in the Pearl Pt. II" (feat. Stevie Wonder and Jeff Bhasker) | ||||
Duran Duran | "Pressure Off" | Paper Gods | Producer, co-writer | |
"Only in Dreams" | ||||
Action Bronson | "Brand New Car" | Mr. Wonderful | Producer, co-writer, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, turntables, programming | |
"Baby Blue" (feat. Chance the Rapper) | ||||
Mark Ronson & Geoff Zanelli | Score and soundtrack | Mortdecai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Co-composer | |
ASAP Rocky | "Everyday" | At. Long. Last. ASAP | Producer, co-writer, bass, keyboards, drum programming, engineering | |
CeeLo Green | "Mother May I" | Heart Blanche | Producer, co-writer | |
Adele | "Lay Me Down" | 25 | Producer, synthesizers | |
2016 | Scarlett Johansson | "Trust in Me" | The Jungle Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Producer |
Lady Gaga | "Diamond Heart" | Joanne | Producer, co-writer, guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizers | |
"A-Yo" | ||||
"Joanne" | ||||
"John Wayne" | ||||
"Dancin' In Circles" | ||||
"Perfect Illusion" | ||||
"Million Reasons" | ||||
"Sinner's Prayer" | ||||
"Come To Mama" | ||||
"Hey Girl" (feat. Florence Welch) | ||||
"Angel Down" | ||||
"Grigio Girls" | ||||
"Just Another Day" | ||||
Action Bronson with Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach | "Standing in the Rain" | Suicide Squad: The Album | Producer, co-writer, guitar, keyboards, background vocals | |
Passion Pit, Mark Ronson, and A$AP Ferg | "Get Ghost" | Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Producer, co-writer | |
2017 | Queens of the Stone Age | "Feet Don't Fail Me" | Villains | |
"The Way You Used to Do" | Producer | |||
"Domesticated Animals" | ||||
"Fortress" | ||||
"Head Like a Haunted House" | ||||
"Un-Reborn Again" | ||||
"Hideaway" | ||||
"The Evil Has Landed" | ||||
"Villains of Circumstance" | ||||
Dua Lipa | "IDGAF" | Dua Lipa | Instrumentation, programming | |
2018 | Lily Allen | "Family Man" | No Shame | |
"My One" | ||||
Father John Misty | "Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All" | God's Favorite Customer | Bass credit only | |
Miguel | "Vote" | Crazy Rich Asians | ||
MC Paul Barman | "(((commandments)))" | (((echo chamber))) | Recording credit only [94] | |
"(((happy holidays)))" | Producer [94] | |||
2019 | Vampire Weekend | "This Life" | Father of the Bride | Co-writer |
Miley Cyrus | "The Most" | She Is Coming | Producer and co-writer | |
Mark Ronson | "Late Night Prelude" | Late Night Feelings | ||
"Late Night Feelings" (feat. Lykke Li) | ||||
"Find U Again" (feat. Camila Cabello) | ||||
"Piece of Us" (feat. King Princess) | ||||
"Knock Knock Knock" (feat. Yebba) | ||||
"Don't Leave Me Lonely" (feat. YEBBA) | ||||
"When U Went Away" (feat. YEBBA) | ||||
"Truth" (feat. Alicia Keys & The Last Artful, Dodgr) | ||||
"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (feat. Miley Cyrus) | ||||
"True Blue" (feat. Angel Olsen) | ||||
"Why Hide" (feat. Diana Gordon) | ||||
"2 AM" (feat. Lykke Li) | ||||
"Spinning" (feat. Ilsey) | ||||
2023 | Dua Lipa | "Dance the Night" | Barbie the Album | Co-writer, co-producer |
Sam Smith | "Man I Am" | Co-writer, co-producer | ||
Ryan Gosling | "I'm Just Ken" | Co-writer, co-producer | ||
Billie Eilish | "What Was I Made For?" | Co-producer | ||
2024 | Kelly Clarkson | "You For Christmas" | When Christmas Comes Around... | Co-writer, producer |
Amy Jade Winehouse was a British singer and songwriter. With over 30 million records sold worldwide, she is known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae, and jazz.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings were an American funk and soul band signed to Daptone Records. They were part of a revival movement of mid-1960s to mid-1970s style funk and soul music. They released their debut album Dap Dippin' in 2002, the first of seven studio albums. Their 2014 album Give the People What They Want was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. Following Sharon Jones' death in 2016, the band released the posthumous album Soul of a Woman in 2017 and a compilation of cover songs in 2020.
Daniel Paul Merriweather is an Australian R&B recording artist. Merriweather's debut solo album, Love & War, was released in June 2009. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number two. It was preceded by two singles, "Change" and "Red", which both made the top 10 on the related singles chart. Merriweather has won two ARIA Music Awards, Best Urban Release in 2005 for "She's Got Me" and Best Male Artist in 2009 for Love & War.
Back to Black is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma in a relationship.
"Rehab" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, from her second and final studio album Back to Black (2006). Produced by Mark Ronson, the lyrics are autobiographical and address Winehouse's refusal to enter a rehabilitation clinic for alcohol. "Rehab" was released as the lead single from Back to Black in 2006, and it peaked at number 7 in the United Kingdom on its Singles Chart and number 9 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Winehouse's only top 10 hit in the US.
"Valerie" is a song by English indie rock band the Zutons from their second studio album, Tired of Hanging Around (2006). The song was later covered by Mark Ronson, with lead vocals provided by Amy Winehouse, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in 2007.
"Back to Black" is a song by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 26 April 2007 by Island Records as the third single from her second and final studio album of the same name (2006). The song was written by Winehouse and Mark Ronson, and produced by the latter. "Back to Black" was inspired by Winehouse's relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, who had left her for an ex-girlfriend.
Version is the second studio album by British producer Mark Ronson, first released on 16 April 2007 through Allido and Columbia Records. It is an album of cover versions with a retro-inspired sound that Ronson considers to be reminiscent of Motown and Stax releases. The album cost more than £870,000 to launch. Version reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and has sold 105,584 copies as of January 2015.
English-American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive Mark Ronson has released five studio albums and twenty-two singles.
Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, better known by his stage name Wale, is an American rapper. He first became known for his 2006 song "Dig Dug ", which became popular in his hometown of Washington, D.C. and led Wale to gain further local recognition as he amassed a number of follow-up releases. He signed a recording contract with English DJ-producer Mark Ronson's Allido Records in 2007, which, after a three-label bidding war, entered a joint venture with Interscope Records for US$1.3 million the following year. During this time, Wale's mixtapes and singles saw national attention as he appeared on MTV and various Black America-focused magazines.
British singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse released two studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, five extended plays, 15 singles, three video albums and 14 music videos. Winehouse has sold over 30 million records worldwide, including 1.75 million singles and over 3.98 million albums in the United Kingdom. She has also sold approximately 3.4 million songs and 2.7 million albums in the United States.
Dave Audé is an American DJ, producer and remixer. He operates his own label Audacious Records, and is known for having more number ones than any other producer on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. He has done production for artists such as U2, will.i.am, t.A.T.u., Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Barenaked Ladies, Faith No More, Rihanna, Yoko Ono, Britney Spears, Alexis Jordan, Madonna, CeCe Peniston, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, LeAnn Rimes, Selena Gomez, Olivia Holt, Laura Pausini and Beyoncé. As an artist, Audé has scored 14 hit singles so far on the Billboard charts, and an unprecedented 132 No. 1 remixes on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. In 2016, Audé won a Grammy Award in the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category for his remix of "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. Audé's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing. He is managed by songwriter and producer Darrell Brown.
Tom Elmhirst is a British mix engineer. He has worked with artists including Adele, Beck, David Bowie, Cage the Elephant, Lady Gaga, Residente, and Amy Winehouse, among many others. Elmhirst has received numerous accolades and nominations. He has won seventeen Grammy Awards, a Latin Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Music Producers Guild Awards for Mix Engineer of the Year. Having won six trophies at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, he set the record for the most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer in one night.
Jeffrey Nath Bhasker is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year in 2016 and was nominated for the award in 2013.
Michael Leonhart is an American jazz trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist.
Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for singing in a wide range of musical styles, including pop, R&B, funk, soul, reggae, disco, and rock. Mars is accompanied by his band, the Hooligans, whose members are also backup singers and dancers. In 2021, Mars and fellow singer Anderson .Paak formed the musical superduo Silk Sonic.
"Uptown Funk" is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson featuring American singer Bruno Mars. It was released on 10 November 2014, as the lead single from Ronson's fourth studio album, Uptown Special (2015). "Uptown Funk" was written by Ronson, Mars, Jeff Bhasker, and Philip Lawrence; it was produced by the aforementioned first three. The song began during a freestyle studio session while they worked on a jam Mars and his band had been playing on tour. Copyright controversies arose after the song's release resulting in multiple lawsuits and amendments to its songwriting credits.
Uptown Special is the fourth studio album by British producer Mark Ronson. The album was released on 13 January 2015 in the US and 19 January 2015 in the UK. It is his first album in nearly five years, following Record Collection (2010) and his first solo album since Version (2007). Ronson dedicated the album to the late Amy Winehouse.
Homer Steinweiss is an American drummer, songwriter, and producer known as a prominent drummer in the New York soul revival scene. He is a founding member and drummer of groups including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Hardly Knew Ya, El Michels Affair, and Dan Auerbach's The Arcs, among many others. He leads the Brooklyn folk soul band Holy Hive with Paul Spring. A popular session musician as part of The Dap-Kings and in his own right, he is perhaps best known for his work with Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse, with whom he recorded the 2006 album Back to Black.