Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson (2008)

Mark Daniel Ronson (born September 4, 1975 in London ) is a New York based English music producer , DJ and label owner .

biography

childhood

Mark Ronson's parents are Ashkenazi Jews . He grew up with three brothers and four sisters. At the age of eight he moved from London to New York to live with his stepfather Mick Jones . He plays guitar in the band Foreigner , which brought Ronson into contact with music at an early age. In addition, Ronson was temporarily engaged to the daughter of music producer Quincy Jones , Rashida Jones , and his sister Samantha Ronson is under contract with the hip-hop label Roc-A-Fella Records . During his studies at New York University he made a name for himself as a DJ in the New York club scene and played at P. Diddy's private parties . He is known for his cross-genre song selection, which ranges from the New York hip-hop scene to the English rock scene.

Career

Mark Ronson (2011)

After producing the song Everybody Got Their Something for Nikka Costa , he signed a record deal with Elektra Records . His first album, Here Comes the Fuzz , was released in 2003, with numerous guest stars (including Nate Dogg , Ghostface Killah , The Roots , Sean Paul , Weezer , Mos Def and Q-Tip ), but initially hardly sold. He then produced numerous songs for artists such as Christina Aguilera , Amy Winehouse , Lily Allen and Robbie Williams .

Together with his manager Rich Kleiman, he founded the record label Allido Records in 2004 as a subsidiary of J Records , which in turn reports to Sony Music Entertainment . The first signed artist was Rhymefest , who co-wrote the hit Jesus Walks for Kanye West .

In March 2006, Ronson released a cover of Radioheads Just as a single , which was played by numerous radio stations , especially in England . A month later, the album Version was released, which largely consists of cover versions of well-known rock and pop songs .

In the autumn of 2007 he concentrated on producing again. In particular, the collaboration with Amy Winehouse turned out to be extremely successful. Her album Back to Black rose to the top of the charts in many countries and the single Rehab became one of the biggest hits of the year. With the cover of the song Valerie by the band The Zutons they also had a single hit together, which was number 1 in the Netherlands for four weeks . The singer received five awards at the 2008 Grammy Awards and Mark Ronson was named Grammy Producer of the Year. At the BRIT Awards 2008 he received the award for the best British solo artist.

Since 2010 he has also been publishing with his own band under the name Mark Ronson and the Business Intl. In 2011 he composed the anthem for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the beverage company Coca-Cola .

In 2010 he produced the 13th studio album All You Need Is Now for the British pop band Duran Duran , which reached high chart positions and received very good reviews.

His song UpTown Funk! (feat. Bruno Mars ) was 2,014 as British Single of the Year and at the Grammy Awards in 2016 as Record of the Year as well as Best Pop Duo performance excellent.

After that he worked with, among others Nile Rodgers and John Frusciante on Album Paper Gods of Duran Duran , released in September, 2015.

In 2016 he worked as a producer and songwriter on the album Joanne by Lady Gaga, which was released that same year.

Ronson produced the 2017 album Villains by the band Queens of the Stone Age .

Private

From September 2010 to April 2017 he was married to the actress Joséphine de La Baume .

Awards

• 2008: Grammy in the categories Producer of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album ( Back to Black ) and Record of the Year ( Rehab ) by Amy Winehouse .
• 2016: Grammy in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo / Group Performance for the song Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson.
• 2019: Golden Globe for the song Shallow in the Best Song category.
• 2019: Grammy nominations for the song Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper for Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media.
• 2019: Oscar in the Best Movie Song category for Shallow from A Star Is Born

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	Here comes the fuzz	-	-	-	UK70 silver (3 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 8, 2003
2007	version	-	-	CH51 (3 weeks) CH	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (72 weeks)UK	US129 (1 week) US	First published: April 16, 2007
2010	Record Collection	-	-	CH40 (3 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (8 weeks)UK	US81 (1 week) US	First published: September 24, 2010 with The Business INTL.
2015	UpTown Special.	DE23 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH3 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (16 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (47 weeks)US	First published: January 13, 2015
2019	Late night feelings	DE56 (1 week) DE	AT67 (1 week) AT	CH20 (2 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (22 weeks)UK	US61 (1 week) US	First published: June 21, 2019

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2003	Ooh Wee Here Comes the Fuzz	DE95 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15 (10 weeks) UK	-	First release: October 2003 feat. Ghostface Killah , Nate Dogg , Trife & Saigon
2006	Just version	-	-	-	UK31 (6 weeks) UK	-	First release: March 13, 2006 * Re-release: February 18, 2008 ** * feat. Alex Greenwald, ** feat. Phantom Planet
2007	Stop Me Version	DE65 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (14 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (23 weeks)UK	-	First release: April 2nd, 2007 feat. Daniel Merriweather
	Oh my god version	-	-	-	UK8 (19 weeks) UK	-	First release: July 16, 2007 feat. Lily Allen
	Valerie version	DE3 gold (47 weeks)DE	AT5 (31 weeks) AT	CH4 (41 weeks) CH	UK2 × 2 Double platinum (50 weeks)UK	-	First release: October 15, 2007 feat. Amy Winehouse
2010	Bang Bang Bang Record Collection	DE43 (4 weeks) DE	AT75 (1 week) AT	CH65 (2 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: July 9, 2010 with The Business INTL. feat. Q-Tip & MNDR
	The Bike Song Record Collection	-	-	-	UK17 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 17, 2010 with The Business INTL. feat. Kyle Falconer & Spank Rock
	Somebody to Love Me Record Collection	-	-	-	UK55 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 26, 2010 with The Business INTL. feat. Boy George & Andrew Wyatt
2012	Anywhere in the World	-	AT68 (1 week) AT	CH40 (6 weeks) CH	UK55 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 13, 2012 feat. Katy B.
2014	UpTown Funk! UpTown Special.	DE3 platinum (56 weeks)DE	AT6th gold (47 weeks)AT	CH2 (65 weeks) CH	UK1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (76 weeks)UK	US1 Diamond + platinum (56 weeks)US	First published: November 10, 2014 feat. Bruno Mars
2018	Electricity	DE64 (7 weeks) DE	AT61 (3 weeks) AT	CH46 (6 weeks) CH	UK4th platinum (20 weeks)UK	US62 platinum (10 weeks)US	First release: September 6, 2018 with Diplo as Silk City & Dua Lipa
	Nothing Breaks Like a Heart Late Night Feelings	DE16 gold (23 weeks)DE	AT20th gold (17 weeks)AT	CH10 (27 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (31 weeks)UK	US43 (13 weeks) US	First published: November 29, 2018 feat. Miley Cyrus
	(Happy Xmas) War Is Over!	DE46 (1 week) DE	AT59 (1 week) AT	CH100 (1 week) CH	-	-	First release: December 14th, 2018 with Miley Cyrus feat. Sean Ono Lennon
2019	Late Night Feelings Late Night Feelings	-	-	-	UK30th silver (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: April 12, 2019 feat. Lykke Li
	Don't Leave Me Lonely Late Night Feelings	-	-	-	UK58 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 17th, 2019 feat. Yebba
	Find U Again Late Night Feelings	-	-	CH83 (1 week) CH	UK27 silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 30, 2019 feat. Camila Cabello
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2007	God Put a Smile upon Your Face Version	-	-	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 16, 2007
	No One Knows Version	-	-	-	UK66 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 16, 2007

More singles

• 2015: Daffodils (feat. Kevin Parker)
• 2015: Feel Right ( feat.Mystikal )
• 2015: I Can't Lose (feat.Keyone Starr)
• 2018: Only Can Get Better (with Diplo as Silk City feat. Daniel Merriweather )
• 2018: Feel About You (with Diplo as Silk City feat. Mapei )
• 2018: Loud (with Diplo as Silk City, GoldLink & Desiigner )
• 2018: Diamonds Are Invincible (with Michael Jackson )
• 2019: Pieces of Us (feat.King Princess )

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2007	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK51 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 24, 2007 Bob Dylan feat. Mark Ronson
2015	Everyday At.Long.Last.A $ AP	-	-	-	UK56 silver (9 weeks)UK	US92 platinum (2 weeks)US	First published: May 11, 2015 A $ AP Rocky feat. Rod Stewart , Miguel & Mark Ronson

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2011: for the album Record Collection 2015: for the album Uptown Special 2019: for the single Find U Again  Belgium 2019: for the single Electricity 2019: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart  Brazil 2020: for the album Late Night Feelings  Denmark 2018: for the single Everyday 2019: for the album Uptown Special  France 2020: for the single electricity  Italy 2019: for the single Electricity  Canada 2019: for the single Find U Again  Poland 2015: for the album Uptown Special 2020: for the single Late Night Feelings  Spain 2019: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

Platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single Everyday 2018: for the single Electricity 2019: for the single Bang Bang Bang  Denmark 2020: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart  France 2020: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart  Italy 2019: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart  Canada 2019: for the single Everyday  Mexico 2019: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart 2020: for the album Uptown Special  Poland 2019: for the single Electricity  Sweden 2015: for the single Uptown Funk 2 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Valerie  Denmark 2015: for the single Uptown Funk  Canada 2019: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

3 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart  Belgium 2016: for the single Uptown Funk  Mexico 2016: for the single Uptown Funk  Norway 2016: for the single Uptown Funk  Poland 2020: for the single Nothing Breaks Like a Heart 4 × platinum record  Spain 2015: for the single Uptown Funk 5 × platinum record  Italy 2017: for the single Uptown Funk 18 × platinum record  Australia 2020: for the single Uptown Funk Diamond record  France 2015: for the single Uptown Funk  Canada 2016: for the single Uptown Funk  Mexico 2020: for the single Uptown Funk

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	26 × platinum26th	-	1,925,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	130,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	250,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	750,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	platinum1	diamond1	550,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	325,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	diamond1	1,080,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	-	5 × platinum5	diamond1	600,000	amprofon.com.mx
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	30,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	30,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	100,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	40,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	-	180,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	diamond1	14,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × silver7th	2 × gold2	12 × platinum12	-	7,620,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	7 × silver7th	20 × gold20th	76 × platinum76	4 × diamond4th

swell

1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1053148/bio
2. ↑ Mark Ronson interview ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/30/mark-ronson-london-2012-olympics
4. ↑ laut.de: Review of the Villains album. Accessed August 29, 2017
5. ↑ Mark Ronson + Josephine de La Baume divorce! gala.de, May 17, 2017, accessed on August 10, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

Commons : Mark Ronson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Homepage (English)
• Mark Ronson at Discogs (English)
• Mark Ronson at Allmusic (English)