Mark Ronson

Mark Daniel Ronson is an English musician, DJ, singer, and record producer. Although his debut album Here Comes the Fuzz failed to make an impact on the charts, his second album Version reached number two in the UK Album chart and included three UK top 10 singles. This success won him a Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist in 2008. His third studio album, Record Collection, was released on 27 September 2010, peaking at number two in the UK.

In 2014, Ronson achieved his first UK and US number one single with "Uptown Funk", which featured vocals from Bruno Mars. In 2015 the song won Ronson the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. His fourth studio album, Uptown Special, was released in January 2015, and became his first UK number one album. Ronson has also produced multi-platinum, Grammy-winning albums for artists such as Amy Winehouse and Adele.

Ronson's song, "Uptown Funk" (which features Bruno Mars) 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."Uptown Funk" was a worldwide commercial success, reaching 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.

In 2015, Ronson starred in a documentary film about his late friend Amy Winehouse called Amy. His voice features in the movie talking about his career and relationship with Winehouse and there's footage of Ronson from the recording session of the hit single Back To Black in March 2006 and at Winehouse's funeral in July 2011.

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