Historical Figure
Mark Ronson
b. 1977
British-American musician (born 1975)
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Biography
Mark Daniel Ronson is a British and American musician, record producer, songwriter, and DJ. He has won ten 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". Ronson has also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award for co-writing "Shallow" for the film A Star Is Born (2018).
Timeline
The story of Mark Ronson, told in moments.
Produces Back to Black for Amy Winehouse. The Dap-Kings provide the Motown backbone. Winehouse provides the devastation. The album sells over 16 million copies. It defines a sound: retro soul filtered through modern heartbreak.
Releases "Uptown Funk" with Bruno Mars. It spends 14 weeks at number one. Over two billion YouTube views. The bassline is borrowed from the 1980s. The energy is borrowed from James Brown. The result is inescapable.
Wins the Oscar for Best Original Song with "Shallow" from A Star Is Born, co-written with Lady Gaga. He's now won Grammys as a producer, a writer, and a performer. His talent is making other people sound like the best version of themselves.
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