Mark Ronson

From the club to the studio

Mark Daniel Ronson was born on September 4, 1975 in London and moved to New York at eight. He attended Collegiate School, Vassar and NYU, worked as a club DJ in the early 1990s, and moved into production in 2001 with Nikka Costa's "Everybody Got Their Something". His first album, Here Comes the Fuzz (Elektra, 2003), included "Ooh Wee", which reached 15 in the UK, and Elektra dropped him about two weeks after its release. In 2004 he co-founded Allido Records with his manager Rich Kleiman, and in 2006 he produced for Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera and Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. Version (Columbia, 2007), a cover album, reached 2 in the UK, as did "Stop Me" with Daniel Merriweather and "Valerie" with Winehouse. In February 2008 he won three Grammys, including Producer of the Year and, with Winehouse, Record of the Year for "Rehab", and a Brit Award as British Male Solo Artist.

Record Collection (2010) added the Business Intl. and "Bang Bang Bang" reached 6 in the UK. Uptown Special (January 2015) went to number one in the UK and 5 in the US. He executive produced Lady Gaga's Joanne, produced the Queens of the Stone Age's Villains, co-wrote "Shallow" for A Star Is Born (Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy), and with Diplo as Silk City made "Electricity" with Dua Lipa, which won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording. Late Night Feelings came out on June 26, 2019, the Apple TV+ series Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson in 2021 and the memoir Night People on September 16, 2025. He executive produced Barbie the Album in 2023, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in February 2026.