RONSON, MARK/ MARS, BRUNO - (6MIX) UPTOWN FUNK

Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, record producer, songwriter, and composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's album "Back to Black" (2006), as well as awards for Record of the Year for Winehouse's single "Rehab" (2006) and his own single "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) (2014). He also won an Academy Award, 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 film "Barbie," directed by Greta Gerwig, and co-wrote several of its songs with 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 album won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media—from 11 nominations. It also received an Academy Award for Best Original Song from two nominations. Ronson collaborated again with Gerwig for the soundtrack to her adaptation of "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" for Netflix. Ronson was born in Notting Hill, London, and raised in New York City. His stepfather is Mick Jones, guitarist for Foreigner. He was educated at the Collegiate School and Vassar College. While attending New York University, he became a prominent regional DJ specializing in hip hop. He signed with Elektra Records to release his debut album "Here Comes the Fuzz" (2003), which featured guest performances from American hip hop artists and received a moderate commercial response. He subsequently left Elektra and co-founded Allido Records, through which he released further projects and signed artists including Wale, Rhymefest, and Daniel Merriweather. By 2006, Ronson had gained wider recognition for producing albums and singles for Lily Allen, Christina Aguilera, and Amy Winehouse. He signed with Columbia Records and released the Motown-funk cover singles "Stop Me" (featuring Daniel Merriweather) and "Valerie" (featuring Amy Winehouse), both reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart. These singles preceded his second album "Version" (2007), which peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and earned him the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist. His third album, "Record Collection" (2010), achieved similar chart positions and entered the U.S. Billboard 200. Ronson's single "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) (2014) achieved significant commercial success internationally, spending 14 consecutive weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and seven non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The single served as the lead release for his fourth album "Uptown Special" (2015), dedicated to Amy Winehouse, which reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and 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 Diplo; their debut single "Electricity" (featuring Dua Lipa) won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. Ronson has been involved in charitable work, serving as a patron of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which supports disadvantaged youth through music. He has contributed to the End the Silence campaign for the Hope and Homes for Children charity and served as a mentor at Turnaround Arts, a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts aimed at supporting low-performing schools through arts education. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and dancer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing 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, who play a variety of instruments, such as electric guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, and horns, and also serve as backup singers and dancers. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mars moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a musical career. In 2009, he co-founded the production team The Smeezingtons, responsible for various successful singles for Mars himself and other artists. He rose to fame in 2010 buoyed by the success of "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy, both of which featured his vocals. That year, Mars released his debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which blended pop with reggae pop and R&B. It spawned the international number-one singles "Just the Way You Are", "Grenade", and "The Lazy Song". Drawing inspiration from disco, funk, rock, reggae and soul genres, his second studio album, Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), was his first number one on the Billboard 200. It amassed two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, "Locked Out of Heaven" and "When I Was Your Man". In 2014, Mars was featured on Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk", which topped various music charts, spending a total of fourteen and seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, respectively. Mars's third studio album, the R&B-focused, 24K Magic (2016), received seven Grammy Awards, winning the major categories of Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. The album also yielded the top-five singles "24K Magic", "That's What I Like", his seventh Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, and a remix of "Finesse" featuring Cardi B. In 2021, Mars collaborated with Anderson .Paak as Silk Sonic on the full-length album An Evening with Silk Sonic, whose single "Leave the Door Open" topped the Billboard Hot 100. Mars has sold over 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has released eight number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 since his career launched in 2010, attaining his first five faster than any male artist since Elvis Presley. Mars became the first artist to receive five diamond certified songs in the United States. He was included in Music Week and Billboard magazine as one of the best songwriters of 2011 and 2013, respectively. Mars has received several awards and nominations, including 11 Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, nine American Music Awards, 10 Soul Train Awards and holds three Guinness world records. He appeared in Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011, Forbes magazine's list of "30 Under 30" in 2013, and Forbes's Celebrity 100 in 2014, 2018, and 2019. World's second best singer right now. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.