English-American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive

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has released five studio albums and twenty-two singles. ''

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for British Male Solo Artist in 2008. The best known song from the album, "Ooh Wee", samples " Sunny" by

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and features Nate Dogg,

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, and Saigon. It was featured that year in the film ''

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'' and its soundtrack. The song was later used in '' Hitch'' and ''

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''. ''

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'', Ronson's second studio album, was released in 2007. Ronson released a cover of

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' track "

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" under the title "Stop Me" on 2 April 2007, featuring singer

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, which reached number two on the

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. The album also spawned a hit in the song "

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" sung by

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, a cover of another UK chart hit by

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. '' Record Collection'', Ronson's third studio album, was released in 2010. The first single " Bang Bang Bang", which featured rapper Q-Tip and singer

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", was released on 19 September 2010 and features

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from The View and

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. ''

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'', Ronson's fourth studio album, was released on 13 January 2015. On 30 October 2014, Ronson announced on

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the release of the lead single of his upcoming album on 10 November 2014. The single, "

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" features vocals from

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. The song was performed on ''

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'' on 21 November 2014. "Uptown Funk" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on 7 January 2015, knocking

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from the top spot. It gave Ronson his first number-one single in the US and Mars' sixth. The song has sold over 2.5 million copies in the US as of January 2015. The song also reached number one on the pop charts in the UK, Canada and Australia.

Albums

Studio albums

Soundtrack album

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Notes

References