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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><b>Mark Ronson’s </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Uptown Special </i><b>Debuts at No. 5 on </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Billboard </i><b>Top
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“Uptown Funk”</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> <b>Breaks U.S. and Global
Record for the Most Song Streams in One Week with over 4.8 Million in U.S. and 14.79 Million Streams Worldwide; No.1 Streaming Track on Spotify U.S. for 3 Consecutive Weeks
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> “Uptown Funk” Holds No.1 Spot on HOT 100 For Third Consecutive Week; #1 on Digital Songs Chart</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">(New York – January 21, 2015) Mark Ronson’s</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> fourth album, <b><i>Uptown
Special</i></b> has entered the <b>Top 200 at No. 5</b> today. The critically-acclaimed album, featuring the global phenomenon “<b>Uptown Funk</b>,” featuring <b>Bruno Mars</b> was released on <b>January 13, 2015
</b>via <b>RCA Records</b>. The album was written and produced with fellow GRAMMY<sup>® -</sup>winning producer <b>Jeff Bhasker</b> (Kanye West, Drake, Alicia Keys), and the majority of the album’s lyrics were written by Pulitzer-winning American novelist <b>Michael
Chabon</b>. <b><i>Uptown Special </i></b>includes collaborations with <b>Stevie Wonder</b>, Tame Impala's <b>Kevin Parker</b>, Miike Snow's <b>Andrew Wyatt</b>, <b>Mystikal </b>and newcomer <b>Keyone Starr. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Ronson celebrated the album release with Bruno Mars on <b><i>The</i></b>
<b><i>Ellen DeGeneres Show</i></b> – </span><a href="http://ellentube.com/videos/0-ulopaqee/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; text-decoration:none">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> to
watch the performance!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Following a meteoric climb up the charts since its release, <b>Mark Ronson</b>'s international hit single <b>"Uptown Funk"</b> featuring
<b>Bruno Mars</b> has held the<b> #1 position</b> on the <b><i>Billboard </i>Hot 100 </b>for a third week<b>,</b> making it the No. 1 song in the US, UK, Australia and Canada and holds the #1 spot on the Digital Songs Chart. The track broke Spotify’s global
and U.S. record for number of streams in one week with over 4.8 million in the U.S. and 14.79 million streams worldwide, and has also been the No. 1 streaming track on Spotify U.S. for three weeks. The song was co-written and co-produced by Ronson and Mars.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Praise for Uptown Special:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“every inch and detail of [<i>Uptown Special]</i> rings with real skill and intelligence” - <b><i>TIME</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> “[<i>Uptown Special </i>is] a knockout when it is at its best.”- <b><i>Wall Street Journal</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“[<i>Uptown Special</i>] combines talent in jaw-dropping ways to create music steeped in vintage R&B, from the '70s to the
'90s. Uptown Funk, Ronson's current chart-topping hit with Mars, is just the tip.” – <b><i>USA Today</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“[‘Uptown Funk’] is a pulsing, funky rager” - <b><i>NPR</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“An all-star funk summit” – <b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“[‘Uptown Funk’ is] a full-on combustible groove workout with elastic bass and indomitable spirit.” – <b><i>Billboard</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“Mark Ronson's grasp of weapons-grade Soul Train revivalism has no parallel. ‘Uptown Funk’ breaks a serious sweat, but the
centerpiece of Ronson's fourth album is the volcanic 'Feel Right': Over heaving horns and bubbly bass, Mystikal spits surreal lines about bananas and bamboo and getting interplanetary with Bruno Mars. It's a master class in stanky, guttural rump shaking.”
– <b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“[<i>Uptown Special]</i> is not
just a collection of tunes, not just a set, but it is an album of words and melodies that drives home the import of what a phonograph album was originally designed to be: A package, a mood, and more than a four-minute trek to the dance floor.” – <b><i>Yahoo</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“[‘Uptown Funk’ is] An irresistible (and aptly titled) party jam” – <b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“The whole thing…hangs together as one of the slickest and most unashamedly fun mainstream pop albums in recent memory.” – <b><i>Stereogum</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">“Uptown Special</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> puts
the retro virtue of craftsmanship above all else and succeeds in making something lasting — the kind of pop gold worthy of future plundering.” – <b><i>Vulture</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">UPTOWN SPECIAL </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Track Listing: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">1. Uptown’s First Finale - featuring Stevie Wonder & Andrew Wyatt</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">2. Summer Breaking- featuring Kevin Parker</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">3. Feel Right - featuring Mystikal</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">4. Uptown Funk - featuring Bruno Mars</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">5. I Can't Lose - featuring Keyone Starr</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">6. Daffodils - featuring Kevin Parker</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">7. Crack In The Pearl - featuring Andrew Wyatt</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">8. In Case Of Fire - featuring Jeff Bhasker</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">9. Leaving Los Feliz - featuring Kevin Parker</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">10. Heavy And Rolling - featuring Andrew Wyatt</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">11. Crack In The Pearl pt. II - featuring Stevie Wonder & Jeff Bhasker <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> <b><i>For more information on Mark Ronson contact:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Chloe Walsh or Gina Schulman at Press Here </span></i></b><a href="mailto:chloe@pressherepublicity.com/" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; text-decoration:none">chloe@pressherepublicity.com/</span></i></b></a><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; text-decoration:none">gina@pressherepublicity.com</span></i></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">At RCA: </span></i></b><a href="mailto:sarah.weinstein@rcarecords.com" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; text-decoration:none">sarah.weinstein@rcarecords.com</span></i></b></a></p>
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