The BRIT Awards are heading for Manchester thick and fast, and with the likes of Olivia Dean, Wolf Alice and Harry Styles set to perform, it’s shaping up pretty nicely. Now, the BRIT Awards 2026 has announced that multi-award-winning artist and producer Mark Ronson will be honoured with the highly coveted Outstanding Contribution To Music award at this year’s ceremony in Manchester, alongside a unique performance on the Co-op Live stage on 28th February.
Ronson will be at the ceremony to accept the award in person and is also confirmed to perform on the night, adding to what is shaping up to be another spectacular and unmissable live line-up of British and global talent.
Why is Mark Ronson being honoured?
Mark Ronson is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in contemporary music and has played a pivotal role in shaping era-defining and multi-platinum records for renowned artists worldwide, while also achieving significant international recognition as both a solo artist and producer.
His accolades include two BRIT Awards, nine Grammy Awards for notable works such as Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars and Back To Black with Amy Winehouse, as well as an Academy Award and Golden Globe for co-writing Shallow with Lady Gaga for the film A Star Is Born.
Over his two decade career, he has accumulated 25 billion global streams and produced numerous multi-platinum records, including Uptown Funk with Bruno Mars, Valerie with Amy Winehouse, Nothing Breaks Like a Heart with Miley Cyrus and Electricity with Silk City and Dua Lipa.
Renowned for his genre-spanning sound and instinctive collaborations, he is celebrated for bridging the worlds of pop, soul, funk and electronic music, cementing his status as an internationally celebrated cultural tastemaker whose work consistently defines moments in music history. Alongside his production work, he has released a string of critically acclaimed solo albums, with Uptown Special debuting at #1 in the UK, and Uptown Funk a global and UK Number 1. He has also contributed award-winning songs to the soundtracks and scores of Barbie, A Star Is Born, Euphoria and more.
He recently released a best-selling memoir Night People, chronicling his formative years as a DJ in the 1990s New York club scene, and joins an esteemed list of previous BRIT Awards Outstanding Contribution to Music recipients including David Bowie, Oasis, Sir Paul McCartney, Spice Girls, Elton John, Queen, U2, Robbie Williams, P!NK and Blur.
Mark Ronson said: “This is the most meaningful honour of my career. I think of the times I’ve watched artists I revere accept this same award. The idea that I’m now standing in that lineage feels impossible. I left England as a kid, but this country runs through everything I’ve made.
“The UK artists I’ve worked with—their brilliance and refusal to compromise—shaped not just my work but how I understand what music should do. And more than anything, it’s the crowds here who’ve sustained and showed up for me. The fans, the festival crowds, the record buyers and streamers—the love has always been overwhelming. I’m beyond grateful for all of it.”
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Stacey Tang, Chair of the 2026 BRIT Awards Committee and Co-President of RCA Records at Sony Music UK said: “Mark’s creative influence spans every corner of contemporary culture. He has shaped the musical landscape globally with incredible albums, his own artist releases as well as those in collaboration with phenomenal talents he has discovered and nurtured.
“Mark has an extraordinary ability to elevate each project he works on. This award recognises his huge contribution to British music’s global story and cements his place as one of the most innovative creators of our time.”