Some of his most notable clients include TLC, Boyz II Men, P!nk, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Fishbone, Sugababes.
Career
Austin was a member of Highland Place Mobsters on the influential Hip Hop label LaFace in the early 1990s before embarking on a career as a full-time producer. Highland Place Mobsters contributed to the soundtracks for the movies White Men Can't Jump and Boomerang.
As a producer and songwriter, Austin was first noticed and signed to Diva One Music by Joyce Irby ('80s all-girl band Klymaxx) and has crafted hits for LaFace and TLC (with which he won two Grammies for co-producing CrazySexyCool and FanMail), including the hit singles "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "What about Your Friends", "Creep", "Silly Ho" and "Unpretty." As a teenager, Irby took Austin to Sylvia Rhone, Motown head Jheryl Busby, LA Reid and Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis, asking them to give him a shot as a producer.
Dallas Austin On Dirty TV
DVD Duplication Dallas - Duplium Dallas Duplication Replication Gets Nintendo Certification
Other credits of Austin's include the number-two single "Hit 'Em Up Style" recorded by Blu Cantrell, "Don't Let Me Get Me" and "Just like a Pill" by P!nk, and the hit "Secret" by Madonna. In more recent times, Austin's work has returned him to the charts, writing and producing the successful "Trick Me" for Kelis as well as "Left Outside Alone" and "Sick and Tired" for Anastacia.
Austin has tried his hand at remixing for other artists, most notably "They Don't Care About Us" for Michael Jackson and "The Power of Good-Bye" for Madonna.
In addition to American artists, Austin has produced songs for international artists.
Al Green Performing "Let's Stay Together"
India Arie's "Purify Me" In Studio With Novel
In 1999 Austin and Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro began a professional relationship in which he produced many of her songs until 2003.
Austin is also known for socially conscious productions such as TLC's "Unpretty" and "Damaged" and more recently "Ugly" for UK act Sugababes. For the Sugababes, Austin produced several other tracks on their number-one album Taller in More Ways, including the single "Push the Button", which spent three weeks at the top of the UK charts.
Another Bad Creation - Playground
A Few Good Men - Tonite
He also produced the Girls Aloud' Comic Relief collaboration with Sugababes on "Walk This Way". He is also responsible for producing Gwen Stefani's single "Cool" from her Love.Angel.
Princess & Starbreeze Performs "It's Gonna Be Lonely"
Gwen Stephani - Cool (Subtitled)
Austin branched out into cinema as well, becoming the executive producer Drumline (2002) for 20th Century Fox. studios on another music-driven film set in Atlanta.
Drumline Cast member Orlando Jones also chose Austin to be the music director, alongside DJ Rukus, for his short-lived "The Orlando Jones Show", a live talk show that aired on F/X.
EMI biography of Dallas Austin.
On August 5, 2007, his unique 10,000-plus-square-foot circular Georgia mansion appeared on an episode of MTV Cribs.
Drug conviction
On Sunday, July 2nd 2006, Austin pleaded guilty to drug charges in Dubai, where Dubai Airport authorities found slightly more than a gram of cocaine in his luggage when he arrived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend Naomi Campbell's three-day birthday party at the Burj Al Arab hotel .
However, in a surprise turn of events, a few hours after a Dubai court sentenced Austin to a four-year prison term, he received a royal pardon from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and was deported, according to U.A.E.-based newspaper Gulfnews.com , even though the United Arab Emirates has a very strict drug enforcement policy and drug traffickers get the death penalty .
Personal life
Austin lives in a 10,000-square-foot house in Atlanta, Georgia.