Dallas Austin

Dallas Austin (born December 29 1972 in Columbus, Georgia) is an African American songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and keyboardist.

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December 29 - 1972 - Columbus, Georgia - African American - Songwriter - Record producer - Guitarist - Keyboardist

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He has crafted songs for a number of R&B artists, including Boyz II Men, Monica, Madonna, Janet Jackson, For Real, Aretha Franklin, Another Bad Creation, and Brand New Heavies. Austin's most notable works are his many hits for LaFace act TLC, including "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg", "What About Your Friends", "Creep", "Silly Ho", "Unpretty", and "Girl Talk". He has a son, Tron, with TLC member Rozonda "Chili" Thomas.

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R&B - Boyz II Men - Monica - Madonna - Janet Jackson - For Real - Aretha Franklin - Another Bad Creation - Brand New Heavies - LaFace - TLC - Rozonda "Chili" Thomas

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Austin has also tried his hand at remixing for other artists, most notably "They Don't Really Care About Us" for Michael Jackson and "The Power of Goodbye" for Madonna.

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Michael Jackson - Madonna

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In more recent times, Austin's work has returned him to the charts, writing and producing the hits "Trick Me" for Kelis as well as "Left Outside Alone" and "Sick and Tired" for Anastacia.

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Kelis - Anastacia

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In addition to American artists, Austin has also produced songs for overseas artists. In 1999, Austin and Japanese pop diva Amuro Namie began a professional relationship which revived and breathed new life into her career. In fact, most if not all of Amuro's hits since that year have been produced by Austin. Since their collaboration began, Amuro's hits now have an almost exclusive R&B flavor. Sales numbers and Oricon rankings demonstrate the large impact Austin has had on the Japanese pop scene as well as the American one.

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