Phil Burton grew up in
Sydney,
New South Wales and studied at
Hurlstone Agricultural High School where he met
Toby Allen and
Andrew Tierney. The three were in the same year level and worked in the school productions of
Godspell and
Grease. They formed a band named, 4Trax, and performed for the first time in 1989 at a schools' combined concert singing "Earth Angel". With Human Nature, Burton has won a
Highest Selling Album ARIA Music Award for
Reach Out: The Motown Record in
2006. As from 2009, the band has had 16 ARIA nominations. During 2009, the band performed in
Las Vegas at the
Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino. They returned to Australia in November and performed with
Smokey Robinson at the
Wyndham Estate in the
Hunter Valley in December. In May 2023, it was announced that Burton would be participating in the
twentieth series of
Dancing with the Stars. He was paired with Ash-Leigh Hunter. Announced on the 23 July, Phil and Ashley won the mirror ball trophy for their freestyle dance. Awarded 39 points out of the possible 40, the pair came equal first however won the audience vote, crowing them the winner of Dancing with the Stars Australia 2023. In 2024, Burton began to regularly fill in for
Larry Emdur on
The Morning Show on the
Seven Network. == Personal life ==