Phil Burton grew up in Sydney, New South Wales and studied at Hurlstone Agricultural High School where he met Toby Allen and Andrew Tierney.
[1] They formed a band named, 4Trax, and performed for the first time in 1989 at a schools' combined concert singing "Earth Angel".
[2][3] With Human Nature, Burton has won a Highest Selling Album ARIA Music Award for Reach Out: The Motown Record in 2006.
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.
Phil Burton and his family moved back to Sydney, Australia in October 2020, and they currently reside in the North Shore area.