Paul Oakenfold has sold over 5 million records, has played to over 50 million people and is, according to Guinness World Book of Records, the most successful DJ in the world. Now, in Paul Oakenfold The Authorized Biography, Richard Norris reveals the fascinating story of Paul's rise from South London soul boy to Hollywood superstar. Spanning more than two decades from the London Balearic nights and Acid House of the 1980s through his Happy Mondays, U2 and Massive Attack remixes, the legendary Cream residency, the birth of trance, the sound-of-the-summer Big Brother theme tune and his domination of the US dance scene Norris follows the twists and turns of Paul's career and, with it, the rise of the multi-million-dollar industry we know as dance music. As we near the end of the first decade of the new millennium, Paul's star is still rising. With two Grammy nominations under his belt, he continues to work with the biggest names in music Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Snoop Dogg to name but a few and now, having recently released two award-winning albums of his own material and with his music featuring in box-office smashes such as Collateral and The Matrix Reloaded, his dream of becoming a top Hollywood score composer looks set to come true. Packed full of revealing interviews with the movers and shakers of the music industry, and based on two years of in-depth interviews with Oakenfold himself, this book tells the extraordinary story of a man whose life defines dance music.