2.7 2006–2015: First Genesis reunion, Going Back, and retirement.2.6 1996–2006: Phil Collins Big Band, Dance into the Light, Disney work, and Testify.But Seriously, Both Sides, and leaving Genesis 2.4 1984–1989: No Jacket Required and commercial ubiquity.2.3 1978–1984: Solo debut with Face Value and Hello, I Must Be Going!.2.2 1970–1978: Genesis, later role as lead singer, and Brand X.2.1 1963–1970: Early acting roles and bands.He has also been recognised by music publications with induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. He was awarded six Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the International Achievement Award. He has won eight Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards (winning Best British Male Artist three times), two Golden Globe Awards, one Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award. He is one of only three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He then rejoined Genesis in 2020 for a second reunion tour, ending in March 2022.Ĭollins's discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million records sold worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released an autobiography in 2016 and completed his Not Dead Yet Tour in 2019. He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007. In 1996, Collins left Genesis to focus on solo work this included writing songs for Disney's Tarzan (1999) for which he received an Oscar for Best Original Song for " You'll Be in My Heart". He also resumed his acting career, appearing in Miami Vice and subsequently starring in the film Buster (1988).
In 1985, he was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts.
He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. Collins became, in the words of AllMusic, "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". Collins began a successful solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing the albums Face Value (1981), Hello, I Must Be Going (1982), No Jacket Required (1985) and. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. His most successful singles from the period include " In the Air Tonight", " Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", " One More Night", and " Another Day in Paradise".īorn and brought up in west London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor, with his first major role, aged 13, as the Artful Dodger in the West End musical Oliver!. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, he had more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. Between 19, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Philip David Charles Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer, songwriter and record producer.
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