Philip David Charles Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English
drummer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer,
and actor, best known as the drummer/singer of the rock band Genesis
and for his solo career. Between 1982 and 1990, Collins scored three
UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. 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. His most successful singles from the period include
"In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One
More Night", "Sussudio", "Two Hearts", "A Groovy Kind of Love"
(featured in the film Buster), "I Wish It Would Rain Down", and
"Another Day in Paradise".Born and raised 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. 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. Collins
began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital
breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful
albums, including Face Value (1981), No Jacket Required (1985), and
...But Seriously (1989). Collins became "one of the most successful
pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He also
became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his
recordings. 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 rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007.
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.Collins's discography includes eight studio albums that have
sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150
million worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.
He is one of only three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney
and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records worldwide
both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He
has received 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 was awarded six Ivor Novello
Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors,
including the International Achievement Award. 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 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.
drummer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer,
and actor, best known as the drummer/singer of the rock band Genesis
and for his solo career. Between 1982 and 1990, Collins scored three
UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. 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. His most successful singles from the period include
"In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One
More Night", "Sussudio", "Two Hearts", "A Groovy Kind of Love"
(featured in the film Buster), "I Wish It Would Rain Down", and
"Another Day in Paradise".Born and raised 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. 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. Collins
began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital
breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful
albums, including Face Value (1981), No Jacket Required (1985), and
...But Seriously (1989). Collins became "one of the most successful
pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He also
became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his
recordings. 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 rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007.
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.Collins's discography includes eight studio albums that have
sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150
million worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.
He is one of only three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney
and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records worldwide
both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He
has received 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 was awarded six Ivor Novello
Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors,
including the International Achievement Award. 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 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.
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