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English musician (born 1951)

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Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English maestro, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead songster of the rock band Genesis and had put in order successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a alone artist. In total, his work with Genesis, joker artists, and solo resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s.^[7] His most successful singles from the period comprehend "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Another Day in Paradise" and "I Be thinking about It Would Rain Down".

Born and raised tabled west London, Collins began playing drums at illustriousness age of five. During the same period elegance attended drama school, which helped secure various roles as a child actor. His first major pretend was the Artful Dodger in the West Burn up production of the musical Oliver!. As an proficient professional actor by his early teens, he pivoted to pursue a music career, becoming the merchant for Genesis in 1970 at age 19. Appease took over the role of lead singer emergence 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Over the second half of the 1970s, in among Genesis albums and tours, Collins was the pedlar of jazz rock band Brand X. Collins began a successful solo career in the 1980s, first inspired by his marital breakdown and love be more or less soul music, releasing the albums Face Value (1981), Hello, I Must Be Going (1982), No Casing Required (1985) and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became, in the words of AllMusic, "one of nobleness most successful pop and adult contemporary singers learn the '80s and beyond".^[8] He became known patron a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on innumerable of his recordings.^[9] He played drums on glory 1984 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and in July 1985, he was the one artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts. He resumed his acting career, appearing in Miami Vice and subsequently starring in the film Buster (1988).

Collins left Genesis in 1996 to promptly on solo work; this included writing songs nurture Disney's animated film Tarzan (1999), for which loosen up wrote and performed the songs "Two Worlds", "Son of Man", "Strangers Like Me" and "You'll Fix in My Heart", the last of which attained him the Academy Award for Best Original Number cheaply. He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It Discard Again Tour in 2007. Following a five-year loneliness to focus on his family life, Collins unconfined his memoir in 2016 and conducted the Scream Dead Yet Tour from 2017 to 2019. Yes then rejoined Genesis in 2020 for a rapidly and final reunion tour, which ran from 2021 to 2022.

Collins's discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units insipid the US and an estimated 150 million records vend worldwide, making him one of the world's booming artists.^[10] He is one of only three put on tape artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael General, who have sold over 100 million records both whereas solo artists and separately as principal members love a band.^[11][12] He has won eight Grammy Credit, six Brit Awards (winning Best British Male Head three times), two Golden Globe Awards, one Institution Award, and a Disney Legend Award.^[13] He was awarded six Ivor Novello Awards from the Country Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including high-mindedness International Achievement Award. He received a star pool the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, plus was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Honour in 2003 and the Rock and Roll Appearance of Fame as a member of Genesis join 2010. Ranked by Rolling Stone at number 43 in the 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time,^[14] he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Passageway of Fame in 2012 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.^[15][16]

Early life

Philip David Physicist Collins was born on 30 January 1951 riches Putney Hospital in what was then the Civic Borough of Wandsworth (now the London Borough depose Wandsworth) in south-west London, England. His mother, Winifred June (née Strange, 1913–2011), worked in a toy discussion group and later as a booking agent at greatness Barbara Speake Stage School, an independent performing study school in East Acton, while his father, Greville Philip Austin Collins (1907–1972), was an insurance messenger for London Assurance.^[20] Collins is the youngest fall foul of three children; his sister, Carole, competed as adroit professional ice skater and followed her mother's dwindle as a theatrical agent, while his brother, Solon, was a cartoonist.^[20][21] The family moved twice unresponsive to the time Collins had reached the age incessantly two; they settled at 453 Hanworth Road copy what was then the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick.

Collins was given a toy drum quandary for Christmas when he was five years seat, and later his two uncles made him unornamented makeshift set with triangles and tambourines that formfitting into a suitcase. As he grew older, these were followed by more complete sets bought strong his parents. Collins practised by playing along hold down music on the television and radio.^[25] During natty family holiday at Butlin's, a seven-year-old Collins entered a talent contest, singing "The Ballad of Chemist Crockett"; he stopped the orchestra halfway through far tell them they were in the wrong key.^[26]The Beatles were a major early influence on him, including their drummer Ringo Starr.^[27][28][29] Collins followed nobility lesser-known London band the Action, whose drummer operate would copy and whose work introduced him add up to the soul music of Motown and Stax Records.^[27] He was also influenced by the jazz esoteric big band drummer Buddy Rich,^[30] whose opinion gel the importance of the hi-hat prompted him fall prey to stop using two bass drums and start emotive the hi-hat.^[31]

At around the age of 12, Author received basic piano and music tuition from coronate father's aunt. He studied drum rudiments under Histrion Ryan and later under Frank King, and advised this training "more helpful than anything else in that they're used all the time. In any thick-skinned of funk or jazz drumming, the rudiments apprehend always there."^[31] Collins never learned to read worse write musical notation and devised his own method, which he regretted in later life. "I've on all occasions felt that if I could hum it, Wild could play it. For me, that was moderately good enough, but that attitude is bad."^[31]

Collins attended Admiral Primary School until he was 11 years long-lived. Collins was accepted into Chiswick County Grammar Institute, where he took to football and formed ethics Real Thing, a school band that had Andrea Bertorelli, his future wife, and friend Lavinia Thud, as backup singers. Both women would have prominence impact on his personal life in later ripen. Collins's next group was the Freehold, with whom he wrote his first song, "Lying, Crying, Dying", and played in a group named the Impediment. He was childhood friends with Jack Wild, who would become famous for playing the Artful Beguiler in the film Oliver! (1968); the pair both attended the Barbara Speake Stage School after Collins's mother spotted Wild as the two played participants in the park.^[36]

Career

1963–1970: Early acting roles and bands

Collins quit school at fourteen to become a full-time pupil at Barbara Speake. He had an unattested part as an extra in the Beatles' vinyl A Hard Day's Night (1964), where he quite good among the screaming teenagers during the television take the trouble sequence.^[37] Later in 1964, Collins was cast reorganization the Artful Dodger in two West End runs of the musical Oliver!^[38] He was paid £15 a week, and called the role "the outstrip part for a kid in all London".^[20] Sovereignty days as the Dodger were numbered when surmount voice broke during a performance and had cancel speak his lines for the rest of primacy show.^[21] Collins starred in Calamity the Cow (1967), a film produced by the Children's Film Leg. After a falling out with the director, Writer decided to quit acting to pursue music.^[40] Misstep was to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) as one of the children who get angry the castle, but his scene was cut.^[41] Highball auditioned for the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1968), but the role went compel to Leonard Whiting. In 1967, he travelled the UK teaching people the "crunch" dance made popular mass a Smith's crisps advertising campaign.

Collins's enthusiasm for punishment grew during his acting years.^[38] He frequented rectitude Marquee Club on Wardour Street so often ditch eventually the managers asked him to set grounding the chairs, sweep the floors, and assist crumble the cloakroom. It was here where Collins proverb The Action and newcomers Yes perform, which much influenced him. When auditions for Vinegar Joe nearby Manfred Mann Chapter Three were unsuccessful,^[44] Collins fixed a position in the Cliff Charles Blues Band together and toured the country. This was followed surpass a stint in The Gladiators, a backing fillet for a black vocal quartet, which included Collins's schoolmate Ronnie Caryl on guitar. Around this hold your fire, Collins learned that Yes were looking for a-okay new drummer and spoke to frontman Jon Writer, who invited him to an audition the adjacent week. Collins failed to turn up.

In 1969, Writer and Caryl joined John Walker's backing band asset a European tour, which included guitarist Gordon Sculpturer and keyboardist Brian Chatton. The tour finished, skull the quartet formed a rock band, Hickory, which recorded one single ("Green Light"/"The Key"). Still pry open 1969, they were renamed Flaming Youth. They sign-language to Fontana Records and recorded Ark 2 (1969), a concept album written and produced by Unmodified Howard and Alan Blaikley that tells the building of man's evacuation from a burning Earth ground its voyage into space. Each member sings cool lead vocal.^[47]

In May 1970, after Flaming Youth separate, Collins played congas on George Harrison's song "Art of Dying", but his contribution was omitted.^[27] Duration later, Collins asked Harrison about the omission. Histrion sent Collins a recording allegedly containing Collins's performance; Collins was embarrassed to hear that the profile was poor. When Collins apologised, Harrison confessed deviate the recording was a prank, which Collins be a failure in good humour.^[49]

1970–1978: Genesis, later role as heave singer, and Brand X

In July 1970, the shake band Genesis had signed with Charisma Records have a word with recorded their second album Trespass (1970), but accept a setback following the departure of guitarist Suffragist Phillips. They decided that their drummer John Mayhew, though talented, was not of the high ability they wanted, and placed an advert in representation Melody Maker for a drummer "sensitive to curative music" and a 12-string acoustic guitarist.^[52] Collins accepted Charisma owner Tony Stratton Smith's name on beck, who he had been acquainted with for days, and he and Caryl went for the auditions. The group, who had been a full-time running diggings band for less than a year, consisted give evidence school friends from Charterhouse School, a private departure school: singer Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, skull bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford. Collins and Caryl arrived specifically, so Collins took a swim in the spring at Gabriel's parents' house and memorised the remnants the drummers before him were playing. He recalled: "They put on 'Trespass', and my initial notion was of a very soft and round strain, not edgy, with vocal harmonies, and I came away thinking Crosby, Stills and Nash." Gabriel, grand former drummer, said he could tell just harsh the way Collins sat in front of depiction drum kit that he knew what he was doing, and was also impressed when Collins upon the session with George Harrison. On 8 Honourable 1970, Collins became their fourth drummer. Genesis grow took a two-week holiday, during which Collins fair money as an exterior decorator. Rutherford thought Caryl was not a good fit, and for escort a month Genesis wrote songs, rehearsed, and toured as a four-piece. In January 1971, the tie enlisted Steve Hackett.

From 1970 to 1975, Collins assumed drums, percussion, and backing vocals on Genesis albums and concerts. Rutherford commented that "on drums Phil was immediately a huge lift. We had not in any degree had that kind of energy from the contrivance room before; it was just a whole dissimilar level." Rutherford and Banks continued to contribute said harmonies to songs like "Harlequinn", but before progressive Collins became the group's primary backing vocalist, thanks to they found multi-tracking Collins and Gabriel's vocals was faster and produced better results than all quartet of them singing. They also discovered that Author and Gabriel's singing voices were so similar give it some thought when they sang a part together, it noise like one exceptionally strong voice rather than a handful of voices. This technique was employed on the band's first hit single, "I Know What I Affection (In Your Wardrobe)".

During this period Collins participated contact the songwriting jams which produced much of Genesis's material, but did little independent songwriting compared succeed the other four members. Collins's more notable songwriting contributions during 1970-75 include composing the staccato accent which acts as the main theme of honourableness live favourite "Watcher of the Skies". His foremost album as a member, Nursery Cryme, features description acoustic song "For Absent Friends" that has Highball singing lead vocal. He sang "More Fool Me" on their 1973 album Selling England by position Pound and on the subsequent tour, marking dignity first time he assumed the role of Beginning lead vocalist in a live setting. In 1974, Collins played drums on Brian Eno's second textbook Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) after Eno esoteric contributed electronic effects to two songs on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

In August 1975, Gabriel's departure from the band was publicly announced. Inception advertised for a replacement in Melody Maker take received around 400 replies. After a lengthy auditioning process, during which he sang backup vocals in lieu of applicants, Collins became the band's lead vocalist by the recording of their album A Trick work the Tail.^[68] The album was a commercial put up with critical success, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and 31 in the US.^[69]Rolling Stone wrote that Genesis "has managed to turn the likely catastrophe of Gabriel's departure into their first broad-based American success."^[70] For the tour, former Yes charge King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford played drums intrude on sections where Collins sang. In 1976, Collins fell in American drummer Chester Thompson, formerly of Sincere Zappa and Weather Report, who became a abutment of Genesis's and Collins's backing bands until 2010. When Collins, Banks, and Rutherford decided to carry on Genesis as a trio in 1977, they reliable ...And Then There Were Three.... This included rendering band's first UK Top 10 and US Ultra 40 single, "Follow You Follow Me".^[71] The flat of commercial success that Genesis had reached through this time allowed Collins and his wife space move into Old Croft, a home in Shalford, Surrey, in the spring of 1978.

Collins pursued several guest spots and solo projects from his over and over again as Genesis's drummer. In 1973, he and Hackett performed on the solo debut of ex-Yes musician Peter Banks. In 1975, Collins sang and distressed drums, vibraphone, and percussion on Hackett's first on one's own album, Voyage of the Acolyte; performed on Eno's albums Another Green World, Before and After Science, and Music for Films; and replaced drummer Phil Spinelli of the jazz fusion group Brand Be verified before recording their first two albums, Unorthodox Behaviour and Moroccan Roll. Collins played percussion on Johnny the Fox by Thin Lizzy,^[76] and sang distress Anthony Phillips' debut solo album, The Geese & the Ghost.^[77]

1978–1984: Solo debut with Face Value keep from Hello, I Must Be Going!

After Genesis finished excursions in December 1978, the group went on reprieve after Collins went to Vancouver, Canada to hectic to save his failing marriage.^[78] The attempt futile, leaving his wife to return to England discharge their children while living apart. Collins returned restage Old Croft, their home in Shalford, Surrey, prosperous their divorce was finalised in 1981. Banks duct Rutherford were recording their first solo albums alongside this time, so Collins rejoined Brand X pray their album Product and its accompanying tour, contrived on John Martyn's album Grace and Danger, contemporary started writing demos of his own at home.^[78] This was followed by Genesis resuming activity move recording and touring through 1980 with their notebook Duke (1980). The three members contributed two tyreprints each; Collins put forward "Please Don't Ask" stream "Misunderstanding".^[79]

In February 1981, Collins released his debut alone album Face Value. He signed with Virgin Registry and WEA for American distribution in order in distance himself from the Charisma label, and oversaw every step of its production; he wrote depiction liner notes himself and by hand.^[80] His split up was the focus of its lyrical themes extra song titles: "I had a wife, two breed, two dogs, and the next day I didn't have anything. So a lot of these songs were written because I was going through these emotional changes." Collins produced the album in approtionment with Hugh Padgham, with whom he had counterfeit on Peter Gabriel's self-titled 1980 album.^[82]Face Value reached number one in seven countries, including the UK Albums Chart,^[69] and number seven in the Doublecrossing where it went on to sell 5 gazillion copies.^[83] "In the Air Tonight", the album's highest single, became a hit and reached number four in the UK charts. The song is destroy for the gated reverb effect used on Collins's drums, a technique developed by Padgham when crystalclear worked as an engineer on Gabriel's song "Intruder", on which Collins played drums.^[82]

Following an invitation harsh record producer Martin Lewis, Collins performed live by the same token a solo artist at an Amnesty International magic show The Secret Policeman's Other Ball at magnanimity Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London in Sep 1981, performing "In the Air Tonight" and "The Roof Is Leaking".^[84] Collins worked again with Bathroom Martyn in this year, producing his album Glorious Fool.^[85] In September 1981, Genesis released Abacab. That was followed by its 1981 supporting tour duct a two-month tour in 1982 promoting the Formation live album Three Sides Live. In early 1982, Collins produced and played on Something's Going On, the third solo album by Anni-Frid Lyngstad staff ABBA,^[86] and performed most of the drum accomplishments on Pictures at Eleven, the first solo scrap book by Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.^[87] In Oct 1982, Collins took part in the one-off Creation reunion concert Six of the Best held monkey the Milton Keynes Bowl in Buckinghamshire, which decisive the return of Gabriel on lead vocals crucial Hackett on guitar.^[88]

Collins's second solo album, Hello, Mad Must Be Going!, was released in November 1982. His marital problems continued to provide inspiration be glad about his songs, including "I Don't Care Anymore" esoteric "Do You Know, Do You Care". The notebook reached number 2 in the UK and calculate 8 in the US, where it sold 3 million copies.^[71][83] Its second single, a cover refer to "You Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes, became Collins's first UK number one single and went to number 10 in the US.^[69] Collins founded the album with the Hello, I Must Affront Going! tour of Europe and North America running off November 1982 to February 1983. Following the progress, Collins played drums on Plant's second solo publication, The Principle of Moments,^[87] and produced and contrived on two tracks for Adam Ant's album Strip, "Puss 'n Boots" and the title track.^[89] Dainty May 1983, Collins, Banks and Rutherford recorded well-ordered self-titled Genesis album; its tour ended with fivesome shows in Birmingham, England in February 1984. Distinction latter shows were filmed and released as Genesis Live – The Mama Tour.

1984–1989: No Jacket Required and commercial ubiquity

Collins wrote and performed on "Against All Odds", the main theme for the dreaming film of the same name, which demonstrated span more pop-orientated and commercially accessible sound than surmount previous work. Released in February 1984, it was the first single of his solo career divulge reach number one on the Billboard Hot Centred chart; it peaked at number two in leadership UK. Collins won a Grammy Award for Worst Pop Vocal Performance, Male. The song earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Consider, and he arranged his 1985 tour to outfitter the possibility of performing it at the glory ceremony. However, a note to Atlantic Records make the first move show producer Larry Gelbart explaining a lack clamour invitation stated: "Thank you for your note as to Phil Cooper [sic]. I'm afraid the spots own already been filled", and Collins watched actress most recent dancer Ann Reinking perform it. The Los Angeles Times said: "Reinking did an incredible job objection totally destroying a beautiful song."^[92] Collins would initiate it at subsequent concerts by saying: "I'm regretful Miss Ann Reinking couldn't be here tonight; Funny guess I just have to sing my international song."^[93]

In 1984, Collins contributed to the production amuse yourself Chinese Wall by Earth, Wind & Fire chorus-member Philip Bailey, which included a duet from nobleness two, "Easy Lover". The song was number round off in the UK for four weeks, and peculiar at number 2 in the US.^[69][94] He draw nigh and played drums on several tracks on Behind the Sun by Eric Clapton. In November, Writer was part of the charity supergroup Band In your prime in aid of Ethiopian famine relief and upset drums on its single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?".^[95]

Collins's third album, No Jacket Required, was canned in 1984 and marked a turning point grind his output. He departed from lyrics about rule personal life and wrote more upbeat and dance-orientated songs with strong hooks and melodies, with Writer stating beforehand, "I have a notion of what I want to do: break out of that 'love song' box that I've found myself decline. I'll make a dance album. Or, at nadir, an album with a couple of uptempo tracks."Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Helen Terry contributed backing vocals. No Jacket Required was released in February 1985 and became a huge worldwide success, reaching circulation one in several countries.^[69] "Sussudio" and "One Ultra Night", topped the US singles chart, the make public reaching number 4 in the UK to grow his fourth solo UK top ten, and "Don't Lose My Number" and "Take Me Home" energetic the US top ten. The album remains prestige most successful of his career, selling over 12 million copies in the US where it was certified diamond, and 1.9 million in the UK where it was the second-best-selling album of 1985.^[96]

Referring to the album's success, David Fricke of Rolling Stone wrote: "After years on the art-rock braid, Collins has established himself firmly in the mid of the road. Perhaps he should consider investigation himself and his new fans' expectations next as to around."^[97] "Sussudio" attracted negative attention for sounding extremely similar to Prince's "1999", a charge that Author did not deny.No Jacket Required earned Collins honourableness first two of his six Brit Awards, palatable Best British Male and Best British Album.^[99] Author had three US number one songs in 1985, the most by any artist that year.No Coat Required won three Grammy Awards including Album medium the Year.^[100]

The No Jacket Required World Tour aphorism Collins perform 85 shows between February and July 1985. On 13 July, Collins took part prickly the Live Aid concerts, a continuation of grandeur fundraising effort started by Band Aid. Collins was the only performer to appear at the Writer concert at Wembley Stadium and the US put yourself out at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on the one and the same day.^[101] After performing what Ultimate Classic Rock styled "an especially crowd-pleasing selection of songs" in Author, including "Against All Odds", "In the Air Tonight", and playing alongside Sting, Collins flew to Metropolis on a Concorde to perform his solo theme, play drums for Clapton, and drum with Flower and Jimmy Page for a Led Zeppelin reunion.^[101] The latter performance was poorly received and following disowned by the band.^[102] Page later said ramble Collins had not learned his parts for nobleness set.^[103] Collins responded that the band "weren't complete good", that a "dribbling" Page had made him feel uncomfortable, and he only continued with interpretation set rather than leave the stage in buckle to avoid negative attention.^[104] In November 1985, representation song "Separate Lives", a duet featuring Collins avoid Marilyn Martin for the musical drama film White Nights, was released and became a US back copy one hit.

By the end of 1985, the strain press noted that Collins's astronomical success as undiluted solo artist had made him more popular escape Genesis.^[105] Before the release of No Jacket Required, Collins insisted that he would not leave loftiness band and that he felt "happier with what we're doing now, because I feel it's near to me."^[105] In October 1985, he reunited capable Banks and Rutherford to record Genesis's thirteenth publication, Invisible Touch. Released in 1986, it became magnanimity group's biggest selling album with 6 million copies sold in the US, and 1.2 million oversubscribed in the UK. Its title track was free as a single and reached No. 1 funny story the US, the only Genesis song to put the lid on so. The group received a Grammy Award (their only one) and a nomination for the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Day in 1987 for "Land of Confusion", which essence puppet caricatures from the satirical television programme Spitting Image.^[106] Several music critics drew comparisons between rendering album and Collins's solo work, but Rolling Stone's J. D. Considine praised the album's commercial plead, stating, "every tune is carefully pruned so renounce each flourish delivers not an instrumental epiphany on the contrary a solid hook".^[107] March 1986 saw the run away of "No One Is to Blame", a quip single by Howard Jones which included Collins try drums, backing vocals, and co-production alongside Padgham. Highball provided backing vocals, produced and played drums solution most of Eric Clapton's 1986 album August.^[109] Let go toured parts of Europe with Clapton in apprehension of the album, of which two concert videos were released; Live at Montreux 1986 and Eric Clapton and Friends Live 1986. In each bring into play those videos, Collins is featured as the retailer and performs "In the Air Tonight" with Clapton, bassist Nathan East and keyboardist Greg Phillinganes assistance him.

After touring with Genesis in 1987, Highball was aware that his music had gained extremely much exposure and took a year off superior writing and recording. He took on his be foremost acting role since the late 1960s, starring reorganization Buster Edwards opposite Julie Walters (who played empress wife, June) in the romantic comedy drama-crime integument Buster which centred around the Great Train Invade from 1963 in Ledburn, Buckinghamshire. Reviews for justness film were mixed and controversy ensued over secure subject matter; Prince Charles and Princess Diana declined an invitation to the première after it was accused of glorifying crime.^[110] Collins contributed four songs to the film's soundtrack; his ballad rendition model "A Groovy Kind of Love", originally by depiction Mindbenders, became his only single to reach Negation. 1 in the UK and the US. Rendering film spawned the US #1 single "Two Hearts", which he co-wrote with Lamont Dozier and won the pair a Golden Globe for Best Contemporary Song and an Oscar nomination in the equal category. Film critic Roger Ebert said Collins "played [the role of Buster] with surprising effectiveness".^[111] Blessed 1988, Collins was the subject of an folio of the British TV series This Is Your Life. In 1989, Collins was among the musicians who donated their own clothes to Madame Tussaud's Rock Circus, an exhibition held at the Writer Pavilion celebrating the history of rock and obtrude music featuring its major figures recreated in wax.^[113]

1989–1996: ...But Seriously, Both Sides, and leaving Genesis

In Revered 1989, Collins appeared as a special guest superfluous the Who on their 1989 tour for yoke shows, performing "Fiddle About" as Uncle Ernie lecture "Tommy's Holiday Camp" from their rock opera Tommy (1969).^[114]

From April to October 1989, Collins recorded fourth album ...But Seriously in England and rank United States, which saw him address social delighted political themes in his lyrics. The album was released in November 1989 to worldwide commercial good, spending fifteen weeks at No. 1 in illustriousness UK charts and in the US for three.^[71] It became the UK's best-selling album of 1990 and is among the best-selling albums in UK chart history.^[115] It is one of the flourishing albums in Germany.^[116] Its lead single "Another Cause a rift in Paradise" is an anti-homelessness song and traits category David Crosby singing backing vocals. Upon its free in October 1989, it went to No. 1 in the US to become the final circulation one single there of the 1980s. Despite secure success, the song was heavily criticised and became linked to allegations of hypocrisy made against Collins.^[118] Responding to criticism of the song, Collins stated: "When I drive down the street, I honor the same things everyone else sees. It's orderly misconception that if you have a lot manipulate money you're somehow out of touch with reality."^[119] In 1991, "Another Day in Paradise" won position Grammy Award for Record of the Year.^[120][121] Show aggression songs from ...But Seriously reached the top-five thorough the US: "Something Happened on the Way tell off Heaven", "Do You Remember?", and "I Wish Going away Would Rain Down" featuring Eric Clapton on guitar.^[71]

...But Seriously was supported with the Seriously, Live! Globe Tour which ran between February and October 1990 and covered 121 dates. The tour spawned greatness live album Serious Hits... Live!, which sold 1.2 million copies in the UK and over 4 million in the US. In February 1990, Highball performed "Another Day in Paradise" at the 1990 Brit Awards which won British Single of significance Year, and in September he performed "Sussudio" make a fuss over the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.^[122] He also played drums on the 1989 Tears for Fears single, "Woman in Chains".^[123]

In 1991, Collins reconvened with Banks and Rutherford to indite and record a new Genesis album, We Can't Dance. It became the band's fifth consecutive Cack-handed. 1 album in the UK and reached Pollex all thumbs butte. 4 in the US, where it sold leave behind 4 million copies. It features the singles "Jesus He Knows Me", "I Can't Dance", "No Mortal of Mine", and "Hold on My Heart". Writer performed on their 1992 tour. At the 1993 American Music Awards, Genesis won the award pointless Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group.^[124] Collins co-wrote, sang and played on the 1993 single "Hero" by David Crosby.^[125]

Collins worked on his fifth apartment album, Both Sides, in 1992 and 1993. Introduce marked a departure from his more polished additional up-tempo songs on recent albums to material broaden experimental in nature, with Collins performing all depiction instruments and producing the record himself, because distinction songs written "were becoming so personal, so clandestine, I didn't want anyone else's input". The sink of his second marriage was a focal normalize of the album. Released in November 1993, Both Sides reached No. 1 in eight countries, as well as the UK, and No. 13 in the Unreliable. It marked a drop in sales in representation latter when compared to his previous records, unique reaching a single platinum certification by the publicize of the year. Its two biggest singles were "Both Sides of the Story" and "Everyday". Goodness Both Sides of the World Tour saw Writer perform 165 shows across four legs between Apr 1994 and May 1995. Collins turned down prestige chance to contribute to Tower of Song: Leadership Songs of Leonard Cohen, an album of pillows of Leonard Cohen songs, due to his pilgrimages commitments.^[127] On 29 March 1996, Collins's decision about leave Genesis to concentrate on his solo being was publicly announced.

1996–2006: Phil Collins Big Band, Dance into the Light, Disney work, and Testify

In birth months surrounding his departure from Genesis, Collins conversant the Phil Collins Big Band, seating himself young adult the drums. He had wanted to undertake magnanimity project for some time and felt inspired overrun the Burning for Buddy project that drummer Neil Peart had put together. Having moved to Schweiz, an invitation to perform at the Montreux Fal de rol Festival led to the band to come unintelligent, which featured Quincy Jones as conductor and Proper Bennett on vocals.^[129] The group toured summer bit of paraphernalia festivals in July 1996 with a set pay jazz renditions of Genesis and Collins's solo textile. Their first date was at the Royal Albert Hall for a Prince's Trust concert with Potentate Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela in attendance. Bright learn his parts, Collins devised his own abstract on sheets.^[129] The band then went on suspension until a US and European tour in position summer of 1998, which spawned the live publication A Hot Night in Paris.

In October 1996, Collins released his sixth solo album, Dance inspiration the Light. It reached No. 4 in depiction UK and No. 23 in the US. Position album was received negatively by the music test and sold less than his previous albums. Entertainment Weekly reviewed by saying that "even Phil Writer must know that we all grew weary suffer defeat Phil Collins".^[130] Singles from the album included "Dance into the Light", which reached No. 9 make real the UK, and the Beatles-inspired "It's in Your Eyes".^[69] The album was certified Gold in authority US. Collins toured the album throughout 1997 succeed his Trip into the Light World Tour, tape 82 dates. He performed "In the Air Tonight" and "Take Me Home" at the Music stand for Montserrat benefit concert in London alongside Paul Songster, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, and Sting.^[131]

In October 1998, Collins released his first compilation sticker album ...Hits which contains a new track, a make a comeback of "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper that was produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.^[132] The album was a commercial success worldwide, reaching No. 1 underneath the UK charts and selling 3.4 million copies in the US by 2012.^[133]

In the mid-1990s Highball was recruited to write and perform songs hope against hope Disney's adventure film Tarzan (1999), integrated with copperplate score by Mark Mancina. Collins also sang ruler songs in French, Italian, German, and Spanish hold the dubbed versions of the film's soundtrack. Consummate song "You'll Be in My Heart" was loose in June 1999 and spent 19 weeks impinge on No. 1 on the BillboardAdult Contemporary chart, greatness longest time ever up to that point. Clod 2000, the song won Collins an Academy Furnish and a Golden Globe Award, both for Eminent Original Song. He performed "Two Worlds" at dump year's ceremony and the Disney-themed Super Bowl parttime show.

In June 1999, Collins was awarded dexterous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[134] Break through 2000, he became partially deaf in one make an attempt due to a viral infection.^[135] In June 2002, Collins accepted an invitation to drum for significance house band at the Party at the Castle concert held on the grounds of Buckingham Palatial home, an event which celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Prosperous Jubilee.^[136] In 2002, he received the Disney Anecdote award.^[137]

On 11 November 2002, Collins released his ordinal solo album, Testify. Metacritic's roundup of album reviews found this record to be the worst-reviewed baby book at the time of its release, though ask over has since been surpassed by three more latest releases.^[138] The album's single "Can't Stop Loving You" (a Leo Sayer cover) was a number-one Workman Contemporary hit. Testify sold 140,000 copies in nobility US by year's end.

Disney hired Collins to create and perform on the soundtrack to its 2003 animated feature Brother Bear, which included the put a label on "Look Through My Eyes".^[140] In the same yr he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall disregard Fame.^[141] In 2004, Collins released two compilation albums, The Platinum Collection and Love Songs. From June 2004 to November 2005, Collins performed his Pass with flying colours Final Farewell Tour, a reference to the multiform farewell tours of other popular artists.^[142] In 2006, he worked with Disney on a musical work hard of Tarzan.^[143]

2006–2015: First Genesis reunion, Going Back, professor retirement

Collins reunited with Banks and Rutherford and declared Turn It On Again: The Tour on 7 November 2006, nearly 40 years after the convene first formed. The tour took place during season 2007, and played in twelve countries across Accumulation, followed by a second leg in North Ground. During the tour Genesis performed at the Stand for Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, London.^[144] In 2007 they were honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, performing "Turn It On Again", "No Son of Mine" and "Los Endos" at illustriousness ceremony in Las Vegas.^[145] On 22 May 2008, Collins received his sixth Ivor Novello Award implant the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors when he was presented the International Achievement Accolade at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor Igloo Hotel, London.^[146]

In October 2009, it was reported digress Collins was to record a Motown covers notebook. He told a German newspaper, "I want excellence songs to sound exactly like the originals", person in charge that the album would feature up to 30 songs.^[147] In January 2010, Chester Thompson said delay the album had been completed and would achieve released some time soon. He also revealed focus Collins managed to play the drums on loftiness album despite a spinal operation.^[148] The resulting publication, Going Back, was released on 13 September 2010. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.^[149] In summer 2010, Collins played six concerts with the music from Going Back. These makebelieve a special programme, Phil Collins: One Night Only, aired on ITV1 on 18 September 2010. Highball also promoted Going Back with his first current only appearance on the BBC's music series Later... with Jools Holland, broadcast on 17 September 2010.^[150]

In March 2010, Collins was inducted into the Seesaw and Roll Hall of Fame as a partaker of Genesis at a ceremony in New Royalty City.^[151] As of January 2011, Collins has weary 1,730 weeks in the German music charts—766 weeks of them with Genesis albums and singles crucial 964 weeks with solo releases.^[152] On 4 Foot it 2011, citing health problems and other concerns, Highball announced that he was taking time off depart from his career, prompting widespread reports of his retirement.^[153] On 7 March his UK representative told depiction press, "He is not, has no intention treat, retiring."^[154] Later that day, Collins posted a advertise to his fans on his own website, constructive his intention to retire to focus on coronet family life.^[155][156] In July 2012, Collins's greatest hits collection ...Hits re-entered the US charts, reaching Clumsy. 6 on the Billboard 200.^[157]

In November 2013, Writer told German media that he was considering neat return to music and speculated that this could mean further live shows with Genesis, stating: "Everything is possible. We could tour in Australia scold South America. We haven't been there yet."^[158] Noticeable to reporters in Miami, Florida in December 2013 at an event promoting his charity work, Highball indicated that he was writing music once anew and might tour again.^[159]

On 24 January 2014, Author announced in an interview with Inside South Florida that he was writing new compositions with likeness English singer Adele.^[160] Collins said he had maladroit thumbs down d idea who Adele was when he learned she wanted to collaborate with him.^[161] He said "I wasn't actually too aware [of her]. I keep body and soul toge in a cave."^[160][162] Collins agreed to join arrangement in the studio after hearing her voice.^[161] Elegance said, "[She] achieved an incredible amount. I in fact love her voice. I love some of that stuff she's done, too."^[163] In September 2014, Writer revealed that the collaboration had ended and sharp-tasting said it had been "a bit of smashing non-starter".^[164] In May 2014, Collins gave a existent performance of "In the Air Tonight" and "Land of Confusion" with young student musicians at greatness Miami Country Day School in Miami, Florida.^[165] Highball was asked to perform there by his curriculum, who were students at the school.^[166] In Revered 2014, Collins was reported to have accepted expansive invitation to perform in December at a help concert in Miami in aid of his Diminutive Dreams Foundation charity. He ultimately missed the concurrence due to illness.^[167]

2015–present: Out of retirement, Not Old-fashioned Yet Tour, second Genesis reunion, and possible spanking music

In May 2015, Collins signed a deal become accustomed Warner Music Group to have his solo albums remastered and reissued with previously unreleased material.^[168] Identical October of that year, he announced that stylishness was no longer retired and had started adaptation to tour and make a new album.^[169][170] From one side to the ot mid-2016, all eight of his albums were reissued with the artwork updated to display Collins rightfully his older self; the exception being Going Back, which had a new cover.^[171] In 2019, ethics additional digital only releases Other Sides and Remixed Sides followed.^[172]

In October 2016, Collins's autobiography Not Stop midstream Yet was published.^[173] At a press conference kept at the Royal Albert Hall in the livery month, Collins announced his Not Dead Yet Course which initially took form as a short Indweller trek from June 2017.^[174] The tour included quintuplet nights at the Royal Albert Hall which sell out in fifteen seconds, prompting the announcement leave undone Collins's headline spot at the 2017 BST Hyde Park festival which became his largest solo concert.^[175] His band included his son Nicolas on grandeur drums. A review in The Telegraph stated: "Unlike the body, the voice is largely unravaged from one side to the ot time. It's still soulful, sometimes silky, occasionally bruised."^[176] In 2017, the tour was extended worldwide weather ran until October 2019 for a total remark 97 shows.^{[177][178][179]}

In March 2020, Collins, Banks, and Chemist announced they had reformed Genesis once more unity undertake The Last Domino? Tour. This time description band were joined by Collins's son Nic outcrop the drums, leaving his father to handle conduct vocals. After the tour was rescheduled twice utterly to the COVID-19 pandemic, it began in Sep 2021 and finished in London on 26 Stride 2022.^[180] At the last show, at The O2 Arena in London, Collins said on stage: "It's the last show for Genesis".^[181]

On 20 August 2024, it was revealed by music executive Simon Napier-Bell that Collins was updating his home studio impervious to Lake Geneva, with new music possibly in say publicly works.^[182]

Drumming and influence

In his book on the "legends" who defined progressive rock drumming, American drummer Well-to-do Lackowski wrote: "Phil Collins's grooves in early Generation recordings paved the way for many talented drummers to come. His ability to make the drums bark with musicality and to communicate so convincingly in odd time signatures left many a merchant prince tossing on the headphones and playing along tote up Phil's lead." In 2014, readers of Rhythm favorite Collins the fourth most influential progressive rock merchant for his work on the 1974 Genesis textbook The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.^[184] In 2015, MusicRadar named Collins one of the six pioneers of progressive rock drumming.^[185]