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Phil Collins
of Genesis
Since 1951
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Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is best known as the drummer and later lead vocalist of the rock band Genesis, and for his highly successful career as a solo artist. Between 1982 and 1990, Collins achieved three UK and seven US number-one singles as a solo performer. His work with Genesis, his solo material, and collaborations with other prominent musicians resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s.
Born and raised in West London, Collins began playing drums at age five and completed training at a professional drama school. As a child actor, he secured stage and film roles, most notably playing the Artful Dodger in the West End production of the musical Oliver!. He transitioned fully to a professional music career in 1970 upon joining Genesis as their drummer. Following the departure of original frontman Peter Gabriel in 1975, Collins assumed lead vocal duties for their most commercially successful era, spanning progressive rock into mainstream pop rock until his departure in 1996 to pursue solo projects. He returned for their reunion tours in 2007 and in 2021–2022, their final as a band. Concurrently, he performed as the drummer for the jazz fusion band Brand X (1975–1979) and formed the Phil Collins Big Band in 1996.
Collins launched his solo career with the release of Face Value (1981), an album heavily influenced by his first marital breakdown and a deep affinity for soul music. This was followed by the multi-platinum albums Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982), No Jacket Required (1985), and ...But Seriously (1989), as well as international hit singles such as "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "Sussudio", and "Another Day in Paradise". He also became widely recognised for his distinctive "gated reverb" drum sound, which became part of 1980s pop and rock production. Following a five-year hiatus to focus on his family life, Collins returned in 2016 to release his memoir and completed the Not Dead Yet Tour.
One of the world's best-selling music artists, Collins has sold an estimated 150 million records worldwide across his solo and group career. He is one of only three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, to have sold over 100 million albums both as a solo entity and separately as a principal member of a band. His extensive accolades include eight Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards and Ivor Novello Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award for the music of Disney's Tarzan (1999). Ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012. Collins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010 and will be inducted as a solo artist in November 2026.
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Phil Collins, né le 30 janvier 1951 à Chiswick (Royaume-Uni), est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, acteur et producteur britannique. Connu en tant que batteur et chanteur du groupe Genesis, il a eu une carrière solo prolifique, de 1981 à 1996, qu'il mène en parallèle. C'est également un musicien accompli qui joue de plusieurs instruments : la batterie et les percussions sont ses instruments de base, mais il joue aussi des claviers, de la guitare et de la basse.
Bercé par les rythmes soul et doo-wop des groupes Motown et par la pop des Beatles, Phil Collins commence sa carrière professionnelle de batteur en 1968, au sein du groupe Freehold avec lequel il produit un single Lying, Crying, Dying/The Sandman, Par la suite, il fonde un autre groupe, d'abord nommé Hickory, avec son ami Ronnie Caryl à la guitare, Brian Chatton aux claviers et Gordon Smith à la basse. Le groupe change ensuite de nom pour Flaming Youth et publie un album intitulé Ark 2. Malgré quelques apparitions télé et des critiques favorables, Flaming Youth se sépare en 1970. Peu de temps après, Phil Collins devient membre de Genesis, groupe de rock progressif fondé en 1967. À l'origine uniquement batteur et choriste de la formation, c'est à la suite du départ en 1975 du chanteur Peter Gabriel que Phil Collins devient par défaut, en 1976, la voix de Genesis. Le groupe s'adjoint un deuxième batteur pour les tournées (Bill Bruford en 1976, Chester Thompson à partir de 1977, et son propre fils Nicholas Collins à partir de 2020). À partir des succès tels que Follow You Follow Me en 1978, Genesis, réduit à un trio, connaît sa plus grande période de réussite commerciale jusqu'au début des années 1990. Encensé par le triomphe de sa carrière solo, il se détache de son poste au sein du groupe en 1996, dans lequel il est brièvement remplacé par Ray Wilson. Toutefois, Genesis se reforme avec Phil Collins en 2007 pour une grande tournée mondiale.
À partir de cette année, Phil Collins connaît des problèmes de santé depuis qu'il s'est blessé à la colonne vertébrale, ce qui l'empêche de jouer de la batterie. Après avoir annoncé sa retraite, il revient sur le devant de la scène en 2016. De 2017 à 2019, il repart en tournée avec son fils Nicholas. À l'automne 2021, Genesis est de retour avec la tournée The Last Domino? Tour, la dernière de la carrière de Phil Collins qui chante assis sur une chaise, accompagné par son fils Nicholas à la batterie. Le 23 avril 2018, il publie son autobiographie intitulée Not dead yet, dans laquelle il se livre simplement en faisant un retour sur sa carrière.
Ses chansons ayant connu le plus de succès sont : In the Air Tonight, Against All Odds, Another Day in Paradise, One More Night, Easy Lover, Something Happened on the Way to Heaven, Do You Remember?, Two Hearts, Take Me Home, Sussudio.
Phil Collins est récompensé par huit Grammy Awards, un Oscar et deux Golden Globes. Il a son étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Discography
Albums
- 1981 Face Value
- 1982 Hello, I Must Be Going!
- 1985 No Jacket Required
- 1989 …But Seriously
- 1993 Both Sides
- 1996 Dance Lessons: The DITL Demos
- 1996 Dance Into the Light
- 1999 Tarzan (De Originele Nederlandse Soundtrack)
- 2002 Testify
- 2010 Going Back
EPs
- 1997 You Ought to Know…
Singles
- 1981 This Must Be Love
- 1981 In the Air Tonight
- 1981 I Missed Again
- 1981 If Leaving Me Is Easy
- 1981 Thunder and Lightning
- 1982 The Secret Policeman's Concert
- 1982 Thru’ These Walls
- 1982 You Can’t Hurry Love
- 1983 You Can't Hurry Love / Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)
- 1983 I Don’t Care Anymore
- 1983 Don’t Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
- 1983 I Cannot Believe It’s True
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- 1983 Why Can’t It Wait ’Til Morning
- 1984 Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
- 1984 Easy Lover
- 1985 Don’t Lose My Number / We Said Hello Goodbye
- 1985 Separate Lives
- 1985 Take Me Home
- 1985 Sussudio
- 1985 One More Night
- 1985 Don’t Lose My Number
- 1989 Another Day in Paradise
- 1990 Do You Remember?
- 1990 Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
- 1990 That’s Just the Way It Is
- 1990 I Wish It Would Rain Down
- 1990 Hang In Long Enough
- 1993 Both Sides of the Story
- 1993 Everyday
- 1993 Hero
- 1994 We Wait and We Wonder
- 1996 It’s in Your Eyes
- 1996 Dance Into the Light
- 1997 No Matter Who
- 1997 Wear My Hat
- 1997 The Same Moon
- 1998 True Colors
- 2001 Can’t Stop Loving You
- 2001 In the Air Tonite
- 2003 Wake Up Call
- 2003 The Least You Can Do
- 2003 Home
- 2004 True Colours
- 2009 In the Kraftwerk Tonight
- 2010 (Love Is Like a) Heatwave
- 2010 Going Back
- 2011 Tearing and Breaking
- 2025 Sussudio (demo)
- 2026 Tomorrow Never Knows (Outtake)