  Phil Collins was born January
30, 1951 in London. As a drummer, Collins
played with several small bands before
becoming a member of Genesis in 1970. In 1975,
Collins left Genesis and went solo.
 # 45
Singles Artist of the Year
Collins released his debut solo
LP Face
Value.
 Collins hit the Top 40 solo for
the first time with "I Missed Again."
Face
Value was certified gold.
 Collins hit the Top 40 with
"In The Air Tonight."
Collins released Hello
I Must Be Going.
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"You Can't Hurry Love."
 # 48
Singles Artist of the Year
 Collins hit the Top 10 with "You Can't Hurry Love."
Hello
I Must Be Going was certified gold.
 # 30
Singles Artist of the Year
Collins was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Rock Performance, Solo ("I Don't Care
Anymore").
 Collins hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Against All Odds (Take
A Look At Me Now)"
from the Against
All Odds soundtrack
ARC chart run: 33 - 19 - 10 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 19 - 33 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
The single "Against All Odds (Take
A Look At Me Now)" was certified gold.
 Collins hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Against All Odds (Take
A Look At Me Now)" from the Against
All Odds soundtrack.
 Collins was nominated 3 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Video ("Easy
Lover" with Phillip Bailey),
and Favorite Pop/Rock Album.
Collins was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Song ("Against All Odds (Take
A Look At Me Now)").
 Collins released No
Jacket Required.
Collins hit #1 with Phillip
Bailey on "Easy Lover"
from Phillip Bailey's Chinese
Wall.
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"One More Night."
Collins won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me
Now") and was nominated for Song of the Year (songwriter)
("Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me
Now").
 Collins hit #1 for a week with "One More Night."
Hello
I Must Be Going was certified platinum.
No
Jacket Required was certified
platinum.
 Collins hit the Top 10 with Marilyn
Martin with "Separate
Lives" from the White
Nights soundtrack.
No
Jacket Required was certified 2x
platinum.
No
Jacket Required was certified 3x
platinum.
Face
Value was certified
platinum.
The video for
"Easy Lover" with Philip
Bailey won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Overall Performance. .
No
Jacket Required was certified 4x
platinum.
 # 67
Singles Artist of the Year
Face
Value was certified 2x
platinum.
Phil was nominated for
5 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock
Video ("Easy Lover" with Phillip
Bailey), Favorite Pop/Rock Male
Video Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Video Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (No
Jacket Required).
 Collins won 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male (No
Jacket Required), and Producer of the Year
(with Hugh Padgham) and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Easy Lover" with Philip
Bailey).
Collins hit the Top 10 with "Take Me
Home."
No
Jacket Required was certified 5x
platinum.
 The video for "Easy
Lover" with Phillip Bailey
won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Stage Performance and
"Take Me Home" was nominated for Best Male Video.
 # 35
Singles Artist of the Year
Collins
released a remix LP 12"ers.
 Collins hit #1
for 2 weeks with "Groovy Kind Of
Love" from the soundtrack to Buster. Collins also starred
in the movie.
 # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
Collins hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Two Hearts" from the soundtrack to
Buster.
The single
"A Groovy Kind Of Love" was
certified gold.
The Buster soundtrack was
certified gold.
Collins was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Song ("Two
Hearts").
 Collins won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written
for a Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media (songwriter) ("Two
Hearts") and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("A Groovy Kind Of Love").
Collins was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Original ("Two Hearts").
 Collins released But
Seriously.
Collins hit the
Top 40 and Top 10 with "Another Day In Paradise."
Collins hit #1 for 3 weeks with "Another Day In Paradise."
The single
"Another Day In Paradise" was certified
gold.
 No
Jacket Required was certified 6x
platinum, Face
Value was certified 3x
platinum, and Hello
I Must Be Going was certified 2x platinum.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
But
Seriously was certified 2x platinum.
 Collins hit the Top 40 with
"I Wish It Would Rain
Down."
Collins hit the Top 10 with "I Wish It Would Rain
Down."
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"Do You Remember?"
Collins hit the Top 10 with "Do You Remember?"
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"Something Happened On
The Way To Heaven."
But
Seriously was certified 3x platinum.
The singles "Sussudio"
and "One More Night" were certified
gold.
Collins hit the Top 10 with "Something Happened On
The Way To Heaven."
 Collins released the live LP Serious
Hits Live.
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"Hang In Long Enough."
Face
Value was certified 4x
platinum and Serious
Hits Live was certified gold.
 # 154
Singles Artist of the Year
Serious
Hits Live was certified platinum.
Collins won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (But
Seriously).
Collins won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year ("Another Day In Paradise") and was
nominated for Album of the Year (But
Seriously), Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male, Best Music Video, Short Form, and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Another Day In Paradise"), Best Pop Instrumental
Performance ("Saturday Night And
Sunday Morning"), Best Music Video, Long Form (The Singles
Collection), and Producer of the Year
(with Hugh Padgham).
No
Jacket Required was certified 7x
platinum.
The single "In The Air Tonight" was certified
gold.
 # 75
Singles Artist of the Year
Collins hit the Top 40 with David
Crosby with "Hero."
 Collins hit the Top 40 with
"Both Sides Of The Story."
Collins released Both
Sides.
Collins hit the Top 10 with "Both Sides Of The Story."
Both
Sides was certified platinum.
 # 102
Singles Artist of the Year
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"Everyday."
Serious
Hits Live was certified 2x platinum.
But
Seriously was certified 4x platinum.
Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers included Collins with
the Top Hot Adult Contemporary Track ("Everyday").
 # 119
Singles Artist of the Year
 Collins released Dance
Into The Light.
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"Dance Into The Light."
Dance
Into The Light was certified gold.
Hello
I Must Be Going was certified 3x platinum.
 # 165
Singles Artist of the Year
 Collins released a hit
compilation - Hits.
Hits was certified gold
Collins hit the Top 40 with
"True Colors."
 # 120
Singles Artist of the Year
 Collins won an American Music
Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary
Artist.
No
Jacket Required was certified 10x
platinum, Face
Value was certified 5x
platinum, and Serious
Hits Live was certified 4x platinum.
 Collins released the live LP A
Hot Night In Paris and the Tarzan soundtrack.
The Tarzan soundtrack was
certified platinum.
The Tarzan soundtrack was
certified 2x platinum.
Collins was named the
38th biggest-selling Artist of the
Century.
 Collins won an American Music
Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary
Artist.
Collins won an
Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best
Song ("You'll Be In My Heart").
Collins won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack
Album (Tarzan) and was nominated for
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture,
Television or Other Visual Media (songwriter)
("You'll Be In My Heart").
 No
Jacket Required was certified 12x
platinum and Hits was certified 2x
platinum.
Collins released Testify.
 Collins released Love
Songs - A Compilation... Old & New.
# 14 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "In The Air Tonight" at # 35.
 Love
Songs - A Compilation... Old & New was certified gold.
Collins released Going
Back.
 Collins topped the UK
LP charts with Going
Back.
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Face Value
Released: February, 1981
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "In The Air Tonight" - "This
Must Be Love" - "Behind The
Lines" - "The Roof Is
Leaking" - "Droned" -
"Hand In Hand" - "I Missed
Again" - "You Know What I
Mean" - "Thunder &
Lightning" - "I'm Not
Moving" - "If Leaving Me Is
Easy" - "Tomorrow Never
Knows" |
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Hello I Must Be Going
Released: November, 1982
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "I Don't
Care Anymore" - "I Cannot
Believe It's True" - "Like
China" - "Do You Know, Do You
Care?" - "You Can't Hurry
Love" - "It Don't
Matter To Me" - "Thru These
Walls" - "Don't Let Him Steal
Your Heart Away" - "The West
Side" - "Why Can't It Wait 'Til
Morning" |
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No Jacket Required
Released: February, 1985
US: 12x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks:
"Sussudio" - "Only You
Know And I Know" - "I Don't
Wanna Know" - "One More Night" -
"Don't Lose My Number" -
"Who Said I Would" -
"Doesn't Anybody Stay Together
Anymore" - "Inside Out" -
"Take Me Home" - "We Said
Hello Goodbye" |
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12"ers
Released: January, 1988
12" Mix Tracks: "Take Me
Home" - "Sussudio" -
"Who Said I Would" - "Only
You Know And I Know" - "Don't
Lose My Number" - "One More Night" |
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Buster soundtrack
Released: 1988
US: Gold
Phil Collins Tracks: "Two
Hearts" - "Big Noise" -
"Groovy Kind Of Love" |
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...But Seriously
Released: November, 1989
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Hang In Long Enough" -
"That's Just The Way It Is" -
"Do You Remember?" - "Something Happened
On The Way To Heaven" -
"Colours" - "I Wish It Would
Rain Down" - "Another Day In
Paradise" - "Heat On The
Street" - "All Of My Life"
- "Saturday Night And Sunday
Morning" - "Father To Son"
- "Find A Way To My Heart" |
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Serious Hits Live
Released: November, 1990
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Live Tracks: "Something Happened
On The Way To Heaven" - "Against All Odds
(Take A Look At Me Now)" - "Who
Said I Would" - "One More Night" -
"Don't Lose My Number" - "Do You Remember" - "Another Day In
Paradise" - "Separate
Lives" - "In The Air Tonight" - "You Can't Hurry
Love" - "Two
Hearts" - "Sussudio" -
"Groovy Kind Of Love" -
"Easy Lover" - "Take Me
Home" |
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Both Sides
Released: November, 1993
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Both Sides Of The
Story" - "Can't Turn
Back The Years" - "Everyday" - "I've
Forgotten Everything" - "We're
Sons Of Our Fathers" - "Can't
Find My Way" - "Survivors"
- "We Fly So Close" -
"There's A Place For Us" -
"We Wait And We Wonder" -
"Please Come Out Tonight" |
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Dance Into The Light
Released: October, 1996
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 23
Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Dance Into The
Light" - "That's What
You Said" - "Lorenzo" -
"Just Another Story" -
"Love Police" - "Wear My
Hat" - "It's In Your Eyes"
- "Oughta Know By Now" -
"Take Me Down" - "The Same
Moon" - "River So Wide" -
"No Matter Who" - "The
Times They Are A-Changin'" |
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Hits
Released: October, 1998
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Another Day In
Paradise" - "True Colors" - "Easy
Lover" - "You Can't Hurry
Love" - "Two
Hearts" - "I Wish It Would
Rain Down" - "Against All Odds
(Take A Look At Me Now)" - "Something Happened
On The Way To Heaven" -
"Separate Lives" - "Both
Side Of The Story" - "One More Night" -
"Sussudio" - "Dance Into The
Light" - "Groovy Kind
of Love" - "In The Air Tonight" - "Take
Me Home" |
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A Hot Night In Paris
Released: May, 1999
Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Live Tracks:
"Sussudio" - "That's
All" - "Invisible Touch" -
"Hold On My Heart" -
"Chips And Salsa" - "I
Don't Care Anymore" -
"Milestones" - "Against All Odds
(Take A Look At Me Now)" - "Pick
Up The Pieces" - "The Los Endos
Suite" |
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Tarzan soundtrack
Released: May, 1999
US: 2x Platinum
Collins Tracks: "Trashin'
The Camp" (with 'N Sync) -
"You'll Be In My Heart" -
"Two Worlds" |
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Testify
Released: November, 2002
Tracks: "Wake Up
Call" - "Come With Me" -
"Testify" - "Don't Get Me
Started" - "Swing Low" -
"It's Not Too Late" -
"This Love This Heart" -
"Driving Me Crazy" - "The
Least You Can Do" - "Can't Stop
Loving You" - "Thru My
Eyes" - "You Touch My
Heart" |
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Love Songs - A
Compilation... Old & New
Released: November, 2004
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 51
Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks: "Tearing And
Breaking" - "Do You Remember?" - "One More Night" - "Against All Odds
(Take A Look At Me Now)" -
"Can't Turn Back The years" -
"Groovy Kind Of Love" - "Everyday" -
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart
Away" - "Please Come Out
Tonight" - "This Must Be
Love" - "It's In Your
Eyes" - "Can't Stop Loving
You" - "Testify" - "True Colors" -
"You'll Be In My Heart" -
"If Leaving Me Is Easy" -
"I've Been Trying" - "I've
Forgotten Everything" -
"Somewhere" - "Least You
Can Do" - "Two Hearts" -
"Separate Lives" (live) -
"My Girl" (live) -
"Always" (live) - "The Way
You Look Tonight" (live) |
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Going Back
Released: September, 2010
Tracks: "Girl (Why
You Wanna Make Me Blue)" -
"(Love Is Like A) Heatwave" -
"Uptight (Everything's
Alright)" - "Some Of Your
Lovin'" - "In My Lonely
Room" - "Take Me In Your
Arms" - "Blame It On The
Sun" - "Papa Was A Rolling
Stone" - "Never Dreamed You'd
Leave In Summer" - "Standing In
The Shadows Of Love" - "Do I
Love You" - "Jimmy Mack" -
"Something About You" -
"Love Is Here And Now You're
Gone" - "Loving You Is Sweeter
Than Ever" - "Going To A
Go-Go" - "Talking About My
Baby" - "Going Back" |
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Take A Look At Me Now
Released: January 29, 2016 |
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Plays Well With Others
Released: September 28,
2018 |
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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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