1951 - Today
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer, songwriter, and record producer, 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phil Collins has received more than 14,168,855 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Phil Collins is the 44th most popular singer (down from 28th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 165th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Singer.
Phil Collins is most famous for his work with Genesis, as well as his solo career. He has won seven Grammy Awards and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Among singers, Phil Collins ranks 44 out of 3,541. Before him are Jacques Brel, Nina Simone, Amanda Lear, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Cocker, and Mireille Mathieu. After him are Ella Fitzgerald, Eminem, Agnetha Fältskog, Stevie Wonder, Toto Cutugno, and Kurt Cobain.
1929 - 1978
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 38
1933 - 2003
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 39
1939 - Present
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 40
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 41
1944 - 2014
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 43
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 44
1917 - 1996
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 45
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 46
1950 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 47
1950 - Present
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 48
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 49
1967 - 1994
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 50
Among people born in 1951, Phil Collins ranks 3. Before him are Robin Williams and Ilona Staller. After him are Sting, John Deacon, Geoffrey Rush, Michelle Bachelet, Louis van Gaal, Kurt Russell, Anatoly Karpov, Stellan Skarsgård, and Mohamed Morsi.
1951 - 2014
HPI: 82.71
Rank: 1
1951 - Present
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 2
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 7
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 11
1951 - 2019
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Phil Collins ranks 253 out of 6,924. Before him are John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), Roger Waters (1943), J. M. Barrie (1860), Jimmy Page (1944), Tristan (535), and Tim Berners-Lee (1955). After him are Bede (672), William Morris (1834), Henry Moore (1898), Sting (1951), Alcuin (735), and Alan Parker (1944).
1842 - 1919
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 247
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 248
1860 - 1937
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 249
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 250
535 - 585
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 251
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 252
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 253
672 - 735
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 254
1834 - 1896
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 255
1898 - 1986
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 256
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 257
735 - 804
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 258
1944 - 2020
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 259
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Phil Collins ranks 6. Before him are David Bowie (1947), Mick Jagger (1943), Brian Johnson (1947), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), and Joe Cocker (1944). After him are Marianne Faithfull (1946), Rod Stewart (1945), George Michael (1963), Ian Gillan (1945), Bonnie Tyler (1951), and Robert Plant (1948).
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 3
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 4
1944 - 2014
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 8
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 9
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 12