Phil Collins - Did You Know?
June 13, 2018Music facts, music trivia, interesting stories and much more. Introducing the "Did You Know" page about English singer, songwriter, drummer, record producer and actor, Phil Collins.
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Phil Collins is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, record producer and actor. Collins was the drummer and singer of the rock band Genesis and is also a very succesful solo artist.
Phil Collins knew he wanted to be a drummer ever since he received a toy drum for Christmas when he was only 5 years old. As a child, Collins wanted to play music so badly, that he taught himself how to play the drums. He even developed his own system of musical notation.
Phil Collins is very talented. He sings, plays the drums, plays the piano, acts and he is even an accomplished producer. He has recorded 8 studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the U.S. and an estimated 150 million all over the world, which makes him one of the world's best-selling artists.
Phil Collins is one of only two recording artist (the other being Paul McCartney), who have sold more than 100 million records all over the world, both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band.
He has won 8 Grammy Awards, 6 Brit Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, 1 Academy Award and a Disney Legend Award. Collins also received 6 Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the International Achievement Award.
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The song "Another Day In Paradise" by Phil Collins began at the piano.
Collins started playing and put it down on a tape so he wouldn't forget it. Then, he decided to see what would happen when he started singing.
When Collins began singing, the words just came out. He didn't intend to write a song about the homeless. Those were just the words he happened to sing.
It was only then that Collins decided that was what the song would be about, as the song addresses the consequences of ignoring the homeless and the needy.
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