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Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel
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About

Peter Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, Chobham, Surrey) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and human rights activist. He rose to fame as the theatrical frontman of Genesis from 1967 to 1975, then built a solo career that produced landmark albums such as So (1986) and the 2023 comeback i/o - his first record of new original material in over 21 years, which topped the UK Albums Chart. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a Genesis member and as a solo artist), he is also the founder of the WOMAD world-music festival and Real World Records.

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i/o UK Albums Chart peak (Dec 2023)
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Grammy Awards won (career total)

What's new

  • 2026-06

    Gabriel continues releasing monthly singles from his new album o\i, with six tracks out by end of May 2026, each tied to the full moon.

  • 2026-01

    Peter Gabriel announced his eleventh studio album o\i on 3 January 2026, launching the project with the single 'Been Undone' on the Wolf Moon.

  • 2025-02

    Gabriel revealed the title of his next album, o\i, in a February 2025 interview with Mojo magazine.

  • 2025-02

    i/o won two Grammy Awards at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in February 2025, in the categories Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) and Best Immersive Audio Album.

  • 2023-12

    i/o debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart in December 2023 - Gabriel's first chart-topper in the UK since So in 1986.

Tracks

Sledgehammer1986 US #1 single; 13 MTV Video Music Awards, most awarded video in MTV history at the time
In Your Eyesfrom So (1986); iconic ballad, widely known from the film Say Anything (1989)
Solsbury Hilldebut solo single (1977); written about his departure from Genesis
Don't Give Upduet with Kate Bush from So (1986); one of his most beloved collaborations
i/otitle track of the 2023 UK #1 album; first new original material in over 21 years

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