No. 1 solo before No. 1 as a group member

[BROWNJB1]

Throughout the rock era, many artists who were member of successful groups hit No. 1 as member of those groups before hittlng No. 1 as a solo artists. The other day, I was asking myself, if any artist have hit No. 1 as a solo artist, before hitting No. 1 as a member of a group? So far, I have found only 2 artists have pulled off this rare feat, and they are:

Phil Collins
John Waite

Phil Collins hit No. 1 in 1984 as a solo artist with the song, "Against All Odds" (Take A Look At Me Now), and he hit No. 1 as a solo artist two more times in 1985 with "One More Night" and "Sussudio" and in a duet with Marilyn Martin called "Separate Lives". Phil had hit No. 1 4 times before he had his first and only No. 1 song with Genesis called "Invisible Touch" in 1986.

John Waite scored a No. 1 song as a solo artist back in 1984 called "Missing You" and 5 years later in 1989, hit No. 1 with "When I See You Smile" as a member of Bad English.

Those are the only 2 artists that I know of who hit No. 1 as a solo artist before hitting No. 1 as a member of a group. If anybody knows any other artists who have done it, then let me know.

[mstgator]

On the Hot 100, there's been one other artist who performed that feat. Fergie had several solo number ones before finally hitting the top as a member of the Black Eyed Peas a few weeks ago with "Boom Boom Pow". (On AT40, of course, BEP's "Where Is The Love?" hit #1 before Fergie broke out as a solo artist.)

[BROWNJB1]

Yes, it did occur to me that Fergie is another artist who hit No. 1 as a solo artist before hitting No. 1 as a member of a group. Back in 2006, she hit No. 1 with "London Bridge" as a solo artist, and in 2007, she hit No. 1 twice with "Glamorous" and "Big Girls Don't Cry" and just earlier this month, she and her group, the Black Eyed Peas hit No. 1 with their latest hit, "Boom Boom Pow".