MM was a better artist, but Phil Collins had a much better catalog of pop hits. PC gets shyt on by a lot of other HoF level musicians because he had a lot of pop simple shyt out there.
I was too young to understand, but my dad hated that dude after he made some kind of "who turned out the lights" comment at an awards show (surrounded by black people I think).
MM greatest songs PC can't touch, but he has his own big hits too:
This one even had an urban legend around it (people thought he witnessed a murder
80s movie I love about the underside of pro football called Against All Odds, he did the main song. Was perfect for the movie.