Raymond Wilson (born 8 September 1968[2]) is a Scottish singer and guitarist, vocalist in the post-grunge band Stiltskin and in Genesis from 1996 to 2000.

[3] Before starting a band called Guaranteed Pure in the 1990s, which featured himself along with Paul Holmes (keyboards), Steve Wilson (guitars), John Haimes (bass) and Chris Cavanagh (drums).,[4][deprecated source] he joined Edinburgh Band Strategy in 1987 recording and independently releasing a demo titled Second Move.

Wilson joined Genesis as the band's lead singer after Phil Collins officially announced his departure in March 1996.

Genesis founder members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford were handed a CD of the Stiltskin album The Mind's Eye from Virgin Records executives.

Genesis toured Europe in winter 1997 spring 1998, but the American leg was cancelled due to low ticket sales.

I think they didn't want to completely close the door to ever doing anything again.In 1999, Wilson released the album Millionairhead with a solo project called Cut_.

The next year, he released another studio album entitled The Next Best Thing, which included a new version of the Stiltskin hit "Inside".

In 2014, the first Ray Wilson biography, Gypsy, by journalist Mario Giammetti, was published in Italy (Edizioni Segno).

In June 2016, his new solo album Song for a Friend was released, which included ten unreleased acoustic tracks with a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes."

[7] The second disc (the electric and rockier collection of new songs) was later released in September of the same year as a stand-alone new album called Makes Me Think of Home.

On 7 and 8 September 2018, Wilson gave two exclusive concerts in Poznań at Zamek Culture Centre to celebrate his 50th birthday.