Braithwaite went on to have a number of solo hits in the early 1990s, including the Australian No. 1 "The Horses", a cover of a Rickie Lee Jones recording written by Jones and Walter Becker. He also made his first US chart appearance as a solo artist at No. 47 with the 1991 single "Higher Than Hope", a song he co-wrote with Simon Hussey. By the end of 1991, Braithwaite's "Rise" album had become Australia's biggest selling album of the year, and "Edge" had become the best-selling album ever released by Sony Music Australia to that time. The album sold over 300,000 copies in Australia.