Sting (musician), From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sting, CBE, Born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner on the 2nd of October 1951 (age
67) in Wallsend, Northumberland, England.

 

 

Residence    :
    Wiltshire, England, UK
    New York City, New York, US
    Malibu, California, US
    Rignano sull'Arno, Tuscany, Italy
    London, England, UK

Alma mater : Northern Counties College of Education

 

 

Occupation : Musician, singer, songwriter, actor

 

Years active : 1971–present

 

Spouse(s) : Frances Tomelty (m. 1976; div. 1984); Trudie Styler (m. 1992)

 

Children    : 6; including Joe, Mickey, and Eliot

 

Musical career :
Genres : Rock, pop, new wave, post-punk, ska, reggae, jazz, world

 

Instruments : Vocals, bass guitar, guitar, double bass

 

Labels     : A&M, Deutsche Grammophon, UMG, Cherrytree, Interscope

Associated acts : The Police, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Shaggy, Dire Straits

 

 

Website    sting.com

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an
English musician and actor.

 

 

He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist
for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985.

 

 

 

He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age and worldbeat in his
music.[1]

As a solo musician and a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy
Awards: he won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take", three Brit Awards,
including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution in 2002, a
Golden Globe, an Emmy and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best
Original Song.

In 2019, he received a BMI Award for “Every Breath You Take” becoming the most
played song in radio history.[2]
In 2002, Sting received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and was also inducted into
the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in
2003.
In 2000, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording.
In 2003, Sting received a CBE from Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for services to
music.
He was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014, and was
awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017.[3]

With the Police, Sting became one of the world's best-selling music artists.
Solo and with the Police combined, he has sold over 100 million records.[4]

In 2006, Paste ranked him 62nd of the 100 best living songwriters.[5]
He was 63rd of VH1's 100 greatest artists of rock,[6] and 80th of Q magazine's 100
greatest musical stars of the 20th century.[7]
He has collaborated with other musicians on songs such as
    "Money for Nothing" with Dire Straits,
    "Rise & Fall" with Craig David,
    "All for Love", with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart,
    "You Will Be My Ain True Love" with Alison Krauss,
and introduced the North African music genre raï to Western audiences through the
hit song "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami.

In 2018, he released the album 44/876, a collaboration with Jamaican musician
Shaggy, which won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2019.