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Sting (musician)

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"Gordon Sumner" redirects here. For the Australian rules footballer, see Gordon Sumner (footballer).

Sting

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Sting performing at Madison Square Garden, New York on 1 August 2007

Born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

2 October 1951 (age 63)

Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England Nationality British Other names Sting Alma mater Northern Counties College of Education Occupation

  • musician
  • singer-songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • activist
  • actor
  • philanthropist
Spouse(s) Frances Tomelty (m. 1976–84)

Trudie Styler (m. 1992) Children 6; including Joe, Mickey and Eliot Musical career Genres

Instruments
  • vocals
  • bass guitar
  • guitar
  • double bass
Years active 1971–present A&M

Deutsche Grammophon

Universal Music Group Associated acts The Police, Strontium 90, Dire Straits, Cheb Mami, Curved Air, Eberhard Schoener, Fiction Plane, Eliot Sumner Website sting.com

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1983, before launching a solo career.

He has included rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age and worldbeat in his music.%5B1%5D As a solo musician and a member of the Police, he received 16 Grammy Awards, his first for best rock instrumental in 1980, three Brit Awards, including Best British Male in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution in 2002,%5B2%5D a Golden Globe award, an Emmy Award, and three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and 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, and was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014.

With the Police, Sting became one of the world's best-selling music artists. Solo and with the Police, he sold 100 million records.%5B3%5D In 2006, Paste ranked him 62nd of the 100 best living songwriters.%5B4%5D He was 63rd of VH1's 100 greatest artists of rock,%5B5%5D and 80th of Q magazine's 100 greatest musical stars of 20th century.%5B6%5D He has collaborated with other musicians, including "Rise & Fall" with Craig David, "All for Love", with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, and introduced the North African musical Raï to Western audiences by his international hit "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami.

 

Sting at Clinton's Global Citizen,22-9-2014

 

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