  The Police consisted of Sting on
lead vocals and bass, Andy Summers on guitar,
and Stewart Copeland on drums. The conception
of the post-punk, New Wave-sounding Police
began in 1977 when Copeland began the trio
along with Sting and guitarist Henri Padovani
in England. Summers soon joined the trio and
a few months later Padovani left leaving the
Police as a trio and releasing their first
single "Fall Out."
 Outlandos
d'Amour was released late in the year
with the single "Roxanne." The LP
was slow to get the band noticed but the
Police continued with performances in the UK
and the US throughout the year.
"Roxanne" eventually
hit the Top 20 in the UK and the Top 40 in
the US, and the Police toured the UK.
 The Police topped the UK Singles
chart with "Message In A Bottle."
Reggatta
de Blanc was released.
 # 117
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Police
topped the UK singles chart for 4 weeks with
"Don't Stand So Close To
Me."
Zenyatta
Mondatta was released.
The Police
topped the UK LP chart for 4 weeks with Zenyatta
Mondatta.
 The Police hit the Top 40 with
"De Do Do Do, De Da Da
Da."
Zenyatta
Mondatta was certified gold.
 # 13
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Police hit the Top 10 with "De Do Do Do, De Da Da
Da."
Zenyatta
Mondatta was certified platinum.
The Police won their first Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("Reggatta De
Blanc").
 The Police hit the Top 40 with
"Don't Stand So Close To
Me."
Outlandos
d'Amour was certified gold.
The Police hit the Top 10 with "Don't Stand So Close To
Me."
 Reggatta
de Blanc was certified gold.
Ghost
In The Machine was released.
The Police hit the Top 40 with
"Every Little Thing She
Does Is Magic."
 The Police hit the Top 10 with "Every Little Thing She
Does Is Magic."
Ghost
In The Machine was certified platinum.
 # 54
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Police hit the Top 40 with
"Spirits In The Material
World."
The Police won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo
or Group with Vocal ("Don't Stand So Close To
Me")
and Best Rock Instrumental
Performance ("Behind My Camel").
The Police won a Brit Award for
Best British Group.
 The Police hit the Top 10 with "Spirits In The Material
World."
The Police hit the Top 40 with
"Secret Journey."
The Police had material on the
soundtrack for Brimstone
& Treacle including the notable track
"I Burn For You."
 # 7
Singles Artist of the Year
 Synchronicity was released and
certified platinum.
The Police hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Every Breath You Take."
The Police hit #1 for 8 weeks with "Every Breath You Take."
The Police topped the Billboard
Hot 100 Singles chart for 8 weeks with "Every Breath You Take."
 Synchronicity topped the Billboard
200 Albums chart for 17 weeks.
The single "Every Breath You Take" was certified
gold.
The Police hit the Top 40
with "King Of Pain."
 The Police hit the Top 10 with
"King Of Pain."
The Police hit the Top 40 with
"Synchronicity II."
The Police hit the Top 10 with "Synchronicity II."
 # 62
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Police hit the Top 40 with
"Wrapped Around Your
Finger."
The Police were nominated for 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group, Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Synchronicity), and Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("Every Breath
You Take").
The Police won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo
or Group with Vocal (Synchronicity) and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Every Breath You Take"), and was
nominated for Album of the Year (Synchronicity) and Record of the
Year ("Every Breath You Take").
The Police hit the Top 10 with "Wrapped Around Your
Finger."
 Outlandos
d'Amour was certified platinum.
The video for "Every Breath You Take" won a MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Cinematography and was also nominated
for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Direction, Viewer's Choice, Best Art Direction, and Best Overall Performance.
Ghost
In The Machine was certified 2x platinum and Synchronicity was certified 4x
platinum.
The Police won a Brit Award for
Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
 # 183
Singles Artist of the Year
The Police appeared for the
last time in public (until 2003) at an
Amnesty International Concert.
 Every
Breath You Take - The Classics was released.
The Police hit the Top 40 with
a revamped version of "Don't Stand So
Close To Me '86."
Although the Police never
officially broke up, Sting went on to have
the most successful solo career although all
members kept their interests in music
continuing for many years.
Every
Breath You Take - The Classics was certified
platinum.
Copeland formed Animal
Logic.
 Every
Breath You Take - The Classics was certified 3x
platinum.
Message
In A Box: The Complete Recordings was released. The box
set included all the material from the
Police's studio LPs plus live and unreleased
tracks.
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Every
Breath You Take" at # 61.
Message
In A Box: The Complete Recordings was certified gold.
 Live! was released - a live
set from a 1979 performance at The Orpheum in
Boston and a 1983 performance at The Omni in
Atlanta.
Live! was certified gold.
Live! was certified
platinum.
 The
Very Best Of Sting & The Police was released.
Ranked # 10 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 34 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Every Breath You Take" at # 16.
 Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Every Breath You Take" at # 42.
Synchronicity was certified 8x
platinum, Ghost
In The Machine was certified 3x platinum, Message
In A Box: The Complete Recordings was certified gold,
and Zenyatta
Mondatta was certified 2x platinum.
 Every
Breath You Take - The Classics was certified 5x
platinum and Reggatta
de Blanc was certified gold.
The Police were inducted into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and all 3
members showed up to perform together.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Every Breath You Take" at # 9 and
"Roxanne" at # 90.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 322:
Ghost
In The Machine, # 369: Reggatta
de Blanc, # 434: Outlandos
d'Amour, # 455: Synchronicity.
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included the Police at # 70.
# 98 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The
Very Best Of Sting & The Police was certified gold.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "Every Breath You Take" at # 46.
The Police reunited for the
opening performance at the Grammy Awards.
The Police released The
Police - a 2CD set including their
classics and their first single
"Fallout" from 1977.
The Police appeared on the cover
of Rolling Stone.
On July 7th, the Police
performed at the Live
Earth
concert in the US. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
The Police reunion tour ended up
as the top-earning tour of 2007.
Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included Synchronicity at # 94.
The Police ended their reunion
tour with a performance at Madison Square
Garden in New York City with proceeds going
to charity.
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Outlandos d'Amour
 Released: 1978
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 23
Tracks: "Next To
You" - "So Lonely" -
"Roxanne" - "Hole In My
Life" - "Peanuts" -
"Can't Stand Losing You" -
"Truth Hits Everybody" -
"Born In The 50's" - "Be
My Girl - Sally" - "Masoko
Tanga" |
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Reggatta de Blanc
Released: October, 1979
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 25
Tracks: "Message In
A Bottle" - "Regatta De
Blanc" - "It's Alright For
You" - "Bring On The
Night" - "Deathwish" -
"Walking On The Moon" -
"On Any Other Day" -
"Bed's Too Big Without You" -
"Contact" - "Does Everyone
Star" - "No Time This
Time" |
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Zenyatta Mondatta
Released: October, 1980
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Don't Stand So
Close To Me" - "Driven To
Tears" - "When The World Is
Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's
Still Around" - "Canary In A
Coalmine" - "Voices Inside My
Head" - "Bombs Away" -
"De Do Do Do, De Da
Da Da" - "Behind My
Camel" - "Man In A
Suitcase" - "Shadows In The
Rain" - "The Other Way Of
Stopping" |
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Ghost In The Machine
Released: October, 1981
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Spirits In The
Material World" - "Every Little Thing
She Does Is Magic" -
"Invisible Sun" - "Hungry
For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De
Toi)" - "Demolition Man" -
"Too Much Information" -
"Rehumanize Yourself" -
"One World (Not Three)" -
"Megaman" - "Secret Journey" -
"Darkness" |
iTunes / Amazon.mp3 |
Synchronicity
Released: June, 1983
US: 8x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 17 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Synchronicity" - "Walking
In Your Footsteps" - "O My
God" - "Mother" -
"Miss Gradenko" - "Synchronicity II" - "Every Breath You
Take" - "King Of Pain" - "Wrapped Around Your
Finger" - "Tea In The
Sahara" - "Murder By
Numbers" |
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Every Breath You Take -
The Classics
Released: October, 1986
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Roxanne" - "Can't Stand
Losing You" - "Message In A
Bottle" - "Walking On The
Moon" - "Don't Stand So
Close To Me" - "De Do Do Do, De Da
Da Da" - "Every Little Thing
She Does Is Magic" -
"Invisible Sun" - "Spirits In The
Material World" - "Every Breath You
Take" - "King Of Pain" - "Wrapped Around Your
Finger" - "Don't Stand
So Close To Me '86" - "Message
In A Bottle" |
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Message In A Box: The
Complete Recordings
Released: September, 1993
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 79
Tracks:
"Fallout" - "Nothing
Achieving" - "Dead End
Job" - "Next To You" -
"So Lonely" -
"Roxanne" - "Hole In My
Life" - "Peanuts" -
"Can't Stand Losing You" -
"Truth Hits Everybody" -
"Born In The 50's" - "Be
My Girl - Sally" - "Masoko
Tanga" - "Landlord" (live)
- "Next To You" (live) -
"Landlord" - "Message In A
Bottle" - "Regatta De
Blanc" - "It's Alright For
You" - "Bring On The
Night" - "Deathwish" -
"Walking On The Moon" -
"On Any Other Day" -
"Bed's Too Big Without You" -
"Contact" - "Does Everyone
Star" - "No Time This
Time" - "Visions Of The
Night" - "Bed's Too Big Without
You" (Mono Version) - "Truth
Hits Everybody" (live) -
"Friends" - "Don't Stand So
Close To Me" - "Driven To
Tears" - "When The World Is
Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's
Still Around" - "Canary In A
Coalmine" - "Voices Inside My
Head" - "Bombs Away" -
"De Do Do Do, De Da
Da Da" - "Behind My
Camel" - "Man In A
Suitcase" - "Shadows In The
Rain" - "The Other Way Of
Stopping" - "Sermon" -
"Driven To Tears" (live) -
"Shambelle" - "Spirits In The
Material World" - "Every Little Thing
She Does Is Magic" -
"Invisible Sun" - "Hungry
For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De
Toi)" - "Demolition Man" -
"Too Much Information" -
"Rehumanize Yourself" -
"One World (Not Three)" -
"Megaman" - "Secret Journey" -
"Darkness" - "Flexible
Strategies" - "Low Life" -
"How Stupid Mr. Bates" -
"Kind Of Loving" -
"Synchronicity" - "Walking
In Your Footsteps" - "O My
God" - "Mother" -
"Miss Gradenko" - "Synchronicity II" - "Every Breath You
Take" - "King Of Pain" - "Wrapped Around Your
Finger" - "Tea In The
Sahara" - "Murder By
Numbers" - "Man In A
Suitcase" (live) - "Someone To
Talk To" - "Message In A
Bottle" (live) - "I Burn For
You" - "Once Upon A
Daydream" - "Tea In The
Sahara" (live) - "Don't Stand
So Close To Me '86" |
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Live!
Released: April, 1995
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 86
Rolling Stone
review: 
Live Tracks: "Next To
You" - "So Lonely" -
"Truth Hits Everybody" -
"Walking On The Moon" -
"Hole In My Life" - "Fall
Out" - "Bring On The
Night" - "Message In A
Bottle" - "The Bed's Too Big
Without You" - "Peanuts" -
"Roxanne" - "Can't Stand
Losing You" - "Landlord" -
"Born In The 50's" - "Be
My Girl - Sally" -
"Synchronicity" - "Synchronicity II" -
"Walking In Your Footsteps" -
"Message In A Bottle" - "O
MY God" - "De Do Do Do, De Da
Da Da" - "Wrapped Around Your
Finger" - "Tea In The
Sahara" - "Spirits In The
Material World" - "King Of Pain" - "Don't Stand So
Close To Me" - "Every Breath You
Take" - "Roxanne"
- "Can't Stand Losing You" -
"So Lonely" |
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The Very Best Of Sting
& The Police
Released: 1997
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 100
Rolling Stone
review:
Police Tracks: "Message In
A Bottle" - "Can't Stand Losing
You" - "Every Breath You
Take" - "Walking On
The Moon" - "Every Little Thing
She Does Is Magic" -
"Roxanne" |
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The Police
Released: June, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 11
Tracks:
"Fallout" - "Can't Stand
Losing You" - "Next To
You" - "Roxanne" -
"Truth Hits Everybody" -
"Hole In My Life" - "So
Lonely" - "Message In A
Bottle" - "Regatta De
Blanc" - "Bring On The
Night" - "Waking On The
Moon" - "Don't Stand So Close
To Me" - "Driven To Tears"
- "Canary In A Coalmine" -
"De Do Do Do, De Da
Da Da" - "Voices Inside
My Head" - "Invisible Sun"
- "Every Little Thing
She Does Is Magic" -
"Demolitin Man" - "Every Breath You
Take" - "Synchronicity
I" - "Wrapped Around Your
Finger" - "Walking in
Your Footsteps" - "Synchronicity II" - "King
Of Pain" - "Murder By
Numbers" - "Tea In The
Sahara" |
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