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REAL NAME: Gordon Matthew Sumner
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BIRTHDAY: October 2, 1951
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BIGGEST SINGLE: "All For Love" (1994)
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BIGGEST LP: Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
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GRAMMY AWARDS: 12 (solo)
button.gif (123 bytes) TIDBIT: Gordon Sumner obtained his nickname, Sting, because of the black and yellow striped sweater he would often wear when performing with The Police.
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I used to believe very strongly that in order to write anything worthwhile, you needed to be in some sort of crisis... and I would manufacture crises in order to be able to write." - Sting

 
TIMELINE

Stingbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting was born as Gordon Matthew Sumner on October 2, 1951 in England. Sting first became a music icon during his years as lead singer of The Police. After the band broke up in 1984, Sting began an equally successful solo career blending a mix of rock, jazz, and pop music.

1984...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won 2 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Every Breath You Take") and Best Rock Instrumental Performance ("Brimstone & Treacle" from the soundtrack for Brimstone & Treacle).

June
Sting - Bring On The Blue Turtlesbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting's debut solo LP, The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, was released. With his debut, it was apparent that Sting had left most alternative influences in the background and focused more on his jazz-influences. The title of the LP came from a dream Sting had about blue turtles (which represented chaos) destroying his garden. The LP yielded Sting's first solo Top 3 hit: "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (debuting in June) followed by the hits, "Fortress Around Your Heart" "Love Is The Seventh Wave," and "Russians." Sting may have lost some of his Police following, but he began gaining new audiences through music that was still accessible to pop audiences, and had enough lyrical content to keep critics pleased.

August
button.gif (123 bytes) The Dream Of The Blue Turtles was certified platinum.
August 13: Sting began his first solo tour of the US in San Diego, CA.

1986...# 83 Singles Artist of the Year

February
Sting - Bring On The Nightbutton.gif (123 bytes) The Dream Of The Blue Turtles was certified 2x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "
Russians."
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for 3
Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male (The Dream Of The Blue Turtles) and Song of the Year (songwriter) (Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing").

button.gif (123 bytes) Sting soon toured after releasing his solo LP and released a live LP and movie of the tour: Bring On The Night. The CD includes live performances from Sting's '85 tour in Europe.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) The Dream Of The Blue Turtles was certified 3x platinum.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best Overall Performance.

1987...# 80 Singles Artist of the Year

January
Sting - Nothing Like The Sunbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting released, Nothing Like The Sun. Sting returned to the Top 10 with the tracks "We'll Be Together" and "Be Still My Beating Heart." The LP was dedicated to Sting's deceased mother and later ranked at # 90 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of The 80s" survey.

button.gif (123 bytes) Sting's lyrics became even more issue-oriented as did his personal politics. Sting appeared at many benefit concerts over the years including Live Aid, Amnesty International Tours and Freedomfest for causes ranging from Nelson Mandela to the rainforests. Although the LP was not has jazz-influenced as his debut, it showed Sting's ability to bring forth new influences and different styles to achieve his sound.

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Bring On The Night).

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Nothing Like The Sun was certified platinum.

1988... # 69 Singles Artist of the Year

February
Sting - Nada Como El Solbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting released Nada Como El Sol - a collection of songs from Nothing Like The Sun sung in Spanish or Portuguese.

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance (Bring On The Night).

September
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "We'll Be Together" won a
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography (Bill Pope) and was nominated for Best Choreography.

1989...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (Nothing Like The Sun), Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male, and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Be Still My Beating Heart").

1991... # 82 Singles Artist of the Year

February
Sting - Soul Cagesbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting's release, The Soul Cages, showed a more personal side of the man singing introspectively about his family and his deceased father. Rolling Stone called the LP, "...Sting's most ambitious record yet... (his) poetic language makes for a sort of sensory theater, darkly lit, almost Gothic."
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "All This Time."

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 10 with "All This Time."

April
button.gif (123 bytes) The Soul Cages was certified platinum.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Nothing Like The Sun was certified 2x platinum.

1992...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song (songwriter) ("Soul Cages").

August
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting married Trudi Styler.

1993... # 18 Singles Artist of the Year

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (songwriter) ("It's Probably Me" with Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton).

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You."

Sting - Ten Summoner's TalesMarch 9: Sting released Ten Summoner's Tales which Entertainment Weekly called "...11 terse, vividly imagined gems."

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 10 with "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You."

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Ten Summoner's Tales was certified platinum.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "Fields Of Gold."

button.gif (123 bytes) Sting released the EP/single "Demolition Man" with the title track remixed for a film of the same name along with 5 live tracks.

September
Demolition Man CD Singlebutton.gif (123 bytes) The video for "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Male Video, Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting performed at a benefit concert in Boston for Walden Woods.
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Ten Summoner's Tales was certified 2x platinum.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "
Nothing 'Bout Me."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams with "All For Love" from the film soundtrack of The Three Musketeers.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 10 with "All For Love."

1994... # 56 Singles Artist of the Year

January
Bryan Adams, Sting, Rod Stewart - "All For Love" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit #1 with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams for 5 weeks with "All For Love"
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 3 weeks and the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for a weekwith "
All For Love"

February
button.gif (123 bytes) The single for "All For Love" was certified platinum.

March
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Sting won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" and Best Music Video, Long Form (Ten Summoner's Tales) and was nominated for Album of the Year (for Ten Summoner's Tales), Record of the Year and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"), and Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo ("Demolition Man").

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Ten Summoner's Tales was certified 3x platinum.

November
Sting - Fields Of Gold - The Very Best Of Stingbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting released Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting. Q magazine said of the hits collection: "...excellent... Sting shows no fear of experimentation... from Andean pipes, through flamenco guitar and... funk to the... reggae where it all began..."
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "
When We Dance."

1995...

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("All For Love" with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams).

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting was certified platinum.

September
Tower Of Song: The Songs Of Leonard Cohenbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be found on Tower Of Song: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen with the track, "Sisters Of Mercy" performed with The Chieftains.

button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won a lawsuit against his former accountant who was accused of stealing over $9 million from the singer.

1996... # 88 Singles Artist of the Year

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("When We Dance").

March
Sting - Mercury Fallingbutton.gif (123 bytes) Mercury Falling was released. Rolling Stone said of the LP, "...Sting manages to stay true to his pensive nature while injecting healthy doses of levity into the mix."

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting was certified 2x platinum.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Mercury Falling was certified gold.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "You Still Touch Me."

August
button.gif (123 bytes) Mercury Falling was certified platinum.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying."

Brimstone & Treacle soundtrackbutton.gif (123 bytes) Over the years Sting has also acted on different occasions and has appeared in several movies, including Quadrophenia (1979), Brimstone And Treacle (1982), Dune (1984), Plenty (1985), and The Bride (1985).
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting's music can also be found on the compilations: The Secret Policemen's Other Ball (1982), Two Rooms with "Come Down In Time" (1991), A Very Special Christmas with "Gabriel's Message" (1991), For Our Children with "Cushie Butterfield" (1991), A Very Special Christmas 3 with "I Saw Three Ships" (1997), and Twentieth Century Blues: Songs Of Noel Coward with "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" (1998) and the soundtracks: Brimstone & Treacle with "I Burn For You" (1982), The Three Musketeers with "All For Love" (1993), Sabrina with "Moonlight" (1995), Leaving Las Vegas with "My One And Only Love" (1995), and The Object Of My Affection with "You Were Meant For Me" (1998).

1997...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting received 3 Grammy Award nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot)," Best Pop Vocal Collaboration ("The Wind Cries Mary" with John McLaughlin, Dominic Miller & Vinnie Colaiuta from In From The Storm - The Music Of Jimi Hendrix), and Best Pop Album (Mercury Falling).

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting appeared at a benefit concert in London to raise money for the Caribbean island of Montserrat, which was devastated by volcanic eruptions. Other artists performing included: Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Elton John, and Paul McCartney.

November
The Police - The Very Best Of Sting & The Policebutton.gif (123 bytes)The Very Best Of Sting & The Police was released.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting's experimentation with cross-platforming his music paid off on the Billboard charts. For the week ending December 13th, Sting could be found in the Hot Country Singles and Tracks Chart Top 10 with "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying." The single was shown as Toby Keith with Sting. The same week, Sting and The Police could be found on the Hot R&B Airplay Chart Top 40 with "Roxanne '97" (which topped the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 3 weeks). The track has also hit big on the Rap Chart.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could also be found on
James Taylor's LP, Hourglass on a track called "Jump Up Behind Me."

1998...

February
Roxanne '97 cd singlebutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (with Toby Keith)).

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Ranked # 63 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll (and # 36 on Rock On The Net's Poll)

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be found on the The X-Files - The Movie soundtrack with a remake of his song "Invisible Sun" with Aswad.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be found singing with
Sheryl Crow on the latest release by Waylon Jennings.

October
Stingbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting was one of the few celebrity men given the dubious distinction of GQ magazine's "Men of the Year" - for not only his music, but his work to help preserve the environment.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song (for "The Mighty" from The Mighty).

1999...

February
Elton John And Tim Rice's Aidabutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("You Were Meant For Me" from the The Object Of My Affection soundtrack).

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be heard on the compilation, Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida, with "Another Pyramid," and seen in the film Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

September
Sting - Brand New Daybutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting released Brand New Day and was back in the movies with a song from The Thomas Crown Affair (a remake of "The Windmills Of Your Mind"). Brand New Day included appearances by James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, and Branford Marsalis.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting performed on The Today Show as the last Summer Concert Series feature of the season.

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting took part in NetAid.

2000... # 35 Singles Artist of the Year

January
Stingbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "
Brand New Day."

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Brand New Day") and Best Pop Album (Brand New Day). Sting performed "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami at the Grammys.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Gibson Guitar Award for Best Bassist (Male).
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was honored with the Rock The Vote Patrick Lippert Award.

April
Sting - "Desert Rose" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) Sting with Cheb Mami hit the Top 40 with "Desert Rose."

June
button.gif (123 bytes) "Desert Rose" topped the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 9 weeks.

June
The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre DVDbutton.gif (123 bytes) After a 6 year wait, Sting returned to the Top 10 with "Desert Rose."
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Brand New Day was certified 2x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Most Fashionable Artist - Male.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting's "
Brand New Day" tour continued and Sting performed a free concert at Central Park in New York.

November
The Emperor's New Groove soundtrackbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting's music could be heard in the Disney animated film The Emperor's New Groove: "To be asked to write songs for Disney characters meant that if you did it successfully, those songs would become immortal and last for generations. That really appealed to me..."
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting took home a 'My VH1' Award - Legend in Action.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting topped the Billboard Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales Artist - Male.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2001... # 145 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Brand New Day was certified 3x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting sang at the Super Bowl.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was honored by the country of Chile for his human rights work.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ("My Funny Friend And Me" from
The Emperor's New Groove).

February
'A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins' compilationbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" from A Love Affair: The Music Of Ivan Lins complilation) - his 4th in that category.

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for an Oscar Award for Best Song ("My Funny Friend And Me" from The Emperor's New Groove).

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for 3 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Male Artist - Pop, and Favorite Artist - Rock.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be seen guest starring on the television series Ally McBeal and performing on the Today Show Summer Concert Series.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was unhurt when a plane he was on skidded off a runway while landing in Italy.

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting hit the Top 40 with "After The Rain Has Fallen."

September
America - A Tribute To Heroesbutton.gif (123 bytes) On September 11th, Sting went ahead with plans to record a new live LP in Italy at a private villa. A planned simulcast on the Internet of the performance was scrapped due to the terrorist attack in the U.S. and only 1 song was shown.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting performed "Fragile" for a landmark fundraiser (
America: A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the major networks to raise money for families of the victims of recent terrorist attacks.

November
Sting - All This Timebutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting released his live LP - All This Time.

2002...

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won a Golden Globe Award for Best Song ("Until..." from Kate & Leopold).
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All This Time was certified gold.

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting honored at the Brit Awards for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Until..." from Kate & Leopold).

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

September
Sting in Tuscany... All This Time DVDbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting ranked # 9 on VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won an Emmy Award for Best Performance, Variety or Music Program for his A&E special,
Sting in Tuscany... All This Time.

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be heard on Craig David's LP, Slicker Than Your Average, on the track "Rise & Fall" which samples Sting's "Shape Of My Heart."

2003...

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting performed at the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVII.

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Fragile" from the live LP All This Time).

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of The Police.

September
Sting - Sacred Lovebutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting released his next LP, Sacred Love, which included the duet with Mary J. Blige on the track "Whenever I Say Your Name." Sting told VH1 of his working with Blige: "She’s this incredible powerhouse - an amazing voice and an amazing raw emotion. To sing with her is a big challenge! It’s like you’re playing tennis with one of the Williams sisters. But at the same time she’s got this wonderful vulnerability about her. There’s this contrast in personalities that’s very compelling."

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart for a weeks with the remixes of "Send Your Love."
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting topped the Billboard Internet LP chart for a week with
Sacred Love.

November
Sting - Broken Music: A Memoir (book)button.gif (123 bytes) Sting became an author with the release of his autobiography, Broken Music: A Memoir which focused on Sting's pre-fame life.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting received the Billboard Century Award.
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Sacred Love was certified gold.

2004...

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Original Song: "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from the film Cold Mountain.
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Sacred Love was certified platinum.

February
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy soundtrackbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting was honored as the MusiCares 2004 Person of the Year by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting won a
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Whenever I Say Your Name" with Mary J. Blige) and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Send Your Love"). Sting also performed at the ceremony.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting appeared on the soundtrack for Queer Eye For The Straight Guy with "Never Coming Home" (Gonna Live My Life Remix).

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song: "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from the film Cold Mountain. Sting performed the song at the ceremony with Alison Krauss.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts with remixes of "Stolen Car."

June
Unity - Athens 2004 Olympicsbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be heard on the compilation LP Unity - Athens 2004 Olympics with "A Thousand Years."

button.gif (123 bytes) # 56 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

2005...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (awarded to the songwriter) ("You Will Be My Ain True Love").

June
Live 8 DVDbutton.gif (123 bytes) On July 2nd, Sting performed in London, England, as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of the concerts was to raise awareness of the on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8 leaders to take action by doubling aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa.

August
button.gif (123 bytes) The Very Best Of Sting & The Police was certified gold.

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be heard on the Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now compilation with "Moon Over Bourbon Street."

2006..

August
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be heard on the Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys compilation with "Shallow Brown" and "Blood Red Roses."

September
Sting - Songs From The Labyrinthbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be heard on Tony Bennett's LP Duets: American Classic on the track "The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams."

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting released Songs From The Labyrinth.
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting topped the Billboard Top Classical Albums chart with Songs From The Labyrinth.

December
Songs For Tibet - The Art of Peace compilationbutton.gif (123 bytes) Sting topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Classical Artist and with the Top Classical Album (Songs From The Labyrinth).

2007..

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Always On Your Side" with Sheryl Crow).

December
Sting - 'If On A Winter's Night...'button.gif (123 bytes) Sting topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Classical Artist and with the Top Classical Album (Songs From The Labyrinth).

2008..

August
Sting - 'Symphonicities'button.gif (123 bytes) Sting could be heard on the compilation Songs For Tibet - The Art Of Peace with the track "Send Your Love" (Art Of Peace Mix).

2009...

October
Sting - 'Live In Berlin' (CD/DVD)button.gif (123 bytes) Sting released If On A Winter's Night...

December
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If On A Winter's Night... was certified gold.

2010...

June
Sting - 'Best Of 25 Years'button.gif (123 bytes) Sting released Symphonicities - a collection of Sting's songs with orchestral arrangements.

November
button.gif (123 bytes) The CD/DVD
Sting Live In Berlin was released.

2011...

October
Sting - 'The Last Ship'button.gif (123 bytes) Best Of 25 Years was released.

2013...

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Sting released
The Last Ship.

2016...

  • Sting - '5th & 9th'February 20: Sting topped the Billboard Dance Club Play Songs chart helping out Mylene Farmer with "Stolen Car."

2017...

  • February 26: Sting was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("The Empty Chair" from the documentary Jim: The James Foley Story).

2018...

2019...

  • Sting - 'My Songs'May 24: Sting released My Songs - a collections of his own songs reworked.
  • September 14: Sting topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 2019."

2021...



LPs
Sting - Bring On The Blue Turtles The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Released: June, 1985
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 2
Rolling Stone review: 4 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - "Love Is The Seventh Wave" - "Russians" - "Children's Crusade" - "Shadows In The Rain" - "We Work The Black Seam" - "Consider Me Gone" - "The Dream Of The Blue Turtles" - "Moon Over Bourbon Street" - "Fortress Around Your Heart"
Sting - 'Bring On The Night'
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Bring On The Night
Released: 1986
Live Tracks: "Bring On The Night / When The World Is Running Down" - "Consider Me Gone" - "Low Life" - "We Work The Black Seam" - "Driven To Tears" - "The Dream Of The Blue Turtles / Demolition Man" - "One World (Not Three) / Love Is The Seventh Wave" - "Moon Over Bourbon Street" - "I Burn For You" - "Another Day" - "Children's Crusade" - "Down So Long" - "Tea In The Sahara"
Sting - Nothing Like The Sun Nothing Like The Sun
Released: January, 1987
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 9
Rolling Stone review: 4 and 1/2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Lazarus Heart" - "Be Still My Beating Heart" - "Englishman In New York" - "History Will Teach Us Nothing" - "They Dance Alone" - "Fragile" - "We'll Be Together" - "Straight To My Heart" - "Rock Steady" - "Sister Moon" - "Little Wing" - "The Secret Marriage"
Sting - Nada Como El Sol Nada Como El Sol
Released: February, 1988
Rolling Stone review: 3 and 1/2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Mariposa Libre" - "Fragil" (Portuguese) - "Si Estamos Juntos" - "Ellas Danzan Solas (Cueca Solas)" - "Fragilidad"
Sting - Soul Cages The Soul Cages
Released: February, 1991
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 2
Rolling Stone review: 4 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Island Of Souls" - "All This Time" - "Mad About You" - "Jeremiah Blues (Part 1)" - "Why Should I Cry For You" - "Saint Agnes & The Burning Train" - "The Wild Wild Sea" - "The Soul Cages" - "When The Angels Fall"
Sting - 'Ten Summoner's Tales'
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Ten Summoner's Tales
Released: March 9, 1993
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 2
Tracks: "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" - "Love Is Stronger Than Justice" - "Fields Of Gold" - "Heavy Cloud No Rain" - "She's Too Good For Me" - "Seven Days" - "Saint Augustine In Hell" - "It's Probably Me" - "Shape Of My Heart" - "Something The Boy Said" - "Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me)"
Sting - Fields Of Gold - The Very Best Of Sting Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
Released: November, 1994
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 7
Tracks: "When We Dance" - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - "Fields Of Gold" - "All This Time" - "Fortress Around Your Heart" - "Be Still My Beating Heart" - "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" - "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" - "Fragile" - "Why Should I Cry For You" - "Englishman In New York" - "We'll Be Together" - "Russians" - "This Cowboy Song"
Sting - Mercury Falling Mercury Falling
Released: March, 1996
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 5
Rolling Stone review: 3 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "The Hounds Of Winter" - "I Hung My Head" - "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" - "I Was Brought To My Senses" - "You Still Touch Me" - "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" - "All Four Seasons" - "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets" - "Valparaiso" - "Lithium Sunset"
The Police - 'The Very Best Of Sting & The Police'
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The Very Best Of Sting & The Police
Released: 1997
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 100
Rolling Stone review: 4 stars from Rolling Stone
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"
Sting - 'Brand New Day'
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Brand New Day
Released: September, 1999
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 9
Rolling Stone review: 3 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "A Thousand Years" - "Desert Rose" (with Cheb Mami) - "Big Lie, Small World" - "After The Rain Has Fallen" - "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong" - "Tomorrow We'll See" - "Prelude To The End Of The Game" - "Fill Her Up" - "Ghost Story" - "Brand New Day"
Sting - All This Time All This Time
Released: November, 2001
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 32
Rolling Stone review: 3 and 1/2 stars from Rolling Stone
Live Tracks: "Fragile" - "A Thousand Years" - "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong" - "All This Time" - "The Hounds Of Winter" - "Don't Stand So Close To Me" - "When We Dance" - "Dienda" - "Roxanne" - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - "Brand New Day" - "Fields Of Gold" - "Moon Over Bourbon Street" - "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" - "Every Breath You Take"
Sting - Sacred Love Sacred Love
Released: September, 2003
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 3
Rolling Stone review: 3 and 1/2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Inside" - "Send Your Love" - "Whenever I Say Your Name" - "Deadman's Rope" - "Never Coming Home" - "Stolen Car" - "Let's Foreget About The Future" - "This War"
Sting - Songs From The Labyrinth Songs From The Labyrinth
Released: October, 2006
Billboard peak: # 25
Rolling Stone: 3 stars from Rolling Stone - Entertainment Weekly: C+
Tracks: "Walsingham" - "Can She Excuse My Wrongs" - "Ryght Honorable: As I Have Bin Most Bounde Unto Your Honor..." - "Flow My Tears" - "Have You Seen The Bright Lily Grow" - "Then In Time Passing On Mr. Johnson Died..." - "The Most High And Mighty Christianus The Fourth, King Of Denmark" - "The Lowest Trees Have Tops" - "And Accordinge As I Desired Ther Cam A Letter..." - "Fine Knack For Ladies" - "From Thenc I Went To The Landgrave Of Hessen..." - "Fantasy" - "Come, Heavy Sleep" - "Forlorn Hope Fancy" - "And From Thence I Had Great Desire To See Italy..." - "Come Again"....
Sting - 'If On A Winter's Night...'
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If On A Winter's Night...
Released: October, 2009
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 6
Tracks: "Gabriel's Message" - "Soul Cake" - "There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue" - "The Snow It Melts The Soonest" - "Christmas At Sea" - "Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming" - "Cold Song" - "The Burning Babe" - "Now Winter Comes Slowly" - "The Hounds of Winter" - "Balulalow" - "Cherry Tree Carol" - "Lullaby For An Anxious Child" - "Hurdy Gury Man" - "You Only Cross My Mind In Winter"
Sting - 'Symphonicities'
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Symphonicities
Released: July, 2010
Tracks: "Next To You" - "Englishman In New York" - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - "I Hung My Head" - "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - "Roxanne" - "When We Dance" - "The End Of The Game" - "I Burn For You" - "We Work The Black Seam" - "She's Too Good For Me" - "The Pirate's Bride"
Sting - 'Live In Berlin' (CD/DVD)
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Sting Live In Berlin (CD/DVD)
Released: November, 2010
Live Tracks: "A Thousand Years" - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - "Englishman In New York" - "Roxanne" - "When We Dance" - "Russians" - "I Hung My Head" - "Why Should I Cry For You" - "Whenever I Say Your Name" - "This Cowboy Song" - "Tomorrow We'll See" - "Moon Over Bourbon Street" - "The End Of The Game" - "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - "All Would Envy" - "Mad About You" - "King Of Pain" - "Every Breath You Take" - "Desert Rose" - "She's Too Good For Me" - "Fragile" - "I Was Brought To My Senses"
Sting - 'Best Of 25 Years' Best Of 25 Years
Released: October, 2011
Tracks: "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - "We'll Be Together" - "Fragile" - "All This Time" - "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" - "Fields Of Gold" - "Desert Rose" - "Whenever I Say Your Name" - "Never Coming Home" - "Message In A Bottle" - "Demolition Man" - "Heavy Cloud No Rain"
Sting - 'The Last Ship' The Last Ship
Released: September 24, 2013
Tracks: "The Last Ship" - "Dead Man's Boots" - "And Yet" - "August Winds" - "Language Of Birds" - "Practical Arrangement" - "The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance" - "Ballad Of The Great Eastern" - "What Have We Got?" - "I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else" - "So To Speak" - "The Last Ship" (Reprise)
Sting - '5th & 9th'
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57th & 9th
Released: November 11, 2016
Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 9
Tracks: "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" - "50,000" - "Down, Down, Down" - "One Fine Day" - "Pretty Young Soldier" - "Petrol Head" - "Heading South On The Great North Road" - "If You Can't Love Me' - "Insallah" - "The Empty Chair"
Sting & Shaggy - '44/876'
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44/876 (with Shaggy}
Released: April 20, 2018
Billboard peak: # 40
Tracks: "44/876" - "Morning Is Coming" - "Waiting For The Break Of Day" - "Gotta Get Back My Baby" - "Don't Make Me Wait" - "Just One Lifetime" - "22nd Street" - "Dreaming In The U.S.A." - "Crooked Tree" - "To Love And Be Loved" - "Sad Trombone" - "Night Shift"
Sting - 'My Songs'
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My Songs
Released: May 24, 2019
Tracks: "Brand New Day" - "Desert Rose" - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - "Every Breath You Take" - "Demolition Man" - "Can't Stand Losing You" - "Fields Of Gold" - "So Lonely" - "Shape Of My Heart" - "Message In A Bottle" - "Fragile" - "Walking On The Moon" - "Englishman In New York" - "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" - "Roxanne" - "Synchronicity II" - "Next To You" - "Spirits In The Material World" - "Fragile" (live)
Sting - 'The Bridge'
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The Bridge
Released: November 19, 2021
Tracks: "Rushing Water" - "If It's Love" - "The Book Of Numbers" - "Loving You" - "Harmony Road" - "For Her Love" - "The Hills On The Border" - "Captain Batemann" - "The Bells Of St. Thomas" - "The Bridge" - "Waters Of Tyne" - "Captain Batemann's Basement" - "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay"
POP SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY [based on The ARC Weekly Top 40 (listing explanation)
1 All For Love
[Bryan Adams,
Rod Stewart & Sting]

from
The Three Musketeers soundtrack
ARC chart run: 37 - 24 - 11 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 8 - 9 - 11 - 19 - 24 - 28 - off
1(5) 18 1994 Bryan Adams, Sting, Rod Stewart - "All For Love" (Single)
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2 Desert Rose

from the LP
Brand New Day
ARC chart run: 40 - 38 - 33 - 30 - 27 - 25 - 22 - 18 - 16 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 6 - 10 - 16 - 26 - 32 - 37 - off
6 19 2000 Sting - "Desert Rose" (Single)
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3 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

from the LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
ARC chart run: 31 - 24 - 16 - 13 - 11 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 10 - 19 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 29
2 13 1985 Sting - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (Single)
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4 Fortress Around Your Heart

from the LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
ARC chart run: 40 - 28 - 23 - 19 - 14 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 11 - 24 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 73
5 12 1985 Sting - "Fortress Around Your Heart" (Single)
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5 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Ten Summoner's Tales
7 12 1993 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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6 We'll Be Together
Nothing Like The Sun
4 11 1987 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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7 All This Time
The Soul Cages
4 9 1991 Sting - "All This Time" (Single)
8 Fields Of Gold
Ten Summoner's Tales
13 10 1993 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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9 Be Still My Beating Heart
Nothing Like The Sun
10 9 1988 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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10 Russians
The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
10 8 1986 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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11 Love Is The Seventh Wave
The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
14 9 1986 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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12 When We Dance
Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
16 8 1994 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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13 Brand New Day

from the LP
Brand New Day
ARC chart run: 39 - 32 - 28 - 25 - 32 - 36 - off
25 6 2000 Sting - "Brand New Day" (Single)
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14 You Still Touch Me
Mercury Falling
30 3 1996 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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15 After The Rain Has Fallen

from the LP
Brand New Day
ARC chart run: 36 - 34 - 31 - off
31 3 2001 Sting - "After The Rain Has Fallen" (Single)
16 Nothing 'Bout Me
Ten Summoner's Tales
30 3 1993 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
LYRICS ]
17 I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
Mercury Falling
40 1 1996 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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  Englishman In New York
Nothing Like The Sun
** ** 1988 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
LYRICS ]
  Why Should I Cry For You
The Soul Cages
** ** 1991 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
LYRICS ]
  It's Probably Me
[Sting & Eric Clapton]
Ten Summoner's Tales
** ** 1992 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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  Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
Mercury Falling
** ** 1996 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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  Roxanne '97 - Puff Daddy Remix
[Sting & The Police featuring Pras]

from the
cd single
Billboard # 1: Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
** ** 1998 Sting & The Police - "Roxanne '97 - Puff Daddy Remix" (Single)
  Rise & Fall
[Craig David featuring Sting]
Craig David's Slicker Than Your Average
** ** 2003 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
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LYRICS ]
  Send Your Love
Sacred Love
** ** 2003 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
LYRICS ]
  Stolen Car
Sacred Love
** ** 2004 [ LISTEN / BUY ]
[
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