# Sting

> The bassist who wrote the riffs became more famous than the band - then left at the peak to prove he could do it again.

*British musician (born 1951)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sting

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1951-10-02
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born 2 October 1951 and took the name Sting into the Police, where he fronted, wrote, and played bass from 1977 to 1984. The band split when they were massive. He went solo in 1985 and pulled in jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat - genres the Police never touched. The combined record sales passed 100 million. Seventeen Grammys followed, plus three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, four Oscar nominations, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Queen Elizabeth II gave him a CBE; the Kennedy Center gave him honors; in May 2023 he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow. The through-line is range: he kept moving and the attention stayed.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 82.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 33.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 22.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 95.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Global rank:** #207
- **Country rank:** #32
- **Category rank:** #64
- **Total followers across platforms:** 2,500,000

## Platforms
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/sting (@sting)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/theofficialsting/ (@theofficialsting)
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.sting.com/
- **X**: https://x.com/OfficialSting (@OfficialSting)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001776/ (@nm0001776)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Ty63ceoRnnJKVEYP0VQpk (@0Ty63ceoRnnJKVEYP0VQpk)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwERP8ZAI10RtZIAPsZQDDw (@@theofficialsting, 2,500,000 followers)

## Topics
#Musicians, #Actor, #Movies, #Singer-Songwriter, #Classical, #Music Production, #Music, #United Kingdom

## Timeline
- **2017** - Polar Music Prize
- **2016** - German Radio Award
- **2004** - MusiCares Person of the Year
- **1985** - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
- **1984** - Grammy Award for Song of the Year
- **1982** - Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- **1951** - Born

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