STING
an outstanding artist
With top ten hits like ”Message In A Bottle”, ”Walking On The Moon”, ”Every Breath You Take”, ”Englishman in New York” and ”Fields of Gold”, Sting and The Police sold more than 100 million albums and singles worldwide. In more than three decades on stage, Sting won 15 Grammy Awards (10 as a solo artist and five as a member of The Police), a Golden Globe, received an Oscar nomination for best song and was inducted with The Police into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
Born in Wallsend near Newcastle in the northeast of England, Sting (Gordon Matthew Sumner) started his musical career in several bands, where he honed his skills first as a bass player and later as a vocalist. In January 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London and soon formed the New Wave band The Police with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers. In less than six years, the trio grew into one of the globe‘s biggest bands, consistently selling out stadiums the world over and topping charts internationally with its constant stream of hits.
But the relentless touring and infighting took its toll on Sting, who walked away from the band while it was at its zenith and released his first solo album in 1985. Whether with The Police or solo, Sting‘s often haunting lyrics reflect his beguiling intellect and fierce curiosity. His bass playing remains graceful and poignant, while his supple voice soars over the notes. That, combined with his penchant for experimenting with different rhythms – from the influences of The Police to the world beats of his recent albums – have given Sting a rare currency in the music world. He is an artist who never relies on formula but consistently delivers pop anthems that connect with the masses. With a strong ambition to environmentalism and humanitarian movements such as Amnesty International, Sting founded the Rainforest Foundation in 1989, to directly support projects in more than 20 countries that protect tropical rainforests and the people that live in them.
The Welldone Agency is proud to support STING in different ways during his next projects.
