Sting (musician)(Redirected from Sting (singer)) Sting circa 1987Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), best known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and formerly bassist and lead singer of The Police. BiographySumner was born in Newcastle, England to Audrey and Ernie, a milkman, and raised a Roman Catholic. From an early age, he knew that he wanted to be a musician. He attended the University of Warwick in Coventry, but did not graduate. From 1971 to 1974, he attended Northern Counties Teacher Training College. He has a brother, Phil, and two sisters, Anita and Angela. Before playing music professionally, Sumner worked as a ditch digger and a teacher of English. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen and Last Exit. It is most likely that he gained his nickname while with the Jazzmen. He once performed wearing a black and yellow striped jersey that fellow band member Gordon Solomon had noted made him look like a bee, thus he became Sting. He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents. In 1977, Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers, formed the rock/pop band The Police in London. The group had several chart topping albums and won six Grammy Awards in the early 1980s, including their arguably best well-known song, Every Breath You Take. Their last album, Synchronicity was released in 1983. The Police attempted a reunion in 1986 with re-recording of their song "Don't Stand So Close to Me", but did not stay together. Sting has occasionally ventured into acting. He made his film debut in 1979's Quadrophenia. Apart from playing a devil-like character in Brimstone and Treacle (1982), one of his more famous roles was that of Feyd-Rautha in the 1984 film adaptation of Dune. More recently, he appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. He has also made appearances on television (including guest spots on The Simpsons and Ally McBeal) and stage. Most of his later credits in films and TV are for his music. 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featuring a star-studded cast of jazz musicians, was Sting's first solo album. It included the hit single "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". Within a year, it reached Triple Platinum. Sting released Nothing Like the Sun (1987), including the hit songs "We'll Be Together" and "Be Still My Beating Heart", dedicated to his recently deceased mother. It eventually went Double Platinum and was recognized as one of the most important rock & roll albums of the 1980s. Soon thereafter, in February of 1988, he released Nada Como el Sol - a selection of 5 songs from Nothing Like the Sun sung (by Sting himself) in Spanish and Portuguese. In the late 1980s, Sting strongly supported environmentalism and humanitarian movements, including Amnesty International. With long-time girlfriend Trudie Styler and a Kayapó Indian leader in Brazil, he founded the Rainforest Foundation to help save the rainforests. His support for these causes continues to this day. His 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the top 10 song "All this Time" and the Grammy winning "Soul Cages". The album eventually went Platinum. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University. In 1993, he released the album Ten Summoner's Tales, which went Triple Platinum in just over a year. In May, he released a remix of The Police's song "Demolition Man" for the Demolition Man film. Sting reached a pinnacle of success in 1994. Together with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, they performed the chart-topping song "All For Love" from the film The Three Musketeers. The song stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for five weeks and went Platinum; it is to date Sting's only song from his post-Police career to top the U.S. charts. In February, he won two more Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. The Berklee College of Music gave him his second honorary doctorate of music degree in May. Finally in November, he released a greatest hits compilation called Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting, which was eventually certified Double Platinum. Sting's 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly, but dropped quickly on the charts. Yet, he reached the Top 40 with two singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (December). (Sting was also featured on Toby Keith's country cover-version of "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", on Keith's 1997 "Dream Walkin'" album.) In 1998, he appeared in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Sting made a (partial) comeback with the September 1999 album Brand New Day, including the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose" (Top 10). The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami. For his performance, the Arab-American Institute Foundation gave him the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award. Sting kicked off 2001 with a performance during the Super Bowl's half time show. He added another Grammy to his collection in February. His song "After the Rain has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. On September 11, he recorded a new live album in Italy, but the Internet simulcast was canceled after the terrorist attack on New York. Later, Sting performed "Fragile" for the fundraiser America: A Tribute to Heroes. His live album, All This Time, recorded on a moonlit night in Tuscany, was released in November but did not gather healthy sales figures. All This Time featured jazzy reworkings of Sting favorites like "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". 2002 was a year of awards for Sting. He won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for his second Academy Award for his song "Until..." from the film Kate & Leopold. In June, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Late in the year, it was announced that The Police would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003. 2003 also saw the release of Sacred Love, an original studio album with racier beats and experiments collaborating with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar. Sting married actress Frances Tomelty in 1976. The couple had two children before their divorce in 1982. Soon after, he began living with actress (and later film producer) Trudie Styler but did not marry until 1992. Sting and Trudie have had four children. His son with Frances, Joseph, is following in his father's footsteps as a musician. Though Sting reportedly owns several properties in the United Kingdom and the United States, he currently calls Tuscany his home. It is unclear whether he was serious or (rather) not when he referred to himself as "manic-depressive". He has written also a song entitled "Lithium Sunset", which appears to refer to lithium carbonate, a treatment for the disorder. According to some reports he did this because he wanted to help people who really have this disease. In the summer of 2003, Sumner was made a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Later that year, he published his autobiography, Broken Music. Also in 2003, Sumner was placed 81st on the 100 Worst Britons list by polls conducted by Britain's Channel Four. Sting embarked on a Sacred Love tour in 2004 with performances by Annie Lennox In early 2005 Sting proclaimed he now liked Hinduism and wants to spend lot more time in India and that he loves Indian Culture. His words in an Interview are : "In a sense I am more of a Hindu ... I like the Hindu religion more than anything else at the moment. "I have become addicted to India ... I would want to spend the rest of my life discovering your beautiful country." [[1] (http://entertainment.iafrica.com/music/news/408631.htm)] Discography
Hit singlesfrom Brimstone and Treacle soundtrack
from The Dream of Blue Turtles
from Nothing Like the Sun
from The Soul Cages
from Ten Summoner's Tales
non-album single
from The Three Musketeers soundtrack
from Ten Summoner's Tales
from Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994
from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls soundtrack
from Mercury Falling
from The Very Best of Sting & The Police
from Brand New Day
from Slicker Than Your Average (Craig David album)
from Sacred Love
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I would want to spend the rest of my life discovering your beautiful country." [[1] (http://entertainment.iafrica.com/music/news/408631.htm)]. In addition, her music has been on featured on countless soundtracks. "I have become addicted to India .. On August 1, 2004, after divorcing her first husband, she married a British man named Ben, and now spends most of her time in the United Kingdom. I like the Hindu religion more than anything else at the moment.. She also had a greatest hits album released in Singapore and three in Japan, and she posed naked for Playboy magazine. "In a sense I am more of a Hindu .. She has made several attempts at comebacks through the 1990s and 2000s, in both country and pop music, and has done some touring over the years. In early 2005 Sting proclaimed he now liked Hinduism and wants to spend lot more time in India and that he loves Indian Culture. His words in an Interview are :. In 1995, she moved to Nashville, and in 2002, she was the subject of an E! True Hollywood Story television show. Sting embarked on a Sacred Love tour in 2004 with performances by Annie Lennox. In 1992, she married make up artist Bulmaro Garcia and in September 17 of that year she gave birth to Elijah Garcia. Also in 2003, Sumner was placed 81st on the 100 Worst Britons list by polls conducted by Britain's Channel Four. Her career suffered as musical tastes changed in the early 1990s, swinging away from teen pop towards harder-edged rock and rap. Later that year, he published his autobiography, Broken Music. In '89 also, she bought a mansion that used to belong to action movie star Chuck Norris, but later sold it. In the summer of 2003, Sumner was made a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Another one of her hits was Promises made (promises broken). According to some reports he did this because he wanted to help people who really have this disease. She was signed to do the voice of Judy Jetson for Jetsons: The Movie in 1989, but not before another hit following I Think to the top in 1988: Her song Could've been also made it to the top of the Billboard charts. He has written also a song entitled "Lithium Sunset", which appears to refer to lithium carbonate, a treatment for the disorder. In '87 also, she cast a little known group by the name of New Kids On The Block to be the starting act on her concerts. It is unclear whether he was serious or (rather) not when he referred to himself as "manic-depressive". Soon, she was vying with Debbie Gibson for space on the covers of many teen magazines, including Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many others, and visiting multiple television shows on MTV, Fox, etc. Though Sting reportedly owns several properties in the United Kingdom and the United States, he currently calls Tuscany his home. Her cover of the Shondells hit, I Think We're Alone Now, became a number 1 hit on the Billboard chart, propelling Tiffany to international stardom. His son with Frances, Joseph, is following in his father's footsteps as a musician. In 1987 the self titled album, Tiffany, was released and she embarked on a mall tour to promote it. Sting and Trudie have had four children. Then, she went into the studio to record her first album, and a contract was signed with MCA. Soon after, he began living with actress (and later film producer) Trudie Styler but did not marry until 1992. In 1986, she signs a contract that gives Tobin total control over her career. The couple had two children before their divorce in 1982. In 1985 Tiffany appeared at the Star Search show with Ed McMahon, but she came in second place that year. Sting married actress Frances Tomelty in 1976. However, these releases were ultimately found to be by Canadian singer Kimberly Warnock, who has sometimes used the stage name "Tiffany" but has no connection with the more famous singer of that name. Blige and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar. Fans debated endlessly whether these were by "the" Tiffany or not, and even Tiffany's own denial wasn't always fully trusted (people sometimes suggested that she was either mistaken or was trying to cover up early failures in her career). 2003 also saw the release of Sacred Love, an original studio album with racier beats and experiments collaborating with hip-hop artist Mary J. Another 1984 event that later provoked controversy among Tiffany fans was the release of a song entitled "Remembering Love", credited to "Tiffany", in Canada, followed up in 1987 by another song "In The Dark". Late in the year, it was announced that The Police would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2003. He maintains that he was not trying to look at her in a lewd way, just making sure Tiffany did her breathing exercises. In June, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Also that year, a messy divorce between her mom and her stepfather occurred, when he was allegedly caught peeping on her. He won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for his second Academy Award for his song "Until..." from the film Kate & Leopold. Finally, in 1984, she was signed to a recording contract by George Tobin, who heard a demo tape she recorded and liked it. 2002 was a year of awards for Sting. In 1983, Tiffany's other sister, Cheressa Williams, is born. Ronald Kent Surut became her manager that year. All This Time featured jazzy reworkings of Sting favorites like "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". Also that year, she was an opening act for Jerry Lee Lewis and for George Jones. His live album, All This Time, recorded on a moonlit night in Tuscany, was released in November but did not gather healthy sales figures. In 1982 Tiffany tours several cities in Alaska, earning 3,000 dollars for the tour. On September 11, he recorded a new live album in Italy, but the Internet simulcast was canceled after the terrorist attack on New York. Later, Sting performed "Fragile" for the fundraiser America: A Tribute to Heroes. Tiffany used to sing at a Los Angeles club named El Palomino when she was discovered by Hoyt Axton and his wife Mae Axton, who took her (Mae) to sing in Nashville, Tennessee, where she performs at the Ralph Emery Show. His song "After the Rain has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. She passed a hat along the crowd afterward, and collected $235 in what would be her first career earning. He added another Grammy to his collection in February. In 1981, Tiffany made her first professional singing show, with a country music band at a country and western spot. Sting kicked off 2001 with a performance during the Super Bowl's half time show. In 1977, Tiffany's mother married, and in 1979, Tiffany's sister Falicia Williams was born. For his performance, the Arab-American Institute Foundation gave him the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award. When Tiffany was four years old, she learned the words to the song Delta Dawn, and she started singing it often. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami. Her parents divorced when she was very young. In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. Tiffany grew up in Norwalk, California. The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. She is of Lebanese and Syrian descent. Sting made a (partial) comeback with the September 1999 album Brand New Day, including the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose" (Top 10). Tiffanie Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971 in Oklahoma), better known in the music world as Tiffany, is an American singer who had a number of "teen pop" hits during the late 1980s. (Sting was also featured on Toby Keith's country cover-version of "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", on Keith's 1997 "Dream Walkin'" album.) In 1998, he appeared in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. 1988 "Radio Romance" #35 US, #13 UK. Yet, he reached the Top 40 with two singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (December). 1988 "All This Time" #6 US. Sting's 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly, but dropped quickly on the charts. from "Hold an Old Friend's Hand"
In February, he won two more Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. 1987 "I Think We're Alone Now" #1 US, #1 UK (1988 release). charts. from "Tiffany"
Together with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, they performed the chart-topping song "All For Love" from the film The Three Musketeers. 1996 Best One (Japanese release; greatest-hits compilation). Sting reached a pinnacle of success in 1994. 1995 All The Best (Singapore release; greatest-hits compilation with 2 new songs). In May, he released a remix of The Police's song "Demolition Man" for the Demolition Man film. 1994 Best of Best (Japanese release; greatest-hits compilation). In 1993, he released the album Ten Summoner's Tales, which went Triple Platinum in just over a year. 1993 Dreams Never Die (released in multiple Asian countries but not in the US). The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University. 1990 New Inside. The album eventually went Platinum. 1988 I Saw Him Standing There (EP; Japanese release). His 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently deceased father and included the top 10 song "All this Time" and the Grammy winning "Soul Cages". 1988 Hold an Old Friend's Hand #17 US. His support for these causes continues to this day. 1987 Tiffany #1 US, #5 UK (1988 release). With long-time girlfriend Trudie Styler and a Kayapó Indian leader in Brazil, he founded the Rainforest Foundation to help save the rainforests. In the late 1980s, Sting strongly supported environmentalism and humanitarian movements, including Amnesty International. Soon thereafter, in February of 1988, he released Nada Como el Sol - a selection of 5 songs from Nothing Like the Sun sung (by Sting himself) in Spanish and Portuguese. It eventually went Double Platinum and was recognized as one of the most important rock & roll albums of the 1980s. Sting released Nothing Like the Sun (1987), including the hit songs "We'll Be Together" and "Be Still My Beating Heart", dedicated to his recently deceased mother. Within a year, it reached Triple Platinum. It included the hit single "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featuring a star-studded cast of jazz musicians, was Sting's first solo album. Most of his later credits in films and TV are for his music. He has also made appearances on television (including guest spots on The Simpsons and Ally McBeal) and stage. More recently, he appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Apart from playing a devil-like character in Brimstone and Treacle (1982), one of his more famous roles was that of Feyd-Rautha in the 1984 film adaptation of Dune. He made his film debut in 1979's Quadrophenia. Sting has occasionally ventured into acting. The Police attempted a reunion in 1986 with re-recording of their song "Don't Stand So Close to Me", but did not stay together. Their last album, Synchronicity was released in 1983. The group had several chart topping albums and won six Grammy Awards in the early 1980s, including their arguably best well-known song, Every Breath You Take. In 1977, Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers, formed the rock/pop band The Police in London. He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents. He once performed wearing a black and yellow striped jersey that fellow band member Gordon Solomon had noted made him look like a bee, thus he became Sting. It is most likely that he gained his nickname while with the Jazzmen. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen and Last Exit. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job. Before playing music professionally, Sumner worked as a ditch digger and a teacher of English. He has a brother, Phil, and two sisters, Anita and Angela. From 1971 to 1974, he attended Northern Counties Teacher Training College. He attended the University of Warwick in Coventry, but did not graduate. From an early age, he knew that he wanted to be a musician. Sumner was born in Newcastle, England to Audrey and Ernie, a milkman, and raised a Roman Catholic. Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), best known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician and formerly bassist and lead singer of The Police. 2003 "Send Your Love" #30 UK. Sting) #2 UK. 2003 "Rise & Fall" (Craig David feat. 2000 "After the Rain Has Fallen" #31 UK. Cheb Mami) #15 UK, #17 US. 2000 "Desert Rose" (feat. 1999 "Brand New Day" #13 UK. 1997 "Roxanne '97" (remix) (with The Police) #17 UK. 1996 "I Was Brought to My Senses" #31 UK. 1996 "You Still Touch Me" #27 UK. 1996 "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" #15 UK. Sting) #36 UK. 1996 "Spirits in the Material World" (Pato Banton feat. Pato Banton) #15 UK. 1995 "This Cowboy Song" (feat. 1994 "When We Dance" #9 UK, #38 US. 1994 "Nothing 'Bout Me" #32 UK. 1994 "All for Love" (with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart) #2 UK, #1 US. 1993 "Demolition Man" #21 UK. 1993 "Fields of Gold" #16 UK, #23 US. 1993 "Seven Days" #25 UK. 1993 "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" #14 UK, #17 US. 1992 "It's Probably Me" (with Eric Clapton) #30 UK. 1991 "All This Time" #22 UK, #5 US. 1990 "Englishman In New York" (remix) #15 UK. 1988 "Be Still My Beating Heart" #15 US. 1987 "We'll Be Together" #7 US. 1985 "Love Is the Seventh Wave" #17 US. 1985 "Fortress Around Your Heart" #8 US. 1985 "Russians" #12 UK, #16 US. 1985 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" #26 UK, #3 US. 1982 "Spread a Little Happiness" #16 UK. 2003 "Sacred Love" #3 UK, #3 US, US Sales: 500,000. 2001 "All This Time" (live) #3 UK, #32 US, US Sales: 500,000. 1999 "At the Movies" (Japanese release). 1999 "Brand New Day" #5 UK, #9 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. 1997 "The Very Best of Sting & The Police" #1 UK, #46 US (both positions for the 2002 re-issue). 1996 "Mercury Falling" #4 UK, #5 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. 1994 "Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994" #2 UK, #7 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. 1993 "Ten Summoner's Tales" #2 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. 1991 "Soul Cages" #1 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. 1988 "Nada Como el Sol". 1987 "Nothing Like the Sun" #1 UK, #9 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. 1986 "Bring On the Night" #16 UK. 1985 "The Dream of Blue Turtles" #3 UK, #2 US, US Sales: 3,000,000. |