Sting Net Worth and Biography

Sting is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, with an estimated net worth of $300 Million. He was the frontman, songwriter, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and became one of the most successful singers in British history.

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Biography

Sting was born as Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, on 2 October 1951. He was the eldest of four children of Audrey (née Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, a milkman, and engineer. He attended St Cuthbert’s Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne. After graduating in 1969, he enrolled at the University of Warwick in Coventry but left after a term. After working as a bus conductor, building laborer, and tax officer, he attended the Northern Counties College of Education from 1971 to 1974 and qualified as a teacher. He taught at St Paul’s First School in Cramlington for two years.

Sting has been obsessed with music since he was a child. He visited nightclubs such as Club A’Gogo to see Cream and Manfred Mann, who influenced his music. He was also obsessed with an old Spanish guitar left by an emigrating friend of his father. While in school, Sting performed jazz in the evening, on weekends, and during breaks from college and teaching, playing with the Phoenix Jazzmen, Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit. He gained his nickname after his habit of wearing a black and yellow jumper with hooped stripes with the Phoenix Jazzmen.

Career

In 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London and joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani (soon replaced by Andy Summers) to form the Police. Their initial sound was punk-inspired, but they switched to reggae rock and minimalist pop. From 1978 to 1983 The band released five albums together, all of which topped the chart in the UK.

Together They won six Grammy Awards and won two Brit Awards. Their final album, Synchronicity, was nominated for five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year in 1983. Four of the band’s five studio albums appeared on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Although the group never formally broke up they all agreed to concentrate on solo projects. As the years went by, the band members, especially Sting, dismissed the possibility of reforming. In 2007, however, the band did reform and undertook The Police Reunion Tour.

In 1981, Sting made his first live solo appearance, releasing his first solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985. He since then released 14 additional albums up till 2021. He collaborated with numerous musicians such as Dire Straits, Craig David, Bryan Adams  Rod Stewart, and Alison Krauss. Sting is also credited for introducing the North African music genre raï to Western audiences through the hit song “Desert Rose” with Cheb Mami.

With the Police, Sting became one of the world’s best-selling music artists. Solo and with the Police combined, he has sold over 100 million records. In 2006, Paste ranked him 62nd of the 100 best living songwriters. He was 63rd of VH1’s 100 greatest artists of rock, and 80th of Q magazine’s 100 greatest musical stars of the 20th century.

Honors and Accolades

As a solo musician and a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution in 2002, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

In 2019, he received a BMI Award for “Every Breath You Take” becoming the most-played song in radio history. In 2002, Sting received the Lifetime Ivor Novello Award and Authors and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003.

In 2000, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording. In 2003, Sting received a CBE from Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for services to music. He was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014 and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017.

Sting Net Worth

Sting is one of the richest musicians in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of $300 Million. He amassed his riches by selling over 100 million records worldwide, a number reached by combining his tallies from his solo career and as a member of The Police.

Also, touring has earned him a large portion of that sum, even placing him and his former bandmates on top of the Forbes Best-Paid Music Stars list back in 2008, 25 years after the release of their last album Synchronicity. That year, the band earned an estimated $115 million through a reunion world tour.

In April 2009, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Sting’s wealth at £175 million and ranked him the 322nd wealthiest person in Britain. A decade later, Sting was estimated to have a fortune of £320 million in the 2019 Sunday Times Rich List, making him one of the ten wealthiest people in the British music industry.