Capital: | € 350 million |
Age: | 68 |
Born: | 10/02/1951 |
Country of origin: | England |
Source of wealth: | Singer |
Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Sting is high-quality recognized for his making a song career, however is likewise a reputable songwriter and actor. He have become well-known withinside the Eighties because the frontman of the British band “The Police” and later as a solo artist. Sting is taken into consideration one of the smartest and maximum gifted musicians withinside the world. In addition to music, he is likewise actively concerned withinside the human rights movement, environmental safety and different social issues.
Early life
Sting become born as Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner on October 2, 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is the oldest of 4 sons through Audrey and Ernest Matthew Sumner. His mom become a hairdresser and his father an engineer who later opened a milk shop. As a boy, Gordon helped his father pull out the milk, however secretly dreamed of turning into a musician. Instead of working, he favored to pluck an vintage Spanish guitar at domestic left through an uncle who had emigrated to Canada. One day while he noticed Queen Elizabeth II using thru the city, he knew that he desired to come to be well-known. But first, Sting graduated from Northumbria University and labored as a instructor at Cramlington, England’s St. Paul’s School. He taught there for 2 years earlier than turning into a full-time musician. In the night he performed in nearby jazz groups. He were given the nickname “Sting” from a band chief due to the fact he constantly seemed in black and yellow striped rugby shirts that gave the impression of a hornet.
Career highlights
Sting wrote and composed a lot of popular songs, but his most successful song was “Every Breath You Take” from 1983’s “The Police” album “Synchronicity”. It was the biggest US and UK hit of 1983 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 8 weeks and topped the UK single charts for 4 weeks. He was nominated for three Grammy categories and won two of them. “Brand New Day” from 1999 was Sting’s sixth solo album and the most successful of them all. It sold 3.5 million copies in the United States and was celebrated by critics and fans alike. It won the Grammy Award for best pop singing album and Sting won a Grammy Award for best male pop singing performance. His musical career spans more than 30 years and on his way he has received 17 Grammy awards, sold more than 100 million records and written some of the most memorable songs of our time.
Famous quotes
One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you want.
If you accept death, you have more interest in life, in happy life, as it should be lived. A life for the moment.
Success always requires a certain amount of ruthlessness. In choosing between friendship or success, I would probably choose success.