Sting

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Sting is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former frontman of The Police, renowned for his distinctive voice and genre-blending solo career.


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instanceOf human
awardReceived Brit Award
Emmy Award
Golden Globe Award
Grammy Award
birthName Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1951-10-02
educatedAt Northern Counties College of Education
St Cuthbert's Grammar School
familyName Sumner
founded Rainforest Foundation Fund
genre jazz
new wave
pop rock
reggae rock
rock
soft rock
givenName Gordon
Matthew
instrument bass guitar
double bass
guitar
keyboards
vocals
memberOf The Police
movement human rights activism
name Sting
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song
notableCharacteristic genre-blending solo career
notableFeature distinctive voice
notableWork Brand New Day
Brand New Day (album)
Desert Rose
Englishman in New York
Every Breath You Take
Fields of Gold
Fragile
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
Message in a Bottle
Nothing Like the Sun
Roxanne
Shape of My Heart
Synchronicity (album, with The Police)
Ten Summoner's Tales
The Dream of the Blue Turtles
numberOfChildren 6
occupation actor
bassist
composer
musician
record producer
singer-songwriter
placeOfBirth Wallsend, Northumberland, England
positionHeld frontman of The Police
residence Italy
New York City
spouse Frances Tomelty NERFINISHED
Trudie Styler
startTime active as musician since early 1970s
voiceType tenor


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