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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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
awardReceived BRIT Awards
surface form: 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 self-link
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"
surface form: 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
surface form: Wallsend, Northumberland, England
positionHeld frontman of The Police
residence Italy
New York City
spouse Frances Tomelty
Trudie Styler
startTime active as musician since early 1970s
voiceType tenor

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Sting name Sting self-link
Sheryl Crow associatedAct Sting
Bryan Adams associatedAct Sting
Shaggy collaboratedWith Sting
Jonny Lang associatedAct Sting
Eliot Sumner parent Sting
Chris Botti associatedAct Sting
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers isCoveredBy Sting
subject surface form: Ain't No Sunshine
The Police member Sting
The Police leadVocalist Sting
The Police bassist Sting
Lucid Dreams writer Sting
BT collaboratedWith Sting
Mickey Sumner parent Sting
Moon producer Sting
subject surface form: Moon (film)
Live Aid concert notablePerformer Sting
subject surface form: Live Aid
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? featuresVocalist Sting
subject surface form: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
"Every Breath You Take" writer Sting
subject surface form: Every Breath You Take