Sting

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Sting merupakan penulis lagu utama, vokalis, dan bassis untuk band rock new wave the Police dari 1977 hingga 1984, dan meluncurkan karier solo pada tahun 1985. Dia telah memasukkan unsur-unsur rock, jazz, reggae, klasik, new age, dan world beat dalam musiknya. 
Sebagai musisi solo dan anggota grup musik The Police, Sting telah menerima 17 Grammy Awards: ia memenangkan Song of the Year untuk "Every Breath You Take", tiga Brit Awards, termasuk Best British Male Artist pada 1994 dan Outstanding Contribution pada 2002, sebuah Golden Globe, Emmy, dan empat nominasi untuk Academy Award untuk Best Original Song. Pada tahun 2019, ia menerima BMI Award untuk "Every Breath You Take" menjadi lagu yang paling sering diputar dalam sejarah radio. Pada tahun 2002, Sting menerima Ivor Novello Award untuk Prestasi Seumur Hidup dari Akademi Penulis Lagu, Komponis dan Penulis Inggris dan juga dilantik ke dalam Hall of Fame Penulis Lagu. Dia dilantik ke Rock and Roll Hall of Fame sebagai anggota Polisi pada tahun 2003. Pada tahun 2000, dia menerima bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame untuk rekaman. Pada tahun 2003, Sting menerima Bintang Kekaisaran Britania Raya dari Elizabeth II di Istana Buckingham karena kontribusi musik yang mengharumkan negara. Dia diangkat menjadi anggota kehormatan Kennedy Center di Gedung Putih pada 2014, dan dianugerahi Hadiah Musik Polar pada 2017.
Dengan Polisi, Sting menjadi salah satu artis musik terlaris di dunia. Karier solo dan dengan The Police digabungkan, ia telah menjual lebih dari 100 juta salinan rekaman. Pada 2006, Paste menempatkannya di urutan ke-62 dari 100 penulis lagu terbaik.  Dia adalah ke-63 dari 100 artis rock terbesar VH1, dan ke-80 dari 100 bintang musikal majalah Q terbaik abad ke-20. Dia telah berkolaborasi dengan musisi lain dalam lagu-lagu seperti "Money for Nothing" dengan Dire Straits, "Rise & Fall" dengan Craig David, "All for Love", dengan Bryan Adams dan Rod Stewart, "You Will Be My Ain True Love" dengan Alison Krauss, dan memperkenalkan genre musik Afrika Utara ke penonton Barat melalui lagu hit "Desert Rose" dengan Cheb Mami. Pada tahun 2018, ia merilis album 44/876, sebuah kolaborasi dengan musisi Jamaika Shaggy, yang memenangkan Grammy Award untuk Best Reggae Album pada tahun 2019.

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Grammy Awards
1980 'Reggatta De Blanc,' Best Rock Instrumental Performance - The Police
1981 'Don't Stand So Close To Me,' Best Rock Vocal performance by a Duo or Group - The Police
1981 'Behind My Camel,' Best Rock Instrumental Performance - The Police
1984 'Every Breath You Take,' Song Of The Year - Sting
1984 'Every Breath You Take,' Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - The Police
1984 'Synchronicity II', Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - The Police
1984 'Brimstone and Treacle', Best Rock Instrumental Performance - Sting
1986 'Bring On The Night', Best Long Form Video - Sting
1986 'Bring on the Night', Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Sting
1992 'The Soul Cages,' Best Rock Song - Sting
1994 'If Ever I Lose My Faith In You,' Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Sting
1994 'Ten Summoner's Tales', Best Long Form Video Of The Year - Sting
1994 'Ten Summoner's Tales', Best Engineered Recording - Hugh Padgham
2000 'Brand New Day', Best Pop Album - Sting and Kipper
2000 'Brand New Day', Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Sting
2001 'She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)' Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Sting
2004 'Whenever I Say Your Name', Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals - Sting & Mary J. Blige
Selected BMI Awards
1984 'Every Breath You Take,' Song Of The Year - Sting
1985 'Wrapped Around Your Finger,' 'King Of Pain' and 'If You Love Somebody Set Them Free,' Most Performed Songs - Sting
1986 'Fortress Around Your Heart,' Most Performed Song - Sting
1994 'Fields of Gold,' BMI Pop Music Award - Sting
1994 'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,' BMI Pop Music Award - Sting
1995 'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,' BMI Most Performed Song Of The Year - Sting
1995 'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,' BMI Most Performed College Radio Song - Sting
1998 'I'll Be Missing You/Every Breath You Take,' BMI Most Performed Song of the Year - Sting
1998 'Every Breath You Take,' BMI Award for Five Million Radio Plays - Sting
1998 'Fields Of Gold,' BMI Award for Two Million Radio Plays - Sting
2000 'Every Breath You Take,' BMI Award for Five Million Radio Plays - Sting
2000 'If I Ever Lose My Faith In You,' BMI Award for Two Million Radio Plays - Sting
2000 'Spirits In The Material World,' BMI Award for Two Million Radio Plays - Sting
2001 'Brand New Day' BMI Pop Award for 446,191 performances in 2000 - Sting
2001 'Desert Rose' BMI/Robert S. Musel Crystel Award for the highest performing song (828,092 performances) in 2000 - Sting
2002 'Emotional' (recorded by Carl Thomas using a sample of 'Shape of My Heart) Urban Award (275,218 performances in 2001)
2005 'Every Breath You Take,' BMI Award for Eight Million Radio Plays - Sting
2011 'Every Breath You Take,' BMI Songwriters Award for over Ten Million Performances - Sting
2012 'Every Breath You Take,' BMI Songwriters Award for over Eleven Million Performances, 'Don't Stand So Close To Me', BMI Songwriters Award for over Five Million Performances, 'Message In A Bottle', If I Ever Lose My Faith In You' and 'De Do Do Do De Da Da Da', BMI Songwriters Award for over Three Million Performances - Sting
2016 'Every Breath You Take', BMI Songwriters Award for over Thirteen Million Performances - Sting
Brit Awards
1982 Best Group - The Police
1985 Outstanding Contribution to British Music - The Police
1991 Best Male Solo Artist - Sting
2002 Outstanding Contribution to British Music - Sting
Golden Globes
2000 Nomination: 'My Funny Friend And Me' - Best Song
2001 Winner: 'Until'- Best Song from Kate & Leopold
2003 Nomination: 'You Will Be My Ain True Love' - Best Song
Oscars
2000 Nomination: 'My Funny Friend And Me' - Best Song
2001 Nomination: 'Until' - Best Song from Kate & Leopold
2003 Nomination: 'You Will Be My Ain True Love' - Best Song from Cold Mountain
Emmy's
2002 Winner: Sting in Tuscany: All This Time - Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.
2002 Winner: Sting in Tuscany: All This Time - Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Movie, Miniseries, or Special
2004 Winner: A&E In Concert: Sting: Sacred Love: Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special
2004 Winner: A&E In Concert: Sting: Sacred Love: Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Or Music Series Or Special
2011 Winner: A&E Private Sessions: Outstanding Achievement In Sound Mixing - Live Action And Animation
Ivor Novello's
1998 Winner: 'Most Performed Work' for 'I'll Be Missing You/Every Breath You Take'
2002 Winner: 'International Achievement Award'
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
2012 Winner: 'Best Visual Design/Aesthetic' - Sting 25 App