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, and was
made a Kennedy Center
Honoree at the White House
in 2014.
With The Police, Sting
became one of the
world's best-selling music
artists. Solo and with The
Police, he sold 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 20th
century.
He has collaborated with
other musicians, including
"Rise & Fall" with Craig
David, "All for Love",
with Bryan Adams and Rod
Stewart, and introduced the
North African musical Raï to
Western audiences by his
international hit "Desert
Rose" with Cheb Mami.
In 2014: In a frank
interview in today’s Mail on
Sunday Event magazine, the
former Police frontman said
he expected his three sons
and three daughters to work,
and added that there would
not be much left to inherit
anyway.
Sting, 62, who still has more
than 100 people on his
payroll, said: ‘I told them
there won’t be much money
left because we are spending
it! We have a lot of
commitments. What comes
in, we spend, and there isn’t
much left.’
He added: ‘I certainly don’t
want to leave them trust
funds that are albatrosses
round their necks.