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Sting
Artist · Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

Sting

  • soft rock
  • United Kingdom
  • born 1951, Wallsend
  • 4 albums
  • 26 Dutch Top 40 hits
  • 1987–2026

Sting, known as a member of The Police, is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 2 October 1951 in Wallsend. The collection holds four albums, released between 1987 and 2026: …Nothing Like The Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), My Songs (2019) and The Night Watch (Live at the Rijksmuseum) (2026). On top of that, Sting appears on one album by others. In all, 26 records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot. The highest was Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic: number 1 in week 45 of 1981.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Albums by Sting

By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.

Sound of Sting

Sting sounds much like the shelves on average, at a tempo around 113 bpm.

  • Tempo113 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy30% · 38%
  • Mood59% · 63%
  • Acoustic89% · 85%
  • Danceable48% · 47%

Across 47 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of Sting

The years of Sting with The Police. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. The name of the group links to its page.

The Police1980198519901995200020052010201520202025…Nothing Like The Sun1987The Soul Cages1991The Night Watch (Live at the Rijksmuseum)2026My Songs2019Every Little Thing She Does Is Magicnumber 1 in week 45 of 1981 · 14 weeksMessage In A Bottlenumber 2 in week 45 of 1979 · 10 weeksAll for Lovenumber 3 in week 9 of 1994 · 13 weeksDon't Stand So Close To Menumber 3 in week 44 of 1980 · 11 weeksIt's Probably Menumber 6 in week 34 of 1992 · 10 weeksEvery Breath You Takenumber 6 in week 25 of 1983 · 9 weeksSpirits In The Material Worldnumber 6 in week 2 of 1982 · 8 weeksLove Is The Seventh Wavenumber 7 in week 41 of 1985 · 11 weeksRussiansnumber 7 in week 1 of 1986 · 8 weeksRise & Fallnumber 9 in week 24 of 2003 · 14 weeksCan't Stand Losing Younumber 9 in week 38 of 1979 · 9 weeksWalking On The Moonnumber 9 in week 2 of 1980 · 9 weeksEnglishman In New Yorknumber 9 in week 13 of 1988 · 8 weeksFragilenumber 10 in week 23 of 1988 · 9 weeksDe Do Do Do, De Da Da Danumber 11 in week 3 of 1981 · 7 weeksAll This Timenumber 13 in week 6 of 1991 · 6 weeksIf I Ever Lose My Faith In Younumber 15 in week 12 of 1993 · 6 weeksDreamingnumber 17 in week 48 of 2023 · 14 weeksWrapped Around Your Fingernumber 17 in week 36 of 1983 · 5 weeksDon't Stand So Close To Menumber 20 in week 45 of 1986 · 5 weeksRoxannenumber 21 in week 28 of 1979 · 6 weeksThey Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)number 29 in week 42 of 1988 · 4 weeksSo Lonelynumber 31 in week 16 of 1979 · 4 weeksWe'll Be Togethernumber 31 in week 47 of 1987 · 3 weeksIf You Love Somebody Set Them Freenumber 35 in week 29 of 1985 · 5 weeksRoxanne '97number 38 in week 49 of 1997 · 3 weeks

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end

Also appears on

Sting also appears on an album by others: Missionary.

Biggest hits of Sting

In the Dutch Top 40, Sting had 26 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.

1peak position
week 45, 1981
211weeks in the chart
with 26 records
1979first entry
week 15, 1979
2024latest entry
week 4, 2024
17years with an entry
  1. 1Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    The Police
    198114 weeks
  2. 2Message In A Bottle
    The Police
    197910 weeks
  3. 3All for Love
    Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting
    199413 weeks
  4. 3Don't Stand So Close To Me
    The Police
    198011 weeks
  5. 6It's Probably Me
    Sting
    199210 weeks

All 26 records by Sting in the Dutch Top 40

Source: top40.nl

Together with Sting

In The Police, Sting played with Henry Padovani, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. On tracks of albums in the collection, Sting appears with Cheb Mami, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

Frequently asked questions

How many albums by Sting are in the collection?

There are four, released between 1987 and 2026: …Nothing Like The Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), My Songs (2019) and The Night Watch (Live at the Rijksmuseum) (2026).

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Sting have?

Sting had 26 records in the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, which reached number 1 in week 45 of 1981.

Which group does Sting belong to?

Sting is known as a member of The Police. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline.

Which albums by other artists feature Sting?

Sting appears on one album by others: Missionary (Snoop Dogg).

How do you play the music of Sting?

Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

Keep exploring

If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.