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.
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.
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.
week 45, 1981211weeks in the chart
with 26 records1979first entry
week 15, 19792024latest entry
week 4, 202417years with an entry
- 1Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic198114 weeks
- 2Message In A Bottle197910 weeks
- 3All for Love199413 weeks
- 3Don't Stand So Close To Me198011 weeks
- 6It's Probably Me199210 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.
Cheb Mami1 track
Dr. Dre1 track
Snoop Dogg1 track
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.

