It's the man known to his friends as Gordon.

78                           STING

Born Gordon Sumner on 2nd October 1951 in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England. Sting acquired the nickname because when he was younger he would wear a striped jumper that made him look like a bee; he was also a teacher before finding global success with The Police. The decision to split the group when they were at their height was at first baffling, and although he’s never quite reached the sales of The Police in his solo work, the quality has never wavered.

NO. OF HITS

66

NO. OF NO.1’S

6

NO. OF TOP TENS

14

WEEKS ON CHART

377

 

 

 

 

 

 

TITLE

ARTIST

POS

WKS

1

I’ll Be Missing You (1)

Puff Daddy/Faith Evans/112

1

25

2

Don’t Stand So Close To Me  

Police

1

   14

3

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

Police

1

   13

4

Message In A Bottle

Police

1

11

5

Every Breath You Take

Police

1

   11

6

Walking On The Moon

Police

1

10

7

Can’t Stand Losing You

Police

2

   18

8

Invisible Sun

Police

2

    8

9

Rise And Fall   (2)

Craig David/Sting

2

10

10

Money For Nothing (3)

Dire Straits

4

16

11

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

Police

5

8

12

So Lonely

Police

6

   10

13

Wrapped Around Your Finger

Police

7

7

14

When We Dance

Sting

9

    7

15

Shape (4)

Sugababes

11

    9

16

Roxanne

Police

12

   15

17

Russians (5)

Sting

12

   12

18

Spirits In The Material World

Police

12

    8

19

Dance For Me (6)

Mary J Blige/Common

13

    7

20

Brand New Day

Sting

13

5

21

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

Sting

14

    6

22

Englishman In New York

Sting

15

10

23

This Cowboy Song

Sting

15

6

24

Desert Rose

Sting

15

6

25

Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot

Sting

15

    4

26

Fields Of Gold

Sting

16

    6

27

King Of Pain

Police

17

    5

28

Synchronicity 2

Police

17

4

29

Six Pack

Police

17

    4

30

Demolition Man

Sting

21

    4

31

All This Time

Sting

22

    4

32

Seven Days

Sting

25

    4

33

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

Sting

26

7

34

That’s The Way You Do It (3)

Purple Kings

26

3

35

Black And White Army

Black And White Army

26

2

36

You Still Touch Me

Sting

27

3

37

When The World Is Running Down

Different Gear Vs Police

28

3

38

It’s Probably Me (7)

Sting/Eric Clapton

30

    5

39

Jamacian In New York

Shinehead

30

    5

40

Send Your Love

Sting

30

    2

41

After The Rain Has Fallen

Sting

31

4

42

I Was Brought To My Senses

Sting

31

    2

43

Nothing ‘Bout Me

Sting

32

    3

44

The Bed’s To Big Without You

Sheila Hylton

35

7

45

Spirits In The Material World

Sting/Pato Banton

36

2

46

Love Is The Seventh Wave

Sting

41

5

47

We’ll Be Together

Sting

41

    4

48

Steelo (8)

702

41

2

49

Moon Over Bourbon Street

Sting

44

    4

50

Fortress Around Your Heart

Sting

49

3

51

Message In A Bottle

Dance Floor Virus

49

    2

52

Message In A Bottle

T Factory

51

2

53

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

Chaka Demus & Pliers

51

    1

54

Fragile

Julio Iglesias

53

4

55

Live At Tfi Friday E.P.

Sting

53

    2

56

I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying

Sting

54

    1

57

Mad About You

Sting

56

    2

58

The Soul Cages

Sting

57

    1

59

Shape Of My Heart (10)

Sting

57

1

60

Voices (9)

Kc Flight

59

1

61

Whenever I Say Your Name

Sting/Mary J Blige

60

1

62

Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)

Sting

60

    1

63

S.O.S. (Message In A Bottle)

Filterfunk

60

    1

64

Don’t Stand So Close To Me  

Glee Cast

62

1

65

Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic

Shawn Colvin

65

    2

66

Fragile

Sting

70

    2

 

 

 

 

378

 

(1)               with Todd Gaither/Faith Evans

(2)               with Craig David/Dominic Miller

(3)               with Mark Knopfler

(4)               with Dominic Miller/Keisha Buchanan/Muyta Buena/Heidi Range/Ken Dodds

(5)               with Sergej Prokofev

(6)               with Mary J Blige/Damon Blackmon/Ahkim and Bruce Miller

(7)               with Eric Clapton/Michael Kamen

(8)               with Missy and Chad Elliott/George Pearson

(9)               with Franklin Toson

(10)           with Dominic Miller