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British musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and activist renowned as the lead vocalist, bassist, and primary songwriter for The Police and for his successful solo career. Born in Wallsend, England, Sting worked as a teacher and ditch digger before pursuing music. He co-founded the globally successful rock band The Police in 1977, achieving massive success with albums like 'Reggatta de Blanc' and 'Synchronicity'. Launched a prolific solo career in 1985, exploring diverse genres like jazz, rock, world music, and classical. Known for sophisticated songwriting tackling themes of love, loss, politics, and philosophy. A multi-Grammy Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (with The Police), and dedicated human rights/environmental activist.

• His stage name 'Sting' originated early in his career; he performed wearing a black and yellow hooped sweater, leading a bandmate to say he looked like a bee, hence 'Sting'.
• The Police disbanded at the height of their fame in 1986 partly due to intense creative tensions, particularly between Sting and guitarist Andy Summers, though they reunited for a world tour in 2007-2008.
• His iconic song 'Every Breath You Take' (1983), often mistaken for a love song, was intended as a dark, obsessive tale of surveillance and lost love, inspired by his feelings during the breakdown of his first marriage. He has called it 'a nasty little song'.
• He has been deeply involved in human rights and environmental causes for decades, notably supporting Amnesty International and founding the Rainforest Foundation Fund in 1989 after witnessing deforestation in the Amazon.
• His mother died unexpectedly from a brain hemorrhage in 1987, a profound loss that deeply influenced the introspective nature of his album '...Nothing Like the Sun' (dedicated to her) and the song 'Fragile'.