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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He was the frontman, songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music.

As a solo musician and a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards: he won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take", three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution in 2002, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2019, he received a BMI Award for "Every Breath You Take" becoming the most-played song in radio history. In 2002, Sting received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of 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. He was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014 and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017. In May 2023, he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow.

With the Police, Sting became one of the world's best-selling music artists. Solo and with the Police combined, he has sold over 100 million records and also learned to simultaneously sing and play by listening to records at 78 rpm. 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's 100 greatest musical stars of the 20th century. He has collaborated with other musicians on songs such as "Money for Nothing" with Dire Straits, "Rise & Fall" with Craig David, "All for Love" with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, "You Will Be My Ain True Love" with Alison Krauss, and introduced the North African music genre raï to Western audiences through the hit song "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami. In 2018, he released the album 44/876, a collaboration with Jamaican musician Shaggy, which won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2019.

For his musical guest appearances, he performed "We'll Be Together" and "Little Wing" and also he was in the sketch "Bullets Aren't Cheap" all in the October 17, 1987 episode. Despite his only hosting and musical guest appearance for the January 19, 1991 episode he also performed "All This Time", "Mad About You" and "Purple Haze". On the February 20, 1993 episode he performed "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You", "Love Is Stranger Than Justice" and "Every Breath You Take" also he was in the cold opening sketch "Town Meeting" all in the February 20, 1993 episode. In the February 24, 1996 episode he performed "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" and "You Still Touch Me" and also he was in the "1-600-555-AUSSIE" sketch as he played an Australia operator. He performed "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose" and also he was in the "Pretty Living" sketch all in the November 20, 1999. For each of his musical guest appearance, he play Goldsting, Rod Stewart, an Australia operator and Hal "The Hawk" Robbins. He was also impersonated by Jimmy Fallon on the October 21, 2000 episode during the " VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards" sketch and the December 17, 2011 episode during the "Michael Bublé Christmas Duets" sketch.

SNL Jimmy Fallon as Sting

Jimmy Fallon as Sting (right) on the October 21, 2000 episode during the " VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards" sketch.

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