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Sting, artiestennaam van Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (Wallsend, 2 oktober 1951), is een Brits muzikant en zanger. Hij is Commandeur in de Orde van het Britse Rijk; deze onderscheiding werd hem verleend door koningin Elizabeth II. Sting brak voor het grote publiek door met de band The Police maar ging midden jaren tachtig solo verder. Als soloartiest versmolt hij invloeden van jazz, klassieke muziek, wereldmuziek en elektronische muziek in zijn eigen nummers. Sting heeft een typische tenorstem en kan hoge zangpartijen aan.

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor. He was the frontman, principal 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.

Sting has sold a combined total of more than 100 million records as a solo artist and as a member of the Police. He has received three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2002; a Golden Globe; an Emmy; and four Academy Award nominations. As a solo musician and as a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003. Sting has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors; a CBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music; Kennedy Center Honors; and the Polar Music Prize. In May 2023, he was made an Ivor Novello Fellow.