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For the past several years, one of Sting's album has sold fewer than 20,000 copies despite his touring with an orchestra to promote it. His fortune is currently valued at $300 million.
His road to stardom started when Sting moved to London from Newcastle and joined The Police, along with Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani in 1977. Afterwards, the band has numerous chart-topping hits such as Every Breathe You Take, Roxanne, and Message In a Bottle, among others.
Sting's solo career went into heights when he released his first album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985. He conquered the Billboard chart several times, did concert tours around the world and received numerous accolades.
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born on October 2, 1951 in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date | Category | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Asset | Current value of his London home that overlooks St. James Park | $15,000,000 |
2009 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Symphonicities (over 600,000 copies sold worldwide) | $600,000 |
2009 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his live album Live in Berlin (certified silver by BVMI) | $100,000 |
2008 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album If on a Winter's Night... (certified platinum by IFPI-SWI and gold by RIAA, BVMI and SNEP) | $670,000 |
2007 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Police with The Police (certified platinum by BPI and gold by Music Canada) | $350,000 |
2007 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the live album Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires with The Police (certified platinum by RIAA) | $1,000,000 |
2007 | Asset | Value of his 15 Central Park West apartment | $26,500,000 |
2005 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Songs from the Labyrinth (certified gold by BVMI) | $100,000 |
2002 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Sacred Love (certified platinum by RIAA and IFPI-SWI, and gold by BPI, SNEP, BVMI and NVPI) | $1,295,000 |
2000 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his live album ...All This Time (certified gold by RIAA, BPI, IFPI-AUT, SNEP, BVMI, NVPI and IFPI-SWI) | $893,000 |
1998 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Mercury Falling (certified 3x platinum by RIAA, platinum by BPI, ARIA and IFPI-SWI, 2x gold by SNEP, and gold by IFPI-AUT, IFPI-NOR, BVMI and NVPI) | $3,718,000 |
1996 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album The Very Best of Sting & The Police with The Police (certified platinum by BPI, and gold by RIAA, ARIA, IFPI-AUT, BVMI, and IFPI-SWI) | $1,103,000 |
1996 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his compilation album The Very Best of Sting & The Police (certified platinum by BPI, and gold by RIAA, ARIA, IFPI-AUT, BVMI, and IFPI-SWI) | $1,153,000 |
1995 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Mercury Falling (certified platinum by RIAA and BPI, and gold by IFPI-AUT, IFPI-SWI, BVMI and NVPI) | $1,593,000 |
1994 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the live album Live! with The Police (certified platinum by RIAA) | $1,000,000 |
1993 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his compilation album Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 (certified 3x platinum by BPI, 2x platinum by RIAA, platinum SNEP, BVMI, NVPI and IFPI-SWI, and gold by IFPI-AUT and IFPI-SWE) | $3,598,000 |
1992 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album Ten Summoner's Tales (certified 3x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by BPI and SNEP, platinum by IFPI-SWI, and gold by BVMI and NVPI) | $4,075,000 |
1991 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album Their Greatest Hits with The Police (certified platinum by BPI, Music Canada, SNEP and gold by IFPI-SWI) | $430,000 |
1990 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album The Soul Cages (certified platinum by RIAA, SNEP, BVMI, IFPI - SWI, and gold by BPI and IFPI-AUT) | $1,728,000 |
1989 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album Their Greatest Hits with The Police (certified 2x platinum by SNEP and gold by BVMI) | $450,000 |
1986 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album ...Nothing Like the Sun (certified 2x platinum by RIAA, SNEP, NVPI, IFPI - SWI, and platinum by BPI and BVMI) | $3,140,000 |
1985 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his live album Bring on the Night (certified silver by BPI) | $60,000 |
1985 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the compilation album Every Breath You Take: The Singles with The Police (certified 5x platinum by RIAA, 4x platinum by BPI, and platinum by Music Canada) | $6,300,000 |
1984 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from his album The Dream of the Blue Turtles (certified 3x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by BPI and platinum Music Canada, BVMI and SNEP) | $4,300,000 |
1982 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the album Synchronicity with The Police (certified 8x platinum by RIAA, platinum by BPI, Music Canada and SNEP, and gold by BVMI) | $8,750,000 |
1980 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the album Ghost in the Machine with The Police (certified 3x platinum by RIAA, platinum by BPI and Music Canada, and gold by BVMI and SNEP) | $3,700,000 |
1979 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the album Zenyatta Mondatta with The Police (certified 2x platinum by RIAA, platinum by BPI, Music Canada and SNEP, and gold by BVMI) | $2,750,000 |
1978 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the album Reggatta de Blanc with The Police (certified platinum by RIAA, BPI, Music Canada and SNEP, and gold by BVMI) | $1,750,000 |
1977 | Record Sales | Estimated earnings from the album Outlandos d'Amour with The Police (certified platinum by RIAA, BPI, Music Canada and SNEP, and gold by BVMI) | $1,750,000 |