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Musician (bassist), composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author, and activist Sting was born in Wallsend, Northumberland, England 2 October 1951, before moving to London in 1977 to form with and . The band released five studio albums, earned six Grammy Awards and two Brits, and was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. One of the early bands Sumner played with was . He once performed wearing a black and yellow jersey with hooped stripes that bandleader had noted made him look like a bumblebee; thus Sumner became "Sting". He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents. In a press conference, he once jokingly stated that even his children call him Sting. In 1988, he established . As one of the worlds most distinctive solo artists, Sting has received an additional 11 Grammy Awards, two Brits, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, four Oscar nominations (most recently for The Empty Chair from JIM: The James Foley Story), a TONY nomination, Billboard Magazines Century Award, and MusiCares 2004 Person of the Year. In 2002, he 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. In 2003, Sting received a CBE from Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for services to music. In December 2014 he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and most recently was given The American Music Award of Merit. Throughout his enduring career, he has sold close to 100 million albums from his combined work with The Police and as a solo artist. Stings support for human rights organizations such as the Rainforest Fund, Amnesty International and Live Aid mirrors his art in its universal outreach. Along with wife , Sting founded the Rainforest Fund in 1989 to protect both the worlds rainforests and the indigenous people living there. Together they have held 17 benefit concerts to raise funds and awareness for our planets endangered resources. Received the Polar Music Prize 2017. In 2019, Sting was honoured at the BMI Pop Awards for his enduring hit single Every Breath You Take, which has become the most performed song, with 15 million radio plays, from BMIs catalog of over 14 million musical works. Sting married actress from Northern Ireland, on 1 May 1976. Before they divorced in 1984, they had two children: Joseph ("") (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine ("

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