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Sting takes in an average of $2,000 per day in royalties for this now 20-year-old song, "Every Breath You Take." The song is officially the most requested radio song of all time.

He wrote his most popular song "Every Breath You Take" after waking up in the middle of the night from a dream.

His album with The Police, "Synchronicity", was the album that finally knocked Michael Jackson's "Thriller", the best selling album of all time, out of the number one spot it held for most of 1983.

His favorite music is actually jazz.

He is a former bus conductor and tax officer.

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Police) on 10 March 2003.

His song "Roxanne" is one of the top 50 bar/jukebox songs of all time, according to VH-1.

He was a certified primary school teacher in England. He also taught English in St Paul's First School, a secondary school, in Cramlington near Newcastle.

He was nicknamed "Sting" by Gordon Solomon, a trombonist with the Newcastle Big Band from Sting's hometown. He reminded Solomon of a hornet because of his the black and gold rugby shirts.

He was a member of Band Aid in 1984, which united many of the UK and Ireland's biggest music stars to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief.

The Police were voted the 70th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone.

He reunited with his former band mates and performed at the 2007 Grammy Awards. The next day, The Police announced a worldwide tour in 2007, their first tour since 1986.

Wrote The Police hit "Every Breath You Take" at the home of Ian Fleming in Jamaica where he briefly lived during the 1980s.

Sting is a fanatic and friend of fellow English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel. Both hit their commercial peak in the 1980s and were known for their support for Amnesty International. They also toured the United States and Canada together in 2016.

He is a big fan of "Richard Laymer, the Copy Guy," a popular character created by Rob Schneider for Il Saturday Night Live (1975). Sting was the first SNL host/musical guest to appear in a "Copy Guy" sketch; he later wrote the cast and crew a letter from "Sting. The Stingster. Der Stinglehoffer. Sting-a-ling-a-ding-dong. Sting-o. The Stingman.".

Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, founded the Rainforest Foundation in 1988.

His 1987 album "Nothing Like the Sun" is dedicated to his mother, Audrey.

He has six children, two from his first wife Frances Tomelty, and four from Trudie Styler. As of 2019, Sting has seven grandchildren.

The comic book character of John Constantine ("Hellblazer"), eventually featured in the Keanu Reeves movie, Constantine (2005), was designed to look like Sting, and, in fact, was created solely for the purpose of including a character who looks like Sting in the Swamp Thing comic. In one Swamp Thing issue, there's a boat named the "USS Gordon Sumner".

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Music.

He planned a festival tour in the United States called "Desert Roses and Arabian Rhythms," featuring musicians from Egypt, Algeria, and Iran. It was scheduled to start September 14, 2001, but was canceled when terrorists attacked the United States on September 11th.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

The 2009 Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $295 million.

Sting has won several Brit (British Phonographic Industry) Awards, both solo and with The Police. The band won the British Phonographic Industry Award for Outstanding Contribution in 1985. His album "Nothing Like The Sun" won the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Album in 1988. He was the winner of the 1994 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist following the success of his album "Ten Summoner's Tales". In 2002, he won the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution. Only Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Freddie Mercury have also won the award as a member of a band and as an individual.

His son, Joseph Sumner, is a singer in a band and bears a striking resemblance to Sting. Joe's singing sounds similar to his father's as well.

One of his children suffers from dyspraxia, a developmental disorder of the brain in childhood affecting movement and coordination.

Two of the songs he sang with The Police are also the titles of films starring Sandra Bullock: Demolition Man (1993) and Formula per un delitto (2002).

He has homes in London (UK), Lake Wilshire, Malibu (California) and Figline Valdarno (Tuscany, Italy).

Along with Trudie Styler, he introduced Madonna to her second husband Guy Ritchie

The 2005 winning horse of the Kentucky Derby, Giacomo, is named after Sting and Trudie's son of the same name. The owner of the horse, Jerry Moss, is good friends with Sting and recorded him on A&M Records.

He owns a Malibu house formerly owned by actor Larry Hagman.

The Police ended their last tour in early 1984 and only regrouped to play a few benefit dates in 1986. Their last performance to date was 10 March 2003 at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. They have never announced an official breakup.

He attended Warwick University in Coventry, England, but never graduated.

On 21 November 2003, he performed for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity event.

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.

Sting appeared in Threepenny Opera in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s.

In February 2007, he reunited with his former bandmates of The Police and embarking on a worldwide tour.

He and fellow members of The Police originally bleached their hair blond early in their careers to appear more like punk rockers for a bubblegum commercial.

His father Ernie was a milkman and Sting used to help him on his rounds.

In an interview in the late 90s, he said he liked some American country music, mentioning Hank Williams and "Gentleman"Jim Reeves as two of his favorites.

Sting uses yoga to stay fit.

Says that seeing Jimi Hendrix at Newcastle City Hall made him want to be a rock star.

His song "Roxanne" was covered by George Michael on the album "Songs from the Last Century".

He filmed his son Jake Sumner's birth and put it in his movie, Bring on the night - vivi la notte (1985).

He lived with Trudie Styler for about 10 years before marrying her.

He was the winner of the 2002 Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement.

The final scene of CBGB (2013) is The Police auditioning for a gig at the club. His daughter, Mickey Sumner, appears in the film asPatti Smith.

He is an avid Newcastle United supporter.

He attended Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.

He attended St. Cuthbert's Catholic High School in Newcastle although, at the time he went, it was a Catholic grammar school. Other students have included TV presenter Declan Donnelly, Pet Shop Boys lead singer Neil Tennant, British prisoner-of-war and journalist John Nichol, as well as renowned architect Terry Farrell, who designed the MI6 building overlooking the River Thames in London.