Sting
- soft rock
- United Kingdom
- born 1951, Wallsend
- 4 albums
- 26 Dutch Top 40 hits
Sting is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 2 October 1951 in Wallsend. Sting is known as a member of The Police. The collection holds four albums by Sting, released between 1987 and 2026: …Nothing Like The Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), My Songs (2019) and The Night Watch (Live at the Rijksmuseum) (2026). On top of that, Sting appears on one album by others: Missionary (Snoop Dogg). In the Dutch Top 40 there were 26 records, one of them reaching the top spot. The highest was Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic: number 1 in week 45 of 1981.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Sound of Sting
Sting sounds much like the shelves on average, at a tempo around 113 bpm.
Across 47 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Sting
The years of Sting with The Police. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. The name of the group links to its page.
Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Albums by Sting
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Also appears on
Sting also turns up beyond the own albums: on one album by others, from compilations and soundtracks to guest contributions. Each album lists the tracks concerned.
Biggest hits of The Police
The Police had 26 records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first. The graph with each record shows how it moved through the chart week by week. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries.
week 45, 1981211weeks in the chart
with 26 records1979first entry
week 15, 19792024latest entry
week 4, 202417years with an entry
- 1Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicThe Police198114 weeks
- 2Message In A BottleThe Police197910 weeks
- 3All for LoveBryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting199413 weeks
- 3Don't Stand So Close To MeThe Police198011 weeks
- 6It's Probably MeSting199210 weeks
All Dutch Top 40 entries of The Police
Source: top40.nl
Together with Sting
In The Police, Sting played with Henry Padovani, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. On tracks of albums in the collection, Sting appears with Cheb Mami, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Cheb Mami1 track
Dr. Dre1 track
Snoop Dogg1 track
Frequently asked questions
Which group does Sting belong to?
To The Police. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline. The group is in the side column, with a link to its page.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did The Police have?
In the Dutch Top 40 there were 26 records, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, which reached number 1 in week 45 of 1981. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.
Which albums by other artists feature Sting?
On one album: Missionary (Snoop Dogg). Each album lists the tracks concerned.
How many albums by Sting are in the collection?
There are four, released between 1987 and 2026: …Nothing Like The Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), My Songs (2019) and The Night Watch (Live at the Rijksmuseum) (2026). A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear Sting?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.
