Sting (dzina lonse Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) anabadwa October 2, 1951 ku Walsend (Northumberland), England.
Woyimba waku Britain komanso wolemba nyimbo, wodziwika bwino ngati mtsogoleri wa gulu la Police. Amachitanso bwino pa ntchito yake payekha monga woimba. Nyimbo zake ndizophatikiza nyimbo za pop, jazi, nyimbo zapadziko lonse lapansi ndi mitundu ina.
Moyo woyamba wa Sting ndi gulu la Apolisi
Gordon Sumner anakulira m’banja lachikatolika ndipo anapita kusukulu ya galamala ya Chikatolika. Anali wokonda nyimbo kuyambira ali wamng'ono. Iye ankakonda kwambiri gululo Beatles, komanso oimba a jazz Thelonious Monk ndi John Coltrane.
Mu 1971, atagwira ntchito mwachidule ku yunivesite ya Warwick ku Coventry ndi ntchito zodabwitsa, Sumner adalowa ku Northern Counties Teachers College (yomwe tsopano ndi yunivesite ya Northumbria), akufuna kukhala mphunzitsi. Monga wophunzira, adasewera m'makalabu am'deralo, makamaka ndi magulu a jazi monga Phoenix Jazzmen ndi Last Exit.
Anapeza dzina loti Sting kuchokera kwa m'modzi mwa anzake a Phoenix Jazzmen. Chifukwa cha sweti yamizere yakuda ndi yachikasu yomwe nthawi zambiri ankavala akamaseŵera. Atamaliza maphunziro ake mu 1974, Sting anaphunzitsa pa Sukulu ya St. Paul ku Cramlington kwa zaka ziwiri.
Mu 1977 adasamukira ku London ndipo adagwirizana ndi oimba Stuart Copeland ndi Henri Padovani (omwe posakhalitsa adasinthidwa ndi Andy Summers). Ndi Sting (bass), Summers (gitala) ndi Copeland (ng'oma), atatuwa adapanga gulu latsopano la Police.
Oimba anakhala opambana, koma gulu linatha mu 1984, ngakhale kuti anali pachimake. Mu 1983, apolisi adalandira mphoto ziwiri za Grammy. M'masankhidwe a "Best Pop Performance" ndi "Best Rock Performance by Gulu Lokhala Ndi Nyimbo". Sting, chifukwa cha nyimbo ya Every Breath You Take, adalandira dzina lakuti "Nyimbo Ya Chaka". Komanso "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" ya nyimbo ya Brimstone & Treacle (1982), momwe adasewera.
Ntchito ya solo monga wojambula
Pachimbale chake choyamba, The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985), Sting anasintha kuchoka pa bass kupita ku gitala. Chimbalecho chinapindula kwambiri. Analinso ndi nyimbo zodziwika bwino ngati Mumakonda Winawake, Muwamasulire ndi Linga Lozungulira Mtima Wanu.
Chimbalecho chinaphatikizapo mgwirizano ndi woimba wa jazi Branford Marsalis. Sting adapitiliza kuwonetsa kusinthasintha kwanyimbo komwe adayambitsa ndi Apolisi.
Nyimbo yotsatira Palibe Monga Dzuwa (1987) idaphatikizanso mgwirizano ndi Eric Clapton. Komanso ndi mnzake wakale wa Summers. Chimbalecho chinali ndi nyimbo monga Fragile, We Will Be Together, Englishman In New York ndi Be Still.
Kuyambira kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1970 mpaka m'ma 1980, Sting adawonekera m'mafilimu ambiri. Kuphatikizapo "Quadrofenia" (1979), "Dune" (1984) ndi "Julia ndi Julia" (1987). M'zaka za m'ma 1980, Sting adadziwikanso chifukwa cha chidwi chake pazinthu zamagulu.
Adachita ku Live Aid (konsati yachifundo yothandizira njala ku Ethiopia) mu 1985. Ndipo mu 1986 ndi 1988. wachita nawo ma concert a Amnesty padziko lonse lapansi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe.
Mu 1987, iye ndi Trudie Styler (mkazi wamtsogolo) adapanga Rainforest Foundation. Bungweli linkagwira ntchito zoteteza nkhalango zamvula komanso anthu amtundu wawo. Anapitirizabe kukhala wochirikiza ufulu wa anthu ndi chilengedwe pa ntchito yake yonse.
Yakwana nthawi yopangira ma Albums atsopano a Sting
Sting adatulutsa ma Album anayi mzaka za m'ma 1990. The Soul Cages (1991) inali nyimbo yachisoni komanso yolimbikitsa. Zinasonyeza imfa yaposachedwapa ya bambo ake a sewerolo. Zinali zosiyana ndi ma Albums ake awiri am'mbuyomu.
Nyimboyi Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) idapita ku platinamu. Makope opitilira 3 miliyoni agulitsidwa. Sting adapambana Mphotho ya Grammy chaka chino ya Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ndi If I ever lose My Faith in You.
Mu 1996 adatulutsa chimbale cha Mercury Falling. Kuphatikizikako kudachita bwino kwambiri pa Brand New Day mu 1999. Ndidakonda kwambiri nyimbo yayikulu yachimbale cha Desert Rose, pomwe woyimba waku Algeria Cheb Mami adagwirapo ntchito.
Album iyi idapitanso platinamu. Mu 1999, adalandira Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Pop Album ndi Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Ntchito mochedwa ndi ntchito ngati woimba Sting
M'zaka za zana la 2003, Sting adapitilizabe kujambula nyimbo zambiri ndikuyenda pafupipafupi. Mu XNUMX adalandira Mphotho ya Grammy chifukwa cha duet yake ndi Mary J. Blige When I say Your Name. Wojambulayo adasindikizanso mbiri yake "Broken Music".
Mu 2008, Sting adayambanso kugwirizana ndi Summers ndi Copeland. Chotsatira chake chinali ulendo wopambana kwambiri kwa gulu logwirizana la Police.
Pambuyo pake adatulutsa chimbale cha If Of The Winter's Night... (2009). Kutolere kwa nyimbo zachikhalidwe zachikhalidwe ndi zoimbira za nyimbo zake zakale za Symphonicities (2010). Paulendo womaliza wochirikiza chimbalecho, adayendera ndi London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
M'chilimwe cha 2014, The Last Ship idayamba ku Broadway ku Chicago kutamandidwa kwambiri. Linalembedwa ndi Sting ndipo adalimbikitsidwa ndi ubwana wake m'tawuni yomanga zombo za Wallsend,
Wojambulayo adapanga kuwonekera kwake pa Broadway m'dzinja lomwelo. Sting adalowa nawo osewera paudindo waudindo.
Chimbale cha dzina lomweli chinali kujambula koyamba kwa nyimbo zomwe Sting adatulutsa m'zaka pafupifupi 10. Anabwerera ku mizu yake ya rock, ndipo patatha zaka ziwiri adagwirizana ndi nyenyezi ya reggae Shaggy.
Mphotho ndi zopambana
Sting wapanganso nyimbo zanyimbo zambiri zamakanema. Makamaka, kanema wakanema wa Disney wa Emperor's New Groove (2000). Komanso ku sewero lachikondi la Kate ndi Leopold (2001) ndi sewero la Cold Mountain (2003) (zankhondo yapachiweniweni).
Analandira ma Nominations a Oscar. Komanso Mphotho ya Golden Globe ya nyimbo Kate ndi Leopold.
Kuphatikiza pa Mphotho ya Grammy yopitilira 15, Sting walandilanso Mphotho zingapo za Brit chifukwa cha ntchito yake ndi Apolisi komanso ntchito yake payekha.
Mu 2002, adalowetsedwa mu Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ndipo mu 2004 adasankhidwa kukhala Mtsogoleri wa Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Mu 2014, Sting adalandira Kennedy Center Honours kuchokera ku Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. John F. Kennedy kwa anthu omwe athandizira kwambiri chikhalidwe cha America kudzera muzojambula. Ndipo mu 2017, adalandira Mphotho ya Polar Music Lifetime Achievement Award ndi Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Woyimba Sting mu 2021
Pa Marichi 19, 2021, chiwonetsero choyamba cha LP yatsopano ya woimbayo chinachitika. Zosonkhanitsazo zimatchedwa Duets. Chimbalecho chinali pamwamba pa nyimbo 17. Pakadali pano, LP ikupezeka pa CD ndi vinyl, koma Sting adalonjeza kuti akonza izi posachedwa.
