Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, popularly known as Sting, is a 63-year-old English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist and philanthropist. He was nicknamed "The King of Pain" after his hit song in 1983. The Richest lists Sting's net worth as $270 million.
Sting is best known as the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist for the original new wave rock band The Police, and for his ensuing solo career. He has varied musical style, integrating distinct elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and world beat into his music. Sting's lyrics are known for their downbeat yet refined layers and qualities. While The Richest lists his fortune as $270 million, Celebrity Net Worth lists it as $300 million.
Aside from Sting's still increasing net worth, the English musician has earned 16 Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe award, an Emmy Award, and several Oscar nominations for Best Original Song. In 2002, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and in 2003, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Police. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording in 2000.
Sting has become one of the world's bestselling music artists who have sold over 100 million records worldwide. Sting's 1983 classic ballad "Every Breath You Take" is one of the top 10 most profitable songs of all time in terms of royalties. After being one of the biggest hits of 1983, the song received a huge boot up in fame in 1997 when rapper Puff Daddy released his cover tribute to the late rapper Notorious BIG, "I'll Be Missing You". Diddy's version would go on to win a Grammy and become one of the bestselling singles of all time with more 7 million copies sold globally. Because of this, the singer still earns an estimated $2,000 per day in royalties, which added up to his net worth value and despite the fact that he wrote the song three decades ago.
On his personal life, Sting was formerly married to actress Frances Tomelty before they divorced in 1984. The couple has two children. In 1992, he married actress-producer Trudie Styler, whom he had four children.
In an interview with The Daily Mail UK in June, Sting has revealed his children will not inherit his net worth fortune, fearing that his riches are "albatrosses round their necks." He also stated on the interview that there won't be any money left since they are already spending it. According to The Guardian, The Sunday Times Rich List of 2013 ranked Sting as the ninth wealthiest people in the British and Irish music industry, behind pop icons Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John.
Along with his successful career, Sting has collected a real estate portfolio of roughly a dozen mansions all over the world. Proof to that is the family's main residential townhouse just down the street from Buckingham Place in London that costs $30 million. But despite his increasing net worth, Sting said he races through his cash as he has over 100 people on his payroll.
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