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Sting

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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, activist and actor. He was the frontman, songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music.As a solo musician and a member of the Police, Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards: he won Song of the Year for "Every Breath You Take", three Brit Awards, including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution in 2002, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sting has received more than 884,994 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Sting is the 37th most popular musician (up from 45th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 229th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Musician.

Sting is most famous for being a member of the rock band The Police. Sting was born in 1951 and is now 64 years old. He has been a member of the rock band The Police since 1977.

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  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Page views of Stings by language

Over the past year Sting has had the most page views in the with 338,219 views, followed by French (332,313), and Russian (277,759). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (1,398.62%), Bulgarian (127.80%), and Thai (59.39%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sting ranks 37 out of 3,175. Before him are Arthur Rubinstein, Pete Townshend, Alexander Glazunov, Frank Zappa, Keith Richards, and Giuseppe Tartini. After him are David Gilmour, Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry, André Rieu, Maria Anna Mozart, and Ronnie James Dio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Sting ranks 5. Before him are Robin Williams, Shehbaz Sharif, Ilona Staller, and Louis van Gaal. After him are Santiago Calatrava, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Phil Collins, Anatoly Karpov, Mohamed Morsi, Stellan Skarsgård, and John Deacon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sting ranks 208 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry I of England (1068), Keith Richards (1943), Judi Dench (1934), Joe Cocker (1944), Anne Brontë (1820), and Bernard Montgomery (1887). After him are David Gilmour (1946), Millvina Dean (1912), Edward the Elder (871), Empress Matilda (1102), Henry IV of England (1367), and Ben Kingsley (1943).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Sting ranks 15. Before him are Cat Stevens (1948), Eric Clapton (1945), Brian May (1947), Roger Waters (1943), Pete Townshend (1945), and Keith Richards (1943). After him are David Gilmour (1946), Syd Barrett (1946), Jimmy Page (1944), Roger Taylor (1949), Brian Jones (1942), and John Deacon (1951).

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