USting (igama eligcwele uGordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 2, 1951 eWalsend (Northumberland), eNgilandi.
Umculi nombhali wamaculo waseBrithani, owaziwa kakhulu njengomholi weqembu lamaPhoyisa. Uphinde aphumelele emsebenzini wakhe eyedwa njengomculi. Isitayela sakhe somculo siyinhlanganisela ye-pop, i-jazz, umculo womhlaba nezinye izinhlobo.
Impilo kaSting esemncane kanye neqembu lamaphoyisa
UGordon Sumner wakhulela emndenini wamaKatolika futhi wafunda esikoleni sohlelo lolimi lwamaKatolika. Wayengumthandi womculo kusukela esemncane. Wayelithanda kakhulu iqembu Beatles, kanye nabaculi be-jazz uThelonious Monk noJohn Coltrane.
Ngo-1971, ngemva kokuthatha isikhashana eNyuvesi yaseWarwick eCoventry nemisebenzi eyinqaba, uSumner wangena eNorthern Counties Teachers College (manje eyiNorthumbria University), ehlose ukuba uthisha. Njengomfundi, wadlala kumakilabhu endawo, ikakhulukazi enamaqembu e-jazz afana nePhoenix Jazzmen neLast Exit.
Wathola isiteketiso esithi Sting komunye wabalingani bakhe beqembu le-Phoenix Jazzmen. Ngenxa yejezi elinemigqa emnyama nephuzi ayevamise ukuligqoka ngesikhathi ecula. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu ngo-1974, uSting wafundisa eSt. Paul's School eCramlington iminyaka emibili.
Ngo-1977 wathuthela eLondon futhi wahlangana nabaculi uStuart Copeland noHenri Padovani (okwasheshe kwathathwa u-Andy Summers). Nge-Sting (i-bass), i-Summers (isiginci) kanye ne-Copeland (izigubhu), i-trio yakha ibhendi entsha ye-Wave Police.
Abaculi baba yimpumelelo kakhulu, kodwa iqembu lahlukana ngo-1984, nakuba babesezingeni eliphezulu. Ngo-1983, Amaphoyisa athola ama-Grammy Awards amabili. Eziphakamisweni ezithi "I-Best Pop Performance" kanye "Ne-Best Rock Performance Yeqembu Elinamazwi". I-Sting, ngenxa yengoma ethi Every Breath You Take, ithole ukuqokwa "Ingoma Yonyaka". Kanye ne-"Best Rock Instrumental Performance" yomsindo weBrimstone & Treacle (1982), lapho abambe khona indima.
Umsebenzi we-solo njengomculi
Kwi-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa, iThe Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985), uSting ushintshe esuka kwi-bass waya kwisiginci. I-albhamu ithole impumelelo enkulu. Uphinde waba nezingoma ezidumile ezithi Uma Uthanda Umuntu, Mkhulule nethi A Fortress Around Your Heart.
I-albhamu ihlanganisa ukusebenzisana nomculi we-jazz uBranford Marsalis. USting uqhubekile nokukhombisa ukuguquguquka komculo awethule namaphoyisa.
I-albhamu elandelayo ethi Nothing Like Sun (1987) yayihlanganisa ukusebenzisana no-Eric Clapton. Futhi futhi no-Summers owayesebenza naye eqenjini. I-albhamu ihlanganisa izingoma ezishisayo ezifana ne-Fragile, We Will Be Together, Englishman In New York kanye ne-Be Still.
Kusukela ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970 kuya ngawo-1980, uSting wabonakala kumafilimu amaningi. Kuhlanganisa "Quadrofenia" (1979), "Dune" (1984) kanye "Julia noJulia" (1987). Phakathi neminyaka yawo-1980, uSting naye wathola ukuqashelwa ngentshisekelo yakhe ezindabeni zomphakathi.
Wacula e-Live Aid (ikhonsathi esiza abantulayo ukusiza indlala e-Ethiopia) ngo-1985. Futhi ngo-1986 no-1988. useke wacula emakhonsathini e-Amnesty alwela amalungelo abantu.
Ngo-1987, yena noTrudie Styler (unkosikazi wesikhathi esizayo) bakha iRainforest Foundation. Le nhlangano ibimatasa nemisebenzi yokuvikela amahlathi kanye nezizwe zawo zomdabu. Waqhubeka nokuba ngummeli okhuthele wamalungelo abantu kanye nemvelo kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe.
Isikhathi sama-albhamu amasha e-Sting
USting ukhiphe ama-albhamu amane ngeminyaka yawo-1990. I-Soul Cages (1991) yayiyi-albhamu edabukisayo nenyakazayo. Kukhombise ukulahlekelwa kwakamuva kukayise walo mculi. Kwakungafani nama-albhamu akhe amabili adlule eyedwa.
I-albhamu ethi Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) yahamba ngeplatinamu. Sekudayiswe amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu. USting uwine Indondo Ye-Grammy yalo nyaka Ye-Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ethi If I Ever Lose My Faith in You.
Ngo-1996 wakhipha i-albhamu ethi Mercury Falling. Ukuhlanganiswa kwaba yimpumelelo kakhulu ku-Brand New Day ngo-1999. Ngithande kakhulu ingoma eyinhloko ye-albhamu ethi Desert Rose, lapho umculi wase-Algeria u-Cheb Mami asebenza khona.
Le albhamu iphinde yaba neplatinamu. Ngo-1999, wawina indondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Pop Album kanye ne-Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Umsebenzi wakamuva nomsebenzi njengomculi u-Sting
Ngekhulu lama-2003, uSting waqhubeka nokuqopha izingoma eziningi futhi evakasha njalo. Ngo-XNUMX, wathola indondo ye-Grammy ngengoma yakhe noMary J. Blige Noma Nini Ngithi Igama Lakho. Lo mculi uphinde washicilela umlando wakhe othi "Broken Music".
Ngo-2008, uSting waqala ukusebenzisana futhi nabakwaSummers noCopeland. Umphumela waba uhambo oluyimpumelelo kakhulu eqenjini lamaPhoyisa elihlangene kabusha.
Kamuva wakhipha i-albhamu ethi If Of The Winter's Night... (2009). Iqoqo lezingoma zomdabu nezinhlelo ze-orchestra zezingoma zakhe ezindala i-Symphonicities (2010). Ohambweni lokugcina lokweseka i-albhamu, wavakashela iLondon Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ehlobo lika-2014, i-The Last Ship yenze i-off-Broadway debut e-Chicago yaba nedumela elibucayi. Yabhalwa nguSting futhi yagqugquzelwa wubuntwana bakhe edolobheni elakha imikhumbi eWallsend,
Umdwebi wenze i-debut yakhe ku-Broadway ekwindla efanayo. USting ujoyine abalingisi endimeni yesihloko.
I-albhamu enegama elifanayo kwakuyirekhodi lokuqala lomculo elikhishwe ngu-Sting eminyakeni engaba ngu-10. Wabuyela ezimpandeni zakhe ze-rock, kwathi eminyakeni emibili kamuva wasebenzisana nesihlabani se-reggae u-Shaggy.
Imiklomelo kanye nezimpumelelo
USting uphinde waqamba umculo wamaculo amaningi amafilimu. Ikakhulukazi, ifilimu yopopayi yakwaDisney ethi Emperor's New Groove (2000). Futhi nakumahlaya othando uKate noLeopold (2001) kanye nedrama ethi Cold Mountain (2003) (mayelana nempi yombango).
Uthole izindondo zama-Oscar. Kanye nomklomelo weGolden Globe wengoma ethi Kate noLeopold.
Ngaphezu kwemiklomelo ye-Grammy engaphezu kwe-15, uSting uphinde wathola imiklomelo eminingi ye-Brit ngomsebenzi wakhe namaphoyisa kanye nomsebenzi wakhe eyedwa.
Ngo-2002, wangeniswa eHholo Lodumo Lababhali Bezingoma. Futhi ngo-2004 waqokwa njengoMkhuzi we-Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Ngo-2014, u-Sting wathola i-Kennedy Centre Honours evela e-Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. John F. Kennedy kubantu ngabanye abenze umnikelo obalulekile esikweni laseMelika ngobuciko obudlalwayo. Futhi ngo-2017, waklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Polar Music Lifetime Achievement Award yiRoyal Swedish Academy of Music.
Umculi u-Sting ngo-2021
Ngomhla ziyi-19 kuNdasa, 2021, i-Premiere entsha ye-LP yomculi yenzeka. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Duets. I-albhamu ihambe phambili ngamaculo angu-17. Okwamanje, i-LP iyatholakala kuma-CD nama-vinyl, kodwa uSting uthembise ukuthi uzosilungisa lesi simo maduze.
