Sting discography

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Studio albums15
EPs5
Soundtrack albums7
Live albums6
Sting discography
Sting at the premiere of Moon, 2009
Studio albums15
EPs5
Soundtrack albums7
Live albums6
Compilation albums7
Singles51
Music videos57
Guest appearances1

The discography of British singer Sting. Born Gordon Sumner in 1951, he was a member of the jazz group Last Exit, who released a cassette album in 1975. With The Police (1977–1986, occasional reunions thereafter), Sting sold over 100 million records and singles. As a solo performer, he has released 15 albums between 1985 and 2021, most of which have sold millions of copies worldwide.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4][5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
The Dream of the Blue Turtles
  • Released: 17 June 1985
  • Label: A&M
3 1 13 4 4 1 4 5 6 2
...Nothing Like the Sun
  • Released: 16 October 1987
  • Label: A&M
1 3 3 3 4 3 2 7 3 9
The Soul Cages
  • Released: 21 January 1991
  • Label: A&M
1 3 3 7 1 1 2 4 1 2
Ten Summoner's Tales
  • Released: 1 March 1993
  • Label: A&M
2 9 1 2 2 5 3 10 3 2
Mercury Falling
  • Released: 4 March 1996
  • Label: A&M
4 14 1 35 2 3 4 2 1 5
Brand New Day
  • Released: 27 September 1999
  • Label: A&M
5 21 1 3 1 7 1 4 2 9
Sacred Love
  • Released: 30 September 2003
  • Label: A&M
3 13 2 5 2 3 3 3 1 3
Songs from the Labyrinth 24 40 20 11 39 30 31 25
If on a Winter's Night...
  • Released: 27 October 2009
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
15 58 12 8 5 10 18 12 13 6
Symphonicities
  • Released: 13 July 2010
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
30 24 19 10 7 22 30 15 6
The Last Ship 14 39 8 10 3 6 3 12 9 13
57th & 9th
  • Released: 11 November 2016
  • Label: Cherrytree, Interscope, A&M
15 9 6 5 3 7 6 3 9
My Songs
  • Released: 24 May 2019
  • Label: A&M
27 [A] 7 2 4 39 5 145
The Bridge
  • Released: 19 November 2021
  • Label: A&M
27 64 7 14
[30]
5 27 5 101

Collaboration albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
44/876
(with Shaggy)
  • Released: 20 April 2018
  • Label: A&M
9 38 6 2 1 16 5 40

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
FRA
[4][5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Bring On the Night
  • Released: 20 June 1986
  • Label: A&M
16 9 9 10 2 19 28 11
Acoustic Live in Newcastle
  • Released: 11 November 1991
  • Label: A&M
...All This Time
  • Released: 5 November 2001
  • Label: A&M
3 68 10 7 5 12 17 29 10 32
The Journey and the Labyrinth
Live in Berlin[33]
  • Released: 26 November 2010
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
180
[34]
227913374051
Live at the Olympia Paris
  • Released: 10 November 2017
  • Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
7741
3.0 Live
  • Released: 25 April 2025
  • Label: A&M
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
  • Released: 7 November 1994[35]
  • Label: A&M
2 20 7 4 5 5 5 5 7
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
  • Released: 3 November 1997
  • Label: A&M
11 22 4 18 17 26 17
The Very Best of Sting & The Police (updated)
  • Released: February 2002
  • Label: A&M
1 59 69 17 46
Songs of Love
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: A&M/Universal Special Markets
25 Years (3CD + 1DVD)
  • Released: 26 September 2011
  • Label: A&M
The Best of 25 Years
  • Released: 24 October 2011
  • Label: A&M
27 29 32 16 4 13 50 104
Duets
  • Released: 19 March 2021[41]
  • Label: A&M
17 5 2 9 7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK AUS
[2]
SWI US
Nada como el sol
  • Released: 16 February 1988
  • Label: A&M
18
Demolition Man
  • Released: 21 September 1993
  • Label: A&M
21 71 162
Five Live
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: A&M
  • Exclusive Australian release[42]
Live at TFI Friday EP
  • Released: 14 June 1996
  • Label: A&M
53
Still Be Love in the World
  • Released: 1 March 2001
  • Label: A&M
  • Format: Digital download, CD (sold exclusively in US Target stores for a limited time)

Singles

As lead artist

1980s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[43]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[44]
FRA
[45]
GER
[46]
ITA
[47]
IRE
[48]
NLD
[49]
SWI
[50]
US
[51]
"Spread a Little Happiness" 1982 16 80 16 Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" 1985 26 18 5 23 7 15 38 3 The Dream of the Blue Turtles
"Love Is the Seventh Wave" 41 57 38 30 25 10 17
"Fortress Around Your Heart" 49 72 20 26 8
"Russians" 12 11 35 2 4 2 11 8 13 16
"Moon over Bourbon Street" 1986 44
"We Work the Black Seam" [B]
"We'll Be Together" 1987 41 13 9 46 5 14 33 7 ...Nothing Like the Sun
"Be Still My Beating Heart" 1988 94 22 15
"Englishman in New York" 51 60 30 12 13 84
"Fragile" 70 39 29 12
"They Dance Alone" 94 66 24 27
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[43]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[44]
FRA
[45]
GER
[46]
ITA
[47]
IRE
[48]
NLD
[49]
SWI
[50]
US
[51]
"Englishman in New York" (The Ben Liebrand Mix) 1990 15 156 20 60 non-album
"All This Time" 22 26 1 21 23 4 13 22 18 5 The Soul Cages
"Mad About You" 1991 56 109 71 59 13 44
"The Soul Cages" 57 135 47 77
"Why Should I Cry for You" 46 38
"It's Probably Me" (with Eric Clapton) 1992 30 23 12 4 22 1 17 7 16 Lethal Weapon 3 soundtrack
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" 1993 14 41 1 39 31 1 28 30 16 17 Ten Summoner's Tales
"Seven Days" 25 119 22
"She's Too Good for Me" [C]
"Fields of Gold" 16 85 2 52 22 44 25 23
  • BPI: Gold[12]
  • BVMI: Gold[14]
  • FIMI: Gold
  • IFPI: Gold
"Shape of My Heart" 57 44
"Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)" [D] 75
"Nothing 'Bout Me" 32 10 41 57
"All for Love" (with Bryan Adams & Rod Stewart) 2 1 1 7 1 1 1 3 1 1 The Three Musketeers soundtrack
"When We Dance" 1994 9 110 10 51 13 9 32 42 38 Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
"This Cowboy Song" 1995 15 88 34 51 19 48
"Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" 1996 15 65 7 58 20 43 86 Mercury Falling
"You Still Touch Me" 27 7 60
"I Was Brought to My Senses" 31 133
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" 54 133 27 74 94
"Roxanne '97" (Sting & The Police) 1997 17 15 69 59 The Very Best of Sting & The Police
"Brand New Day" 1999 13 31 73 54 10 46 35 103 Brand New Day
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[43]
AUS
[2]
BEL
(WA)

[53]
FRA
[45]
GER
[46]
ITA
[47]
IRE
[48]
NLD
[49]
SWI
[50]
US
[51]
"Desert Rose" (with Cheb Mami) 2000 15 67 7 6 7 3 27 29 3 17 Brand New Day
"After the Rain Has Fallen" 31 89 64 18 46
"My Funny Friend and Me" (European-only release)[54] 48 91 The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack
"Fragile (2001)" 2001 92 28 75 64 ...All This Time
"Send Your Love" (featuring Vicente Amigo) 2003 30 44 53 24 8 43 37 Sacred Love
"Whenever I Say Your Name" (with Mary J. Blige) 60 56 60 50
"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)" 2004 60 54 56 81
"Soul Cake" (Radio Edit) 2009 40 If on a Winter's Night...
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2010s

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BEL
(WA)

[53]
FRA
[45]
US
AAA

[55]
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (London '10 Version) 2010 Symphonicities
"Deep in the Meadow (Lullaby)"[56] 2012 The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
(Released as a single, and as a bonus download upon purchasing the album)[57]
"Practical Arrangement"[58] 2013 92 The Last Ship
"And Yet"[59][60]
"I Can't Stop Thinking About You" 2016 60 52 2 57th & 9th
"One Fine Day" 21
"Don't Make Me Wait"
(with Shaggy)
2018 29 44/876
"Gotta Get Back My Baby"[61]
(with Shaggy featuring Maître Gims)
"Just One Lifetime"[62]
(with Shaggy)
2019
"Silent Night (Christmas Is Coming)"[63]
(with Shaggy)
non-album
"2 in a Million"
(with Steve Aoki and Shaed)[64]
Neon Future IV
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2020s

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
AAA

[55]
BEL
(WA)

[65]
CAN
[66]
GER
[46]
NLD
[49]
UK
[67]
"My Funny Valentine"
(with Herbie Hancock)[68]
2021 Duets
"Englishman/African in New York"
(with Shirazee)[69]
"If It's Love"[70] The Bridge
"Rushing Water" 12
"What Could Have Been"
(with Ray Chen)[71]
Arcane (Soundtrack)
"Redlight"
(with Swedish House Mafia)[72]
2022 Paradise Again
"Dreaming"
(with Pink and Marshmello)
2023 22 64 93 50 99 Trustfall: Tour Deluxe Edition
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK AUS
[2]
FRA
[45]
GER
[46]
IRE
[48]
NLD
[49]
SWI
[50]
US
"Fragile"
(Julio Iglesias featuring Sting)
1994 53 Crazy
"Spirits in the Material World"
(Pato Banton featuring Sting)
1996 36 68 Ace Ventura
"On Silent Wings"
(Tina Turner featuring Sting)
13 55 37 Wildest Dreams
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
(Toby Keith featuring Sting)
1997 84 Dream Walkin'
"Invisible Sun"
(Sting & Aswad) (German-only release)[73]
1998 75 The X-Files: The Album
"Terre d'oru (Fields of Gold)"
(I Muvrini featuring Sting) (France-only release)[74]
36 93 non-album
"Rise & Fall"
(Craig David featuring Sting)
2003 2 6 15 15 5 7 11 Slicker Than Your Average
"Lullaby to an Anxious Child"
(Gregg Kofi Brown featuring Sting)
2005 Together as One
"Always on Your Side"
(Sheryl Crow featuring Sting)
2006 33 Wildflower
"Stolen Car"
(Mylène Farmer featuring Sting)
2015 1 55 Interstellaires
"Reste"
(Gims featuring Sting)
2019 16 Ceinture noire
"In the City"
(Charly García featuring Sting)
2025 non-album
"Estrellitas y Duendes"
(Juan Luis Guerra featuring Sting)
"Hasta Jesús tuvo un mal día"
(Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso featuring Sting)
2026
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Title Year Album
Multiple tracks 1982 Brimstone & Treacle: Original Soundtrack Album[76]
"Adventures in Success" (co-writer) 1983 Will Powers's Dancing for Mental Health
"Money for Nothing" (backing vocals) 1985 Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms
"The Promise" (backing vocals) Arcadia's So Red the Rose
"Long Long Way to Go"
"Take Me Home" (backing vocals)
Phil Collins' No Jacket Required
"One Phone Call" (French policeman's voice) Miles Davis' You're Under Arrest
Multiple tracks 1986 Eberhard Schoener's "Music from 'Video Magic' & 'Flashback'"
"I Been Down So Long" Live! For Life (limited-release charity album)
"Someone to Watch Over Me" 1987 Someone to Watch Over Me soundtrack
"Gabriel's Message" A Very Special Christmas
The Soldier's Tale (Igor Stravinsky) - The Soldier 1988 The Soldier's Tale - Histoire Du Soldat - Geschichte Vom Soldaten (with Ian McKellen and Vanessa Redgrave)[77]
"Murder by Numbers" 1989 Broadway the Hard Way by Frank Zappa
"Charming Snakes"(bass) 1990 Charming Snakes by Andy Summers
"Cushie Butterfield" 1991 Disney compilation album For Our Children
"Come Down in Time" Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
"Muoio per te"
"It's Probably Me"
"Panus Angelicus"
1992 Luciano Pavarotti's Pavarotti & Friends
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (narration) Claudio Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe's
Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and other works
"Sister Moon" (backing vocals) 1994 Vanessa Williams' The Sweetest Days
"Russians" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I[78]
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume IV[79]
"Moonlight" 1995 Sabrina: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[80]
"Angel Eyes"
"My One and Only Love"
"It's a Lonesome Old Town"
Leaving Las Vegas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[81]
"Mo Ghile Mear" (Our Hero) The Chieftains's album The Long Black Veil
"Sisters of Mercy" (with The Chieftains) Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
"This Was Never Meant to Be" Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[82]
"It Ain't Necessarily So" 1997 Joe Henderson's Porgy & Bess
"I Saw Three Ships" A Very Special Christmas 3
"Windmills of Your Mind" 1999 The Thomas Crown Affair: Music From The MGM Motion Picture
"Ain't No Sunshine" David Sanborn's Inside
"Another Pyramid" Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
"'Round Midnight" Andy Summers' Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk
"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" Chris Botti's Slowing Down the World
"Don't Walk Away" 2000 Youssou N'Dour's Joko – From Village to Town
"My Funny Friend and Me" The Emperor's New Groove: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
"Searching for the Holy Grail" (backing vocals) Danny Paradise's River of the Soul
"She Walks This Earth (Soberana Rosa)" Various Artists' A Love Affair: Music of Ivan Lins
"Seventh Son" 2001 Jools Holland's Small World Big Band
"Until..." Kate & Leopold: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
"Fragile" (live version) America: A Tribute to Heroes
"Le rai c'est chic" Cheb Mami's Dellali
"Fill Her Up" Earl Scruggs' Earl Scruggs and Friends
"Mad About You" George Dalaras' The Running Roads
"People" 2002 Jimmy Cliff's Fantastic Plastic People
"Sail On, Sailor" Lulu's Together
"Shape of My Heart"
"Ave Maria"
2003 Dominic Miller's Shapes
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" (with Alison Krauss) Cold Mountain: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
"Shape" (backing vocals) Sugababes' Angels with Dirty Faces
"The Wind Cries Mary" 2004 Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
"We'll Be Together" (with Annie Lennox) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - The Original Soundtrack
"La belle dame sans regrets" (with Dominic Miller) Chris Botti's When I Fall in Love
"People" Jimmy Cliff's Black Magic
"Gonna Be Some Changes Made"
"Halcyon Days"
Bruce Hornsby's Halcyon Days
"A Thousand Years" (with Mariza) Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album
"Muoio Per Te" Zucchero's Zu & Co.
"Taking the Inside Rail" 2005 Racing Stripes: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Sister Moon" Herbie Hancock's Possibilities
"Moon Over Bourbon Street" (live version with Chris Botti) Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now
"Union" The Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business
"Love Sneakin' Up On You" (with Joss Stone) Les Paul & Friends' American Made World Played
"Until..." Brodsky Quartet's Moodswings
"Friend or Foe" t.A.T.u.'s Dangerous and Moving
"The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" 2006 Tony Bennett's Duets: An American Classic
"None of Us Are Free" (with Sheila E.) Sam Moore's Overnight Sensational
"Prologue of Dionysos"
"Unfailing Welcome to the Voice"
"To Be Is Strong"
"The Desire of Dionysos"
"Distanciation"
"The Unlikely Duet"
2007 Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori: Welcome to the Voice
(with Barbara Bonney, Robert Wyatt, Elvis Costello, Brodsky Quartet)
"Sea Dreamer" Anoushka Shankar/Karsh Kale's Breathing Under Water
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" 2008 Chris Botti's To Love Again: The Duets
"L'amour c'est comme un jour"
"Love Is New Everyday"
2009 Charles Aznavour's Duos
"Come Again" Joshua Bell's At Home with Friends
"Seven Days" (live version)
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" (live version)
"Shape of My Heart" (live version)
Chris Botti in Boston
"Alone with My Thoughts This Evening" Edin Karamazov's The Lute Is a Song
"Higher Ground/Roxanne" (with Stevie Wonder)
"People Get Ready" (with Jeff Beck)
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert album[83]
"Power's Out" 2011 Nicole Scherzinger's Killer Love
"Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" Matthew Morrison's self-titled album
"Catch Tomorrow" 2014 Afrojack's Forget the World
"Lonesome Day" A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen (DVD)
"Killing You" 2015 Ivy Levan's No Good
"Simple" 2020 Ricky Martin's Pausa
"Little Something" 2020 Melody Gardot's Sunset in the Blue[84]
"Every Breath You Take" (with Dolly Parton) 2023 Dolly Parton's Rockstar

Videography

Music videos

Year Title Album
1982 "Spread a Little Happiness" Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack
1985 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" The Dream of the Blue Turtles
"Love Is the Seventh Wave"
"Fortress Around Your Heart"
"Russians"
1986 "Bring On the Night" (live version) Bring On the Night
1987 "We'll Be Together" ...Nothing Like the Sun
"Be Still Beating My Heart"
"Gabriel's Message" A Very Special Christmas
1988 "Englishman in New York" ...Nothing Like the Sun
"Fragile"
"They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)"
1991 "All This Time" The Soul Cages
"Mad About You"
"The Soul Cages"
"Why Should I Cry for You"
"Muoio per te" (with Zucchero) non-album
1992 "It's Probably Me" (with Eric Clapton) Lethal Weapon 3 soundtrack
1993 "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Ten Summoner's Tales
"Seven Days"
"Fields of Gold"
"Shape of My Heart"
"Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)"
"Demolition Man" Demolition Man
"All for Love" (with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart) The Three Musketeers soundtrack
1994 "When We Dance" Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
"This Cowboy Song"
1995 "Moonlight" Sabrina soundtrack
"Spirits in the Material World" (with Pato Banton) Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls soundtrack
1996 "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" Mercury Falling
"You Still Touch Me"
"I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
1997 "Roxanne '97" (with Pras) The Very Best of Sting & The Police
1998 "The Mighty" The Mighty soundtrack
1999 "Brand New Day" Brand New Day
"Desert Rose" (with Cheb Mami)
2000 "After the Rain Has Fallen"
"My Funny Friend and Me" The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack
2001 "Fragile (2001)" ...All This Time
"Until" Kate & Leopold soundtrack
2003 "Send Your Love" (Dave Audé remix) Sacred Love
"Whenever I Say Your Name" (with Mary J. Blige)
2004 "Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)"
2016 "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" 57th & 9th
2018 "Don't Make Me Wait" (with Shaggy) 44/876
2019 "Just One Lifetime" (with Shaggy)
2020 "September" (with Zucchero) Duets
2021 "If It's Love" The Bridge
"Rushing Water"
2024 "I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)" non-album

Collaborations in music videos

Year Title Other Performer Album
2003 "Rise & Fall" Craig David Slicker Than Your Average
2006 "Always on Your Side" Sheryl Crow Wildflower
2015 "Stolen Car" Mylène Farmer Interstellaires
2022 "Redlight" Swedish House Mafia non-album
2024 "Undefeated Eyes" Fantastic Negrito
2025 "In the City" Charly García
"Estrellitas y Duendes" Juan Luis Guerra

Notes

References

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