The BMI Icon award for contribution to music will be handed to Sting next month. The award recognises his music as well as his acting and humanitarian work.

A statement released by Brandon Bakshi of the BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) said:

“Sting is an icon in the truest sense of the word.

“His musical catalogue has had an enormous impact on music lovers from around the globe across multiple generations.”

Sting is no stranger to awards, receiving 16 Grammy Awards spanning over three decades including two for ‘Every Breath You Take’ in 1984 and two for this 2000 album Brand New Day. As an actor Sting (real name Gordon Sumner) has also had three nominations for Academy Awards and first starred as The Bell Boy in the iconic 1979 film Quadrophenia featuring music from The Who.

Since Quadrophenia, Sting acted in many other roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s including the 1998 classic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

To prove (as if there was any doubt) his iconic status, see Sting’s extensive discography with The Police, and as solo artist, below:
The Police

Outlandos d’Amour (1978)
Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
Ghost in the Machine (1981)
Synchronicity (1983)

Solo

The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)
…Nothing Like the Sun (1987)
The Soul Cages (1991)
Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993)
Mercury Falling (1996)
Brand New Day (1999)
Sacred Love (2003)
Songs from the Labyrinth (2006)
If on a Winter’s Night… (2009)
Symphonicities (2010)
The Last Ship (2013)

Sting is to add to this discography by releasing a further album entitled 57th & 9th in November.

Watch ‘Every Breath You Take’, below: