He is 72 years old and no one doubts that his music is one of those that plays on the personal soundtrack of millions of people. Sting has behind him more than four decades of a career that has not stopped scoring hits, first with The Police and then alone, which has given him a lot of satisfaction not only in the personal field but also in the economic field, in which He has known how to manage his fortune. Since he launched with his group Every Breath You Takein 1983, all he has done is accumulate profits and royalties from the songs that he has managed to transform into authentic anthems. This has made him one of the artists who has obtained the most profits throughout his career and one of the richest in the world. One could also add to these qualifiers the smartest because of how he has managed his career.
© Getty ImagesHe single It is one of the songs that has generated the most profits over time, reaching more than 18 million euros in royalties since it premiered in the eighties. The artist would have pocketed more than 650 thousand euros a year for these rights, but they are not the only ones. The part of the melody that is included in the theme, I’ll be Missing You (sung by the now controversial Sean “Diddy” Combs), also brings benefits. The song spent 11 weeks in the top 100 of the Billboard chart and won a Grammy for best rap by a group or duo, becoming one of the most sung songs in the career of the famous musical figure who is now living his life. lowest moments.
© Getty ImagesThey never reached an agreement regarding the rights of this “appropriation”, which has not prevented Sting from receiving nearly 2,000 euros a day for the benefits of this work. If we add to this what he earns for another song that also uses part of his music, the amount is rounded. Lucid Dreamsby Juice WRLD (who died at age 21 in 2019), includes part of Shape of my heartSting’s song from 1993, so the artist also receives money for reproductions of this single: almost 43,000 euros a day and nearly 15 million euros a year.
© Getty ImagesTo this we must add that the musician sold his catalog of songs to Universal for around 300 million euros in 2022. This set of songs includes not only those he popularized with The Police but also those he released alone. an operation that has consolidated the musician, whose name is Gordon Sumner, as one of the richest in the world, with a fortune estimated at nearly 500 million euros. Who was going to tell that young teacher that he decided to teach in order to have time to play that one day he would teach and inspire, but with his talent and crowds that chant his lyrics.
Despite having amassed this enormous fortune, Sting is clear: He will not leave this amount to his six childrenthus following in the wake of other millionaires such as Bill and Melinda Gates. He assures that he wants them to learn to find a life for themselves, a vital ethic that he has always maintained. Thus, Joseph, 47, and Kate, 42, born from his first marriage to Frances Tomelty, along with Mickey, 40, Jake, 39, Coco, 33, and Giacomo, 29, born from his union with Trudie Stylerthey will have to embark on their own path. “My children know that we (referring to his wife Trudie Styler) lead an expensive lifestyle and have numerous social commitments, and so far they have not asked for more than what I think we should give them so that they can find their own place in life,” he declared some time ago.
