Sting

A promotional portrait of the British rock band The Police (L-R): Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland, circa 1980. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive

After disbanding the Police at the peak of their popularity in 1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, one obsessed with expanding the boundaries of pop music. Sting incorporated heavy elements of jazz, classical, and worldbeat into his music, writing lyrics that were literate and self-consciously meaningful, and he was never afraid to emphasize this f... Read More