Sting's 20 Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits

Happy Birthday, Sting!

For Sting's 62nd birthday today (October 2), Billboard has compiled a list of the rocker's top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits, both with the Police and as a soloist. He's notched a No. 1 in each iteration: with the Police, in 1983, with "Every Breath You Take" and as a solo act, although with the assistance of Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, with 1994's "All for Love" from the movie "The Three Musketeers" (hence, the song's three musical musketeers). He's tallied six top 10s with the Police and another five in his solo career.
 
Sting even receives a chart-related gift today: his new studio album, "The Last Ship," bows on the Billboard 200. (Visit Billboard.com tomorrow when the entire chart, along with all other surveys, will be refreshed).

Sting & the Police's Biggest Billboard Hits are based on songs' actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least.

20

"Roxanne" - The Police

Peak: No. 32 Year: 1979

19

"Fields of Gold" - Sting

Peak: No. 23 Year: 1993

18

"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" - Sting

Peak: No. 17 Year: 1993

17

"Russians" - Sting

Peak: No. 16 Year: 1986

16

"Synchronicity II" - The Police

Peak: No. 16 Year: 1983

15

"Spirits in the Material World" - The Police

Peak: No. 11 Year: 1982

14

"Desert Rose" - Sting feat. Cheb Mami

Peak: No. 17 Year: 2000

13

"Love Is the Seventh Wave" - Sting

Peak: No. 17 Year: 1985

12

"Be Still My Beating Heart" - Sting

Peak: No. 15 Year: 1988

11

"Wrapped Around Your Finger" - The Police

Peak: No. 8 Year: 1984

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