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The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. Their core line-up comprised Sting, Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland. The Police became globally popular from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. The band emerged in the British punk scene, but soon expanded into other styles such as new wave, reggae rock, and post-punk.

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From their early beginnings, The Police were hailed as a maverick live band. Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played with the improvisational instincts of jazz and the raw energy of punk rock – a blend that made them a definitive rock group of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Their debut album Outlandos D’Amour soared up the charts in 1978, with such hits as ‘Roxanne’ and ‘So Lonely’. The next year, their sophomore record Reggatta de Blanc also topped the charts and brought us the hits ‘Message in a Bottle’ and ‘Walking on the Moon’. Zenyatta Mondatta soon followed in 1980, with Top Ten hits ‘Don't Stand So Close To Me’ and ‘De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da.' 1981’s Ghost in the Machine went double platinum, containing hit singles ‘Every Little Thing She Does is Magic’ and ‘Spirits in the Material World’. The band’s swansong Synchronicity proved to be their most successful album yet; it produced ‘Every Breath You Take’, one of the most remembered ’80s rock ballads. Parting ways in 1984, the individual artists’ careers continued to flourish.

The Police were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. Having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and with 2 BRIT Awards and 6 Grammy

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