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The award is the highest honour bestowed by the
UK-based Ivors Academy to those "who have truly reshaped and
redefined the art and craft of music creation".
Sting, who has already won seven Ivor Novello awards including a
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, will become the Academy's
23rd Fellow, joining the likes of Elton John, Paul McCartney,
Kate Bush and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Peter Gabriel received the award last year.
"Of all the awards in the world of music, The Ivors are for me,
the most prestigious. Songwriting is a skilled craft and The
Ivors Academy are its guild," Sting, 71, said in a statement.
"I am delighted and honoured to be offered this Fellowship of
the Academy, joining and acknowledging this extraordinary group
of fellow songwriters, and all of those who went before us."
The "Every Breath You Take" writer and singer, who has sold more
than 100 million albums from his time with rock band The Police
and as a solo artist, will be honoured at this year's awards
ceremony on May 18, the Ivors Academy said.
To mark the announcement, the awards' new sponsor Amazon Music
released a demo of Sting’s song "If It’s Love" from his album
"The Bridge", which was released in 2021.
Named after the early 20th century Welsh composer, actor and
entertainer Ivor Novello, the Ivor Awards were first handed out
in 1956. This year's nominees will be announced in April.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
(Photo: British singer Sting performs at the Live 8 concert in
Hyde Park in London July 2, 2005. REUTERS/Stephen Hird MFK/CN)
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