Editing Sting (musician) (section)

===1990–1997: Greater solo success===
Sting's 1991 album, ''[[The Soul Cages]]'', was dedicated to his late father. It included "[[All This Time (Sting song)|All This Time]]" and the Grammy-winning title track. The album, which went platinum, included an Italian version of "Mad About You".{{cn|date=December 2024}} Also in 1991, he appeared on ''[[Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin]]''. He performed "Come Down in Time" for the album, which also features other popular artists and their renditions of John/Taupin songs.{{cn|date=December 2024}} 

{{Quote box|width=29%|align=left|quote=In England, our house is surrounded by barley fields, and in the summer it's fascinating to watch the wind moving over the shimmering surface, like waves on an ocean of gold. There's something inherently sexy about the sight, something primal, as if the wind were making love to the barley. Lovers have made promises here, I'm sure, their bonds strengthened by the comforting cycle of the seasons.|source=—Sting on the "[[Fields of Gold]]" lyrics.<ref>[http://www.sting.com/news/article/2243 "Lyrics by Sting – to be published as a Dial Press Hardcover on October 23, 2007..."]. Sting.com. Retrieved 21 May 2017</ref>}}

Sting's fourth album, ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]'', peaked at two in the UK and US album charts in 1993 and went [[triple platinum]] in just over a year.<ref name="autogenerated2006" /><ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/r168918/charts-awards Billboard: Ten Summoner's Tales] AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2011</ref> The album was recorded at his [[Elizabethan architecture|Elizabethan]] [[English country house|country home]], [[Lake House]] in Wiltshire. ''Ten Summoner's Tales'' was nominated for the [[Mercury Prize]] in 1993 and for the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1994. The title is a wordplay on his surname, Sumner and "[[The Summoner's Tale]]", one of ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]. Hit singles on the album include "[[Fields of Gold]]", a song inspired by the barley fields next to his Wiltshire home, with the music video featuring a silhouette of Sting walking through a village containing common features seen throughout the UK during that time such as a [[red telephone box]] and "[[If I Ever Lose My Faith in You]]", the latter earning his second award for best male pop singer at the [[36th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Sting Awards">[http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-s/sting_main.htm Rock on the Net: Sting] Rock on the Net. Retrieved 29 December 2011</ref>

In May 1993, he covered his own Police song from the ''[[Ghost in the Machine (album)|Ghost in the Machine]]'' album, "Demolition Man", for the ''[[Demolition Man (film)|Demolition Man]]'' film. With Bryan Adams and [[Rod Stewart]], Sting performed "[[All for Love (song)|All for Love]]" for the film ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]]''. The song stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for three weeks, topped multiple other charts worldwide and reached number two in the UK. In February, he won two Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more.<ref name="Sting Awards" /> [[Berklee College of Music]] awarded him his second honorary doctorate of music in May. In November, he released the compilation, ''Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting'', which was certified Double Platinum. That year, he sang with [[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] on "Sister Moon" and appeared on her album ''[[The Sweetest Days]]''. At the [[List of BRIT Awards ceremonies#1994|1994]] [[Brit Awards]] in London, he was Best British Male.<ref name="BritsSting">{{cite web| url=http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/sting |title=Brit Awards: Sting {{!}} BRITs Profile |access-date=22 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115163557/http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/sting |archive-date=15 January 2010}}</ref>

Sting's 1996 album, ''[[Mercury Falling]]'', debuted strongly, with the single "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" reaching number 15 in the UK Singles Chart, but the album soon dropped from the charts. He reached the UK [[Top 40]] with two further singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (number 27 in June) and "I Was Brought To My Senses" (number 31 in December). The song "[[I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying]]" from this album also became a US country music hit in 1997 in a version with [[Toby Keith]]. Sting recorded music for the Disney film ''Kingdom of the Sun'', which was reworked into ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]''. The film's overhauls and plot changes were documented by Sting's wife, Trudie Styler, as the changes resulted in some songs not being used.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sting.com/discography/album/41/Soundtracks|title=Sting.com > Discography > SOUNDTRACK: The Emperor's New Groove|website=sting.com|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

On 4 September 1997, Sting performed "I'll Be Missing You" with [[Puff Daddy]] at the [[1997 MTV Video Music Awards]] in tribute to [[Notorious B.I.G.]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021815/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1997/ 1997 Video Music Awards] MTV. Retrieved 1 December 2011</ref> On 15 September 1997, Sting appeared at the ''[[Music for Montserrat]]'' concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London, performing with fellow British artists [[Paul McCartney]], [[Elton John]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Phil Collins]] and [[Mark Knopfler]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BwoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Music+for+Montserrat+-+concert&pg=PA59 "Billboard 6 September 1997"]. p.59. ''Billboard''. Retrieved 7 January 2012</ref>