The Police turning point was in 1978 when they played Roxanne, written by Sting, which impressed Miles Copeland. Ten songs later they had a distinctive sound: welded elements of reggae, from punk, into a rock setting. A&M records produced their first album, Outlandos d'Amour.

They went on a U.S. tour on a twenty-dollars-a-day budget. From Roxanne, The Police was gathering a loyal following across America. By the summer of 1979, their first album sold more than one hundred thousand copies. And Sting became a sex symbol.

The second U.S. tour in March 1979, now with improved lots, they played at the Lyceum in New York. Coming back from the tour, they recorded their second album, Regatta de Blanc. Two songs from the album, Message in a Bottle and Walking on the Moon became Number 1 in British charts. The album went double platinum in the UK and gold in the USA. By September, The Police stated their first world tour. The face of 1979 was Sting's. Regatta was released in October.

The world tour took them to thirty-seven cities in fifteen countries in four months. A year after the Regatta, the third album, Zenyatta Mondatta - Sanskrit for top of the world.

On Sting's thirtieth birthday, the fourth album, Ghost in the Machine was released in 1981.

By 1982, The Police were voted worldwide the Number One band of the early eighties. This year, Sting was composing the songs for their fifth album.

On June 1983, the fifth album Synchronicity was released. Four months after, eleven million copies were sold. Every Breath You Take became Number 1 in both US and the UK. The songs were depressing and Sting was becoming the king of pain.

1984, The Police rested. Sting dreamed of the giant blue turtles, which signified Sting's solo career.

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