The worldwide agreement for Sting includes the entirety of both his solo works as well as those with The Police, including Roxanne, Every Breath You Take, Shape Of My Heart, If I Ever Lose My Faith In You, Fields Of Gold, Desert Rose, Message in a Bottle, Englishman in New York and Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, among countless other global hits.
UMPG becomes the worldwide home of Sting’s extensive songwriting legacy, uniting his song catalogue with his recorded music catalogue under Universal Music Group (UMG) with this agreement. UMG has been Sting’s label home for his entire career through A&M, Interscope and Cherrytree Records. Seems UMPG really didn't put on the red light when it came to writing the cheque... Via Variety