The Police
Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Active since
- 1979
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 5 nummers, hoogste #359 (Every Breath You Take)
- in the list since 1987, 19 years
- per song
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 4 albums, 0 singles
- The Police goud, 2007
- Greatest Hits platina, 2005
- The Very Best Of... Sting & The Police platina, 2002
- The Very Best Of... Sting & The Police goud, 1998
the Netherlands: 3 albums, 0 singles- Synchronicity goud, 1983
- Outlandos d'amour platina, 1979
- Reggatta de blanc platina, 1979
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Joe 70 2.3 a day Willy 38 1.3 a day RADIO BOB! 16 0.5 a day KINK 16 0.5 a day MNM 9 0.3 a day VRT Radio 1 8 0.3 a day Oui FM 6 0.2 a day Studio Brussel 5 0.2 a day Since we track the stationWilly 1.321 1.9 a day since Dec 2024 KINK 881 0.8 a day since Nov 2023 Joe 401 2.1 a day since May 2026 KEXP 139 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 124 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 61 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 Qmusic 57 0.1 a day since Feb 2025 BBC Radio 6 Music 38 0.0 a day since Oct 2024
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every Breath You Take | 1983 | 14 (1987–2025) | #359 | #22 (1988) | #737 (2024) |
| Roxanne | 1978 | 19 (1987–2025) | #509 | #14 (1987) | #534 (2024) |
| Message in a Bottle | 1979 | 11 (1987–2025) | #897 | #29 (1988) | #904 (2021) |
| So Lonely | 1978 | 7 (1991–2025) | #1129 | #94 (1991) | #1129 (2025) |
| Walking on the Moon | 1979 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1630 | #870 (2020) | #1750 (2024) |
| Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | 1981 | 4 (2021–2024) | – | #1000 (2021) | #2033 (2023) |
| Bring on the Night | 1979 | 1 (2021) | – | #1707 (2021) | #1707 (2021) |
| King of Pain | 1983 | 2 (2023–2024) | – | #1793 (2023) | #2237 (2024) |
| Can't Stand Losing You | 1978 | 3 (2021–2024) | – | #1863 (2021) | #2004 (2023) |
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchronicity | 2024 | #38 (1 wk) | #2 (24 wk) | gold NL |
| Around The World | 2022 | #37 (1 wk) | #68 (1 wk) | – |
| Live! - Vol. 1 Boston 1979 | 2021 | – | #87 (1 wk) | – |
| Live! - Vol. 2 Atlanta 1983 | 2021 | – | #81 (1 wk) | – |
| Every Move You Make - The Studio Recordings | 2019 | #46 (6 wk) | #61 (1 wk) | – |
| Greatest Hits | 2019 | #99 (3 wk) | – | platinum BE |
| Certifiable | 2008 | – | #43 (11 wk) | – |
| The Police | 2007 | #2 (23 wk) | #5 (21 wk) | gold BE |
| The Very Best Of... Sting & The Police | 1997 | #8 (18 wk) | #17 (31 wk) | gold BE, platinum BE |
| Live! | 1995 | #41 (2 wk) | #17 (12 wk) | – |
| Their Greatest Hits | 1990 | – | #7 (48 wk) | – |
| Every Breath You Take - The Singles | 1986 | – | #11 (16 wk) | – |
| Ghost In The Machine | 1981 | – | #1 (25 wk) | – |
| Zenyatta Mondatta | 1980 | – | #2 (23 wk) | – |
| Reggatta de blanc | 1979 | – | #1 (36 wk) | platinum NL |
| Outlandos d'Amour | 1979 | – | #2 (43 wk) | platinum NL |
How popular is The Police compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
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Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Joe | Netherlands | Every Breath You Take 111 · Roxanne 104 · Message In A Bottle 59 · Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 43 · Can't Stand Losing You 38 |
| KINK | Netherlands | Don't Stand So Close To Me 3 · Roxanne 2 · Can't Stand Losing You 2 · Walking On The Moon 1 · So Lonely 1 |
| MNM | Belgium | Every Breath You Take 11 · Message In A Bottle 2 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Every Breath You Take 46 · Roxanne 1 · Message In A Bottle 1 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | Every Breath You Take 11 · Roxanne 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Every Breath You Take 24 · Message In A Bottle 20 · Roxanne 14 · So Lonely 12 · De Do Do Do De Da Da Da 3 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Roxanne 3 · Bring On The Night 2 · Hole In My Life 2 · Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 2 · Every Breath You Take 2 |
| Willy | Belgium | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 150 · Roxanne 142 · Don't Stand So Close To Me 137 · So Lonely 135 · Can't Stand Losing You 132 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Every Breath You Take 1 |
| FIP | France | Roxanne 1 |
| FIP Rock | France | Can't Stand Losing You 1 |
| KEXP | United States | When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around 15 · Spirits in the Material World 6 · Walking On The Moon 6 · Synchronicity II 5 · Message In A Bottle 5 |
| Oui FM | France | Roxanne 2 · Can't Stand Losing You 1 · King of Pain 1 · Walking On The Moon 1 |
| RADIO BOB! | Germany | So Lonely 3 · Message In A Bottle 2 · Roxanne 1 · Every Breath You Take 1 · Invisible Sun 1 |
| RTL2 | France | Roxanne 3 · Can't Stand Losing You 2 |
| Radio Nova | France | Bring On The Night 1 · When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Message In A Bottle 1 · So Lonely 1 |