biography of Shawn Mendes

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes

 (/ˈmɛndɛz/ MEN-dez, Portuguese: [ˈmẽdɨʃ]; born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer. He gained a following in 2013 when he posted song covers on the video-sharing platform Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes's self-titled debut EP was released in 2014, followed by his debut studio album Handwritten in 2015. Handwritten debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making Mendes one of five artists ever to debut at number one before the age of 18. The single "Stitches" reached number one in the UK and the top 10 in the US and Canada.

Mendes's second album Illuminate (2016) also debuted at number one in the US, with its singles "Treat You Better" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" reaching the top 10 in several countries. His third album Shawn Mendes (2018) was supported by the lead single "In My Blood". The album's number-one debut in the US made Mendes the third-youngest artist to achieve three number-one albums. In 2019, he released the hit singles "If I Can't Have You" and "Señorita", with the latter peaking atop the US Billboard Hot 100. His fourth studio album, Wonder (2020), made him the youngest male artist ever to top the Billboard 200 with four studio albums. Following a musical sabbatical, Mendes's fifth studio album Shawn was released in November 2024 to positive reviews from critics. It explored the folk genre and was less commercially successful than its predecessors.

Among his accolades, Mendes has won 13 SOCAN awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards, eight Juno Awards, eight iHeartRadio MMVAs, two American Music Awards, and received three nominations for a Grammy Award and one nomination for a Brit Award. In 2018, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list.

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes was born in Pickering, Ontario, on August 8, 1998, the son of English mother Karen (née Rayment) and Portuguese father Manuel Mendes. His mother is a real estate agent, while his father is a businessman from the Algarve who sells bar and restaurant supplies in Toronto. He has a younger sister named Aaliyah.  He was raised in a religious family,  and played youth soccer with Pickering FC.  Mendes graduated from Pine Ridge Secondary School in June 2016, where he played ice hockey and soccer, joined his high school glee club, and crafted his stage presence in acting lessons (leading as Prince Charming at one point). He also auditioned for the Disney Channel in Toronto

Mendes learned to play guitar by watching YouTube tutorial videos at the age of 13 in 2012. Less than a year later he started posting cover videos on YouTube. Mendes started attracting viewers after he posted a cover from Justin Bieber's "As Long as You Love Me" on the social video app Vine in 2013 and got 10,000 likes and as many followers the next day. After that he gained millions of views and followers in a few months, becoming well known for his six-second snippets of renditions of many popular songs. Mendes saw Bieber as a career model at the time. By August 2014, he was the third most-followed musician on Vine. Artist manager Andrew Gertler discovered Mendes online in November 2013, bringing him to Island Records in January 2014. In April, he won Ryan Seacrest's "Best Cover Song" contest with "Say Something" by A Great Big World. He officially signed to Island in May 2014.

He released his first single "Life of the Party" on June 26, 2014.  He became the youngest to debut in the top 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it to number 24 for the week ending July 12, 2014.  Prior to his signing, Mendes toured as a member of the Magcon Tour  alongside other young Viners with a large following on social media.  Mendes was also on a nationwide tour with Austin Mahone as an opening act. He released his debut major label EP in July.  The EP debuted and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, selling 48,000 copies in its first week.^[19] He won a Teen Choice award in 2014 for Webstar in Music.  On September 5, 2014, "Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" featuring Mendes was released as the fifth single from the Vamps' debut album, Meet the Vamps.  On November 6, 2014, "Something Big" was released as the second single. 

On April 14, 2015, Mendes released his full-length album Handwritten, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 119,000 equivalent album units, selling 106,000 copies in its first week and was certified platinum. Mendes then became the youngest artist to debut at number one since the release of Justin Bieber's My World 2.0.  The third single from the album, "Stitches", peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first top 10 single in the US, and became his first number one on the Adult Pop Songs and Adult Contemporary charts. The song later reached number one in the UK.  Also in 2015, Mendes opened for Taylor Swift during 1989 World Tour dates for North America and recorded "Believe" for the soundtrack of Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants  In late 2015, Mendes and Camila Cabello, who was at the time a member of the group Fifth Harmony, released their collaborative single "  Know What You Did Last Summer". The song was included on Mendes's Handwritten Revisited reissue.

Mendes was listed among Time's "25 Most Influential Teens of 2014", debuting in the list after being the youngest-ever artist to debut in the top 25 of Billboard Hot 100.  He was listed in Time's "The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2015", making the list after his debut album topped the Billboard 200 and his single "Stitches" made the top 10 in the US and other countries. 

About

First gained recognition on YouTube and Vine through his affiliation with the popular Vine group Magcon Boys alongside Nash Grier, Cameron Dallas and others. He released his first single "Life of the Party" in June 2014. His self-titled debut EP reached number one on the iTunes charts in under 40 minutes upon being released in July 2014. 

Before Fame

He created his popular YouTube channel in January 2011. He learned how to play the guitar through watching YouTube videos. 

Trivia

He won the Best Cover of A Great Big World's "Say Something" competition over more than 30 other YouTubers. In 2014, he won a Teen Choice Award for Most Popular Web Star in the music category. 

• Shawn is one of the 9 boys from the original Magcon {Og9}.
• Shawn got his start on Vine and later went on Magcon tour along with Cameron Dallas, Matthew Espinosa, Taylor Caniff, Nash Grier, Jack Johnson, Jack Gilinsky, Aaron Carpenter and Carter Reynolds.
  
  Many other social media superstars went on tour with Shawn; Hayes Grier, Sammy Wilk, Nate 'Skate' Maloley, JC Caylen and many others.
• In a relationship with Camila Cabello since June 2019.
• In 2021, a burglar broke into his home while he was there, took his keys, and stole his G-Class Mercedes-Benz.
• Told the media that he has to explore and to find out his sexuality in October 2024.
• Born in Canada to a mother from England, and a father from Portugal.

Family Life

He was born in Canada to Karen and Manuel Mendes. His sister Aaliyah had a lot of success on Vine as well. He previously dated Hailey Bieber in 2017. In July 2019, he began a relationship with Camila Cabello. They announced their break up in November 2021. They briefly got back together in 2023, but only for a few months. 

Associated With

He collaborated with Camila Cabello on the songs "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Señorita." 

• Handwritten (2015)
• Illuminate (2016)
• Shawn Mendes (2018)
• Wonder (2020)
• Shawn (2024)

• Shawn's First Headlines (2014–2015)
• Shawn Mendes World Tour (2016)
• Illuminate World Tour (2017)
• Shawn Mendes: The Tour (2019)
• Wonder: The World Tour (2022)
• For Friends and Family Only Tour (2024-2025)
• On the Road Again Tour (2025)

• Jingle Ball Tour 2014 (with various artists) (2014)
• Jingle Ball Tour 2015 (with various artists) (2015)
• Jingle Ball Tour 2018 (with various artists) (2018)

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