FAMOUS PERSON BIOGRAPHY

SHAWN MENDES Shawn Peter Raul Mendes or also known as Shawn Mendes is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He w as born on August 8, 1998, in Toronto, Canada to Karen and Manuel Mendes. He and his younger sister, Aaliyah, grew up in Pickering, Ontario, a Toronto suburb, where he went to Pine Ridge Secondary School. When he was 14-year-old, he decided to show off his talents by uploading a video of himself singing Bieber’s “As Long as You Love Me” — acoustic style on vine app that hit 10,000 likes after he upload it. Mendes is now something of a poster boy for how to become a superstar in the social media era and an example of how the music business now assimilates new artists. Through Vine, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, he built a massive, grassroots fandom. He is also dedicated to interacting with his fans on an almost daily basis. Mendes’ cover renditions caught the attention of his now-manager, Andrew Gertler, who convinced the singer and his father to come to ...