FAMOUS PERSON BIOGRAPHY

SHAWN MENDES

 

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes or also known as Shawn Mendes is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was 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 New York and sign with Island Records.

In 2014, Mendes released his Island Records debut, The Shawn Mendes EP, which soared to No. 5 on the music charts with sales topping 100,000. In 2015, he released his full-length debut, Handwritten, which came out at No. 1 in both the U.S. and Canada. The single "Stitches" fared even better by reaching No. 1 in European music charts and the Top 10 in North America. 

While touring with Taylor Swift on her 1989 World Tour, Mendes collaborated with Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello on the track "I Know What You Did Last Summer," which became a Top 20 hit in the U.S. and Canada.

In September 2016, Mendes released his second album, Illuminate. Describing his sophomore project, the budding artist found it to resemble the styles of Ed Sheeran and John Mayer, and in keeping with those two artists, Mendes did virtually all of the songwriting for it. His efforts were a huge success, as he topped the charts and went platinum in the U.S. and Canada.

Just two months later, Mendes issued Live at Madison Square Garden, followed by a world tour in 2017. After releasing another Top 10 hit with "There's Nothing Holdin Me Back,".

After dropping the singles "In My Blood" and "Lost in Japan" on back-to-back days in late March 2018, Mendes delivered his self-titled third album in May. The eagerly anticipated studio project debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and later garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album.

Mendes followed in May 2019 with the single "If I Can't Have You," a track he said was initially written for Dua Lipa before he decided to record it himself. In June, he released the steamy video for "Señorita," another duet with Camila Cabello. And this month he just released another single called "Wonder" and he also will drop his new album at 4th December 2020.