Shawn Mendes – Biography of Shawn Mendes

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Pop singer-songwriter who broke records with his first single, Shawn Peter Raul Mendes, was born on August 8, 1998 Pickering east of Toronto in Canada, where he attended Pine Ridge Secondary School, graduating in June 2016.

After posting a series of covers on various video sharing sites, Mendes garnered a good number of dedicated followers. His mix of styles between Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber also attracted Island Records, who signed him in 2014. That same year, at just 15 years old, he released his debut single, “Life of the PartyAmerican radio initially ignored it, but the song entered the Billboard 100 singles chart at number 24, making Mendes the youngest artist to make his Top 25 debut with a single. The song was also featured on the Island Records debut, The Shawn Mendes EP. The EP performed well, reaching number five on the Billboard charts on its way to sales of over 100,000, setting the stage for the debut of its 2015 full length, Handwritten.

Preceded by the single “Something Big“, Handwritten appeared with strong sales, debuting at number one in Canada and the United States. The single “Stitches“Released that April, it became one of Mendes’ biggest hits, reaching the Top Ten in the US and Canada and topping the charts in the UK and Germany. Plus, his single”Believe“was also used on the soundtrack of the Disney Channel musical, Descendants.

While opening Taylor Swift shows on the North American dates of her 1989 World Tour, Mendes and Camila Cabello from Fifth Harmony’s collaborated on the song “I Know What You Did Last Summer“which appeared in the deluxe version of Handwritten, released in November 2015; the song reached the Top 20 on the United States and Canada Hot 100 charts.

The Top Ten single “Treat You Better“preceded Mendes’ second album, Illuminate, recorded in Uptown New York State and released in September 2016. Illuminate, which featured co-songwriting contributions from Teddy Geiger and Scott Harris, debuted at number one in the United States and Canada, where it also went platinum. He quickly followed, in December, Live at Madison Square Garden. Mendes launched a massive world tour in Spring 2017 and scored another Top Ten single with “There’s Nothing Holdin ‘Me Back“Around this time, he also released a live acoustic session on MTV Unplugged.