Shawn Mendes Life And Accomplishments

Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes is a singer-songwriter who became famous to millions of people around the world by posting videos of himself performing popular songs on the internet. He is an inspiring artist and motivates young performers to follow their dreams no matter how big.
Shawn Peter Mendes was born on August 8, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His mother, Karen, is English and his father, Manuel, is Portuguese. He also has a younger sister named Aaliyah. He grew up in Pickering, Ontario and went to school at Pine Ridge Secondary School. Mendes started posting his videos on the internet in 2013. By August of 2014, he was the third most followed musician on Vine. His dream was always to become a musician. “I was consistent with these six-second videos of me singing on YouTube, on Twitter, on Instagram," he explains. "[I was] posting pictures all the time. I kinda didn't know what I was doing, but I was doing something." (Rolling Stones, April 13,2016) Before he became famous he was just an average everyday student. “I was an average student. I wasn't any stand out. I remember when people started to know who I was and the label offers, people started to get a little weird and be weird around me. But now when I go back, people are fine." (Rolling Stones, April 13, 2016)

He brought him to Island Records where Mendes signed a recording contract. Mendes’ first single “ Life of the Party” was released June of 2014. He is the youngest artist to have their debut song make it on Billboard Hot 100. The song was number 24 on the list for the week of July 12, 2014. In July, Mendes released his EP. The EP debuted at number five on Billboard 200 and sold 48,000 copies in the first week. On April 25, 2015 Mendes released his first full album “Handwritten”. The album debuted number one on Billboard and sold 106,000 copies in the first week. His new album “Illuminate” comes out on the September 23,