Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer-

songwriter. He attracted a following in 2013, when he began posting song

covers on the video sharing application Vine. The following year, he
caught the attention of artist managers Andrew Gertler and Island Records
A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label.
Mendes went on to release an EP and his debut studio album Handwritten,
whose single "Stitches" reached the top 10 in the US and Canada, and
number one in theMendes was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Karen,
a real estate agent, and Manuel Mendes, a businessman, selling bar and
restaurant supplies in Toronto. His father is Portuguese (from the Algarve),
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while his mother is English. Mendes was raised in Pickering, Ontario,
where he attended Pine Ridge Secondary School.[3] UK.

Career
Mendes first started posting cover videos on the popular social video app
Vine in 2013 and gained millions of views and followers in a few months,
becoming well known for his six-second snippets of renditions of many
popular songs. By August 2014, he was the third most-followed musician
on Vine. Artist manager Andrew Gertler discovered Mendes online in
January 2014, bringing him to Island Records where he eventually signed
and released his first single "Life of the Party" in June 2014. He became
the youngest 15-year-old artist to debut in the top 25 with a debut song
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 artists and social media sensations.

Mendes was also on a nationwide tour with Austin Mahone as an opening

act, releasing his debut major label EP in July. The EP debuted and peaked
at number five on Billboard 200, selling 48,000 copies in its first week. He
won the Teen Choice award in 2014 for Webstar in Music.

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. However,
it suffered a 89% traditional sales decrease in its second week. 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 reached
the top position on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. The song later reached
number one in the UK. Mendes recorded a song called "Believe" for Disney
Channel Original Movie Descendants. Also in 2015, Mendes opened for
Taylor Swift during 1989 World Tour dates for North America.

In late 2015, Mendes and Camila Cabello from Fifth Harmony released
their collaborative single "I Know What You Did Last Summer". The song
was included on Mendes' Handwritten Revisited reissue. He appeared on
The CW's The 100 third season premiere on January 21, 2016. He later
announced his second world tour as a headliner, which will visit North
America and Europe, starting in March 2016. Mendes signed with
modeling agency Wilhelmina Models in early 2016.Mendes was listed
among Time's The 25 Most Influential Teens in 2014 and 2015. He also
made his first appearance on a Forbes list with their annual "30 Under
30", for 2016.

Mendes released "Treat You Better", the lead single from his second studio
album Illuminate, in June 2016. The single reached the top 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100, while the album debuted at number one on the US
Billboard 200 with 145,000 equivalent album units, including 121,000 in
pure album sales. The album foray into "a soft classic-rock groove" in his
new direction.