Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and model.

He
gained a following in 2013, posting song covers on the video-sharing application Vine. The following
year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy
Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. He has since released three studio
albums, headlined three world tours, and received several awards.
Mendes released his self-titled debut EP (2014) and his debut studio album Handwritten (2015),
whose single "Stitches" reached number one in the United Kingdom and the top 10 in the United
States and Canada. He then released his second studio album Illuminate (2016), whose singles
"Treat You Better" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" reached the top 10 in several countries.
His self-titled third studio album (2018) was supported by the lead single "In My Blood". All three
albums debuted atop the US Billboard 200, with the first one making Mendes one of five artists ever
to debut at number one before the age of 18, and the third one making him the third-youngest artist
to achieve three number one albums. In 2017, Mendes became the first artist to land three number
one singles on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In 2018, he became the first artist to achieve
four number one singles on the Adult Pop Songs chart before the age of 20. In 2019, he released
the hit singles "If I Can't Have You" and "Señorita" with the latter peaking at number one on
the US Billboard Hot 100.
Mendes has headlined four concert tours: #ShawnsFirstHeadlines, Shawn Mendes World
Tour, Illuminate World Tour, and Shawn Mendes: The Tour. Among his accolades, Mendes has won
13 SOCAN awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards, eight Juno Awards, eight iHeartRadio MMVAs,
two American Music Awards, and received two Grammy Award nominations. In 2018, Time named
Mendes as one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list.