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Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and model.
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He learned to play the guitar by watching YouTube videos at the age of 14 in 2012
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He started to post cover videos on YouTube.
One of his first videos was singing "Hometown Glory". https://youtu.be/74oViCkzuKA -
Shawn stareted posting singing videos on Vine which sparked his music career because of his looks and angelic voice.
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In January, 2014 Andrew Gertler contacted Shawn Mendes, and in May he made him sign with Island Record. Andrew is Shawn's manager.
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On April 14, 2015, Mendes released his full-length album Handwritten, which debuted at number one at Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum. Mendes then became the youngest artist to debut at number one since release of Justin Bieber's My World 2.0.
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Illuminate, was released on September 23, 2016 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 145,000 equivalent album units, including 121,000 in pure album sales and was certified platinum. It debuted atop the charts in Canada, becoming his second number one album in his home country.
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His self-titled studio album was released on May 25, 2018. It debuted at number one in Canada, making it his third number one album in his home country. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making Mendes the third-youngest artist to collect three number-one albums.
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Since July 2019, he has been dating Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello. However, the relationship has garnered controversy, as both were accused of attempting to form a relationship for publicity, but Mendes insisted it is "definitely not a publicity stunt".
