Born as Shawn Peter Raul Mendes or popularly known as Shawn Mendes, the Canadian singer and songwriter turns 25 today. From as young as 13 years old, Mendes displayed impressive musical talents. He started playing guitar at 13 and posting song covers online by the age of 15. By 16, he had a record deal signed under his name. Starting a creative journey as young as Mendes did is surely noteworthy. Here are some of the feathers on his caps:
Album Debuts at No. 1
All his studio albums namely Handwritten (2015), Illuminate (2016), and Wonder (2020) debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Top 200 chart. He is the third-youngest musician in history to achieve this feat.
Live Albums and Saturday Night Live performance
The singer has released two live albums Live at Madison Square Garden (2016) and MTV Unplugged (2017) and has also performed on Saturday Night Live only at the mere age of 18!
Awards and Accolades
Right from winning the Favourite Breakout Artist for his debut album Handwritten (2015) to winning Slaight Honor from the Canadian Walk of Fame to winning 3 Juno awards, Mendes has begun a legacy of winning awards.
Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2018
Given Mendes' worldwide reach and massive fanbase, the singer also made it to the list of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the year 2018. His music comes directly from his heart and hence has stayed with the audience. That was one of the reasons why he is as big a musician as he is.
Portugal adopted In My Blood as their official World Cup song
Not many fans know this but not only Shawn Mendes is part-British, but he is also Portuguese from his paternal side of the family. Since Portugal decided to adopt his song as their official World Cup song, Mendes rose to the occasion and re-recorded his single In My Blood in Portuguese.
Shawn Mendes celebrates his 25th birthday today, but his list of accomplishments will soon cover more than 25 things at the rate of his success. With his fourth studio album Wonder (2020), the singer-songwriter is sure to deliver hits and swoon his fans on his world tours.
