1- Shawns full name is Shawn Peter Raul Mendes.
2- Shawn was born on August 8th, 1998.
3- Shawn was born in Toronto, Ontario in Canada.
4- Shawns mother Karen was born in England and is a real estate agent, and his father Manuel, is a business man.
5- Shawn gets his second name from his father, who has Portuguese heritage.
6- Shawn went to the Pine Ridge Secondary School in the Pickering suburb of Ontario.
7- At School Shawn enjoyed playing Ice Hockey and Soccer (football, if you're British) and he enjoyed longboarding.
8- Shawn can play both the piano and the guitar.
9- Shawn is 6'1″ tall.
10- Shawn Mendes gained his popularity through video-sharing app Vine, where he would release six-second snippets of him singing renditions of popular songs.
11- Within months of Vineing, Shawn had a following of millions of subscribers, as well as millions of views on each of his videos.
12- In 2014, Shawn caught the eye of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, leading him to sign a record deal with them.
13- Before becoming a singer, Shawn said he wanted to become an actor.
14- Shawn got verified on Twitter the same day he got signed to Island Records.
15- Shawn released his debut single "The Life of the Party" in June 2014, which went on to become a massive hit.
16- This record earned Shawn the title of the youngest person to debut in the top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, at just 15 years, 11 months and 4 days of age.
17- Shawn Mendes is the youngest artist since Justin Bieber to have a Number One album!
18- Shawn released his debut EP, The Shawn Mendes EP, in July 2014
19- The Shawn Mendes EP reached Number 1 on iTunes in 37 minutes.
20- In some of his videos that he has uploaded to YouTube, Shawn just sings in them and lets other musicians collaborate with him by playing instruments.
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