Shawn Mendes Research Paper

Shawn Mendes, currently 18, has come a long way since he first started releasing covers on vine. Shawn Mendes is described by many to be a “sweet-voiced” and “dreamy-faced” singer from Canada (Aswad). Mendes has become the favorite of many, and has had many top ten songs, including “Stitches” which had approximately 9.4 million U.S streams (Trust). Mendes also tries his best to be a positive influence, and encourage people to do good things. Mendes believes that “The simple act of sharing a handwritten note can spread joy and make a positive difference in someone’s life.” Mendes does his best to express positivity through his lyrics, and influence the lives of others in a good way (PR). Mendes was considered one of the 25 most influential teens

Mendes remembers asking his sister “Can you record this for me?” because he wanted to do something that no one else was doing. His six second clip of “As Long As You Love Me” by Justin Bieber, had a staggering 10,000 views by the next morning, which surprised Mendes quite a bit (Aswad). Since then he continuously posted covers until he had an army of 200,000 followers (Aswad). Due to his success in vine, Mendes was invited to Magcon, a tour for social media celebrities. Afterwards Mendes released a cover of Say Something by A Great Big World, and was recognized by Andrew Getler (Aswad). According to Aswad, Getler only searched for a cover of Say Something because he “thought it sounded like a song people would cover.” Andrew Getler convinced Mendes' parents to bring him to New York, and soon after Mendes was signed with island records (Aswad). Subsequently, Mendes released Handwritten which contained the break out hit Stitches (Stephanopoulos). About a year later, Mendes released his second album and mot recent album, Illuminate, which contained songs that once again made the top 10 (Levy). Even though Mendes has become an incredibly successful musician he still describes his success as an indescribable feeling