Shawn Peter Raul Mendes ( MEN-dez, European Portuguese: [ˈmẽdɨʃ]; born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician. Mendes gained early recognition for posting popular song covers on the social media platforms YouTube and Vine. He later signed to Island Records and released his self-titled debut EP in 2014. Mendes's debut studio album, Handwritten (2015), debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and featured his breakout single "Stitches", which reached number one in the UK and the...
