From posting Six-Second music covers to touring the World, it’s safe to say shawn mendes is living the Ultimate Dream.
At merely 18, music chart-topper Shawn Mendes has accomplished more in his three-year career than most can only dream of. making his social media debut via short music covers on vine when he was 15, Shawn’s incredible voice drew over four million fans within months. and of course, opportunities came knocking on his door – the Canadian born musician landed a gig touring with Austin Mahone, released his number one debut album soon after and the rest was history. ahead of the release of his second studio album illuminate, we shortlisted 8 reasons why you should join the ‘i love Shawn’ fanclub (if you haven’t already).
#1 He is a musical wizard
It’s no secret that Shawn has some serious vocal chops, but did you know he’s also able to play the piano and the guitar? and, the self-taught guitarist (he learned via YouTube tutorials) is a natural at songwriting – he wrote most of the tracks on handwritten including ‘life of the party’, the song that scored him the record of being the youngest artist to debut in the top 25 of the ‘Billboard hot 100’! Shawn’s talent is seriously bordering on being unfair...
#2 He is a fan of Ed Sheeran (and vice versa)
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