Shawn Mendes is a Canadian singer-songwriter who first gained attention in 2013 by posting song covers on Vine. Signing with Island Records in 2014, he quickly rose to fame with his debut album Handwritten, which topped the US Billboard 200 and featured the hit single Stitches. Mendes continued his success with the albums Illuminate and Shawn Mendes, both debuting at number one and producing worldwide hits like Treat You Better, There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, and In My Blood. His 2019 collaboration Señorita reached number one on the US charts, and his fourth album Wonder cemented him as the youngest male artist with four number-one albums in the US. After a brief break, he released his fifth album Shawn in 2024, exploring folk influences. Mendes has received multiple awards, including Juno Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, and American Music Awards, and was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2018.