How old is Shawn Mendes?

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer and songwriter born in 1998 in Toronto to a Portuguese-English family. He learned to play the guitar at 13 using YouTube tutorials and began sharing his song covers on Vine in 2013. His talent quickly gained attention, making him one of the most-followed musicians on the platform.

In 2014, Shawn released his debut single Life of the Party, followed by his first two albums, Handwritten (2015) and Illuminate (2016), both debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200. Between 2014 and 2016, he was named one of Time magazine’s 25 Most Influential Teens. By 2017, he became the first singer under 20 with three No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs chart.

Shawn’s third and fourth albums brought worldwide fame, and he continues to tour, perform, and release new music. Alongside singing, he models and participates in social activism. Mendes was the one who dated Camila Cabello, Hailey Bieber, and other social media stars. With his talent and global influence, Shawn Mendes remains one of the brightest young stars in music today.