Shawn mendes & camila cabello Shawn peter raul mendes was born on august 8, 1998 in toronto, ontario, canada, to karen (rayment), a real estate agent, and manuel mendes, a businessman His father is of portuguese descent (from lagos) and his mother is english (with deep roots in dorset) He has a sister, aaliyah Shawn was raised in pickering, toronto, canada. Shawn peter raul mendes is a canadian singer, songwriter, and musician
The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager andrew gertler and island records a&r ziggy chareton, which led to his signing a deal with the record label Initially taking cues from artists like john mayer and ed sheeran, mendes broke through with his first single, 2014's life of the party, which made him the youngest artist at 15 to land a debut.
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