Shawn Mendes

An internationally known singer Shawn Mendes was born in Toronto, Canada to his mother Karen, who is a real estate agent and father Manuel, who is a businessman. The celebrity also has a younger sister named Aaliyah.

A future star attended the Pine Ridge Secondary School and was interested in ice hockey and football. It would be also interesting to know that at that time he dreamt of becoming a movie star but Vine application changed it all.

Once Shawn uploaded a 6 second video on Vine app singing Justin Bieber’s song Boyfriend and the next day already had thousands of followers. For the next several months, he already had millions of views as well as rapidly growing popularity.

A young starlet was noticed by an artist manager Andrew Gertler, who offered Mendes to sign a contract with the recording company and this is exactly what happened in 2014. That same year he presented his debut album that turned out to be a huge success.

Today, the artist can boast of 3 great albums, 2 live albums and 20 music videos.

In addition, he also deals with modeling and has already collaborated with many well-known brands, including Emporio Armani and others.

And now, it is high time to share the 5 top little-known facts about the musician’s life:

• His favorite color is blue.
• He has an allergic reaction to mosquitoes.
• He loves swimming but hates deep water.
• His favorite food includes: almonds, omelets, muffins and chocolate-chip cookies.
• He eats cereal three times faster than any other normal human being.