Shawn Mendes 8ºA, Miriam & Raquel

IntroductionThis is all about pop rock, more precisely about Shawn Mendes. For us, the goal is to introduce you to Shawn Mendes as our Music teacher, Edite Lopes, requested.

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Shawn Mendes

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a singer and a composer . He was born on August 8, 1998 , in a city

suburb called Pickering in Toronto, Canada. His mother is English and her name is Karen; his father is called Manuel Mendes and he is … Portuguese .

He has got a sister called Aaliyah .

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First steps in MusicShawn Mendes began singing at school, participating in

contests and festivals. His friends were the ones who encouraged him to sing more and more. He always liked

to watch videos of covers on youtube and started recording Vines. With his videos , he was discovered by Bart Bardelon, the founder of Magcon (Meet & Greet Convention). Bart invited Shawn to join the event and

act on stages in various cities.

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2014, a decisive yearAndrew Gertler, an artist agent, discovered Shawn in January 2014 and took him to New York to record his

own music. His first single was " Life Of The Party“, launched on 30 June 2014. His second single was

"Something Big" and was launched on 11 November 2014. He recently released the song " Never Be Alone".

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His dreamsHis great musical influence is the British singer Ed

Sheeran and his dream is, one day, to come to share the stage with Ed Sheeran .

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Conclusion

Here we addressed the subject "The arrival of Shawn Mendes to the world of music " and concluded that

there are people who are so talented that they can get away only with the publication of simple cover.

This work was carried out by:

Miriam 8ºA nº13

Raquel 8ºA nº17

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