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    Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door
    Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door
    Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door
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    Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door

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    With one world tour already under his belt, 18-year old pop star on the rise Shawn Mendes is set to take over the charts for years to come. First discovered on the popular social media app Vine, Mendes developed a following of millions online based on his incredible song-covers alone, which carried over in a big way for his smash-hit 2015 album, Handwritten. Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, he became the youngest artist to accomplish this feat since fellow-Canadian Justin Bieber in 2010.  With his newest album, Illuminate, Mendes is still just scratching the surface of his huge talent. Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door is the ultimate tribute to the teen heartthrob with the voice of an angel and a must-have for true fans. Including nearly 100 full-color photographs, fans are provided a glimpse into this star's life — from his early days in Toronto making his mark on Vine and YouTube to his historic debut on the Billboard charts with Handwritten, capturing the hearts of listeners all over the world. This keepsake additionally explores Shawn's sold-out 2016 debut world tour, his unique and special relationship with his millions-strong Mendes Army of fans, and his foray into the acting world. Also featuring a look ahead to what exciting things the future has in store for this pop superstar, Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door is an essential collectible for fans of this teen sensation. 
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTriumph Books
    Release dateNov 1, 2016
    ISBN9781633197435
    Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door

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      Shawn Mendes - Triumph Books

      Contents

      1. Life of the Party

      2. O, Canada

      3. Six Seconds to Stardom

      4. The MAGCON Family

      5. Something Big

      6. Giving Back

      7. Success Is Handwritten

      8. Everything Is Illuminated

      1. Life of the Party

      He’s talented. He’s tech-savvy. He’s a teenager. And he’s taking the world by storm. Shawn already has a #1 album, his full-length debut Handwritten, has had six singles (and counting) crack the Billboard 100, and headlined a world tour. Not bad for a kid who just graduated high school.

      He’s been hailed by critics and fans alike as the next Justin Bieber, a comparison he accepts with a humbleness beyond his years. Being compared to him is great, he told Digital Spy. He is super talented.

      And surely, the two Canadians have plenty in common. For starters, they both owe their start to the Internet. Justin was famously discovered after posting YouTube videos of himself singing covers of various pop and R&B songs, and quickly found a record deal with RBMG, headed by Usher—one of the very artists he covered. We all know the rest of the story.

      Shawn does a stripped-down performance for fans in London.

      Shawn, a self-taught singer and guitarist, has been called the first Vine superstar. But in an Internet landscape where every YouTube cover artist is aiming to be discovered, becoming a world-famous musician isn’t what Shawn set out to be. Instead, he started posting six-second snippets on Vine just to amuse himself and his friends. It was a habit and a fun thing to do after school in a boring town, he told Rolling Stone.

      Indeed, it wasn’t until he started to get a response that he started to think bigger. He posted a short cover of a lesser-known Justin Bieber ballad and it got attention immediately—he was literally an overnight success. I posted this little six-and-a-half-second clip of me singing…. I woke up the next morning and I had like 10,000 followers…. I was like, Okay, I guess I should go with this, he told KiSS-FM. Before long, he was one of the most popular contributors on Vine.

      He kept on posting, and the social media momentum kept on building. Soon, his followers were requesting songs for him to sing. They were telling their friends, building fan sites devoted to him, making their own tributes.

      Shawn performs for his hometown crowd on WE Day 2015 in Toronto.

      Vine isn’t a logical path to stardom, Shawn admits, but it worked for him. People could say, ‘Well, it doesn’t take much talent to put a six-second video up, he told the New York Times. I would argue that it does, because you only have six seconds to impress somebody, he said. And if you can do that in six seconds, then you’ve done a good job.

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