Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes has released five studio albums, two live albums, one reissue, three extended plays, twenty-five singles (including five as a featured artist), and eleven promotional singles. He has sold over 20 million albums and 175 million singles worldwide.[1] According to RIAA, Mendes has sold 50.5 million digital singles and 5 million certified albums in the US.[2]
Mendes released his first single "Life of the Party" in June 2014, which debuted in the top 25 of the US Billboard Hot 100, making him the youngest artist to debut in the top 25 of the Hot 100 with their debut song. He followed this with an extended play in July 2014, The Shawn Mendes EP, which debuted at number five on Billboard.
His debut studio album, Handwritten (2015), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 119,000 equivalent album units, selling 106,000 copies in its first week. "Something Big" was released as the second single from the album on November 7, 2014, eventually peaking at number 80. The third single from the album, "Stitches", became an international hit, peaking at number one in the UK, number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, number one on BillboardAdult Top 40, and number one on BillboardAdult Contemporary, becoming his first top entry on the UK Singles Chart and his first top 10 in the US. In November 2015, Mendes and Camila Cabello who was at the time a member of the group Fifth Harmony, released their collaborative song "I Know What You Did Last Summer". The song was included on the Revisited reissue of Handwritten.
Mendes released his second studio album Illuminate in 2016, which also debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with 145,000 equivalent album units, selling 121,000 copies in its first week. His lead single "Treat You Better" peaked at number six on Hot 100, the second single "Mercy" peaked at number 15, and the third single "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" peaked at number six. The three singles reached number one on both Adult Top 40 and Adult Contemporary airplay charts, making Mendes the first artist to have three number one singles in the latter chart before turning 20 years old.[3]
In March 2018, Mendes released "In My Blood" as the lead single from his self-titled third album. It peaked at number eleven on the Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Top 40, making Mendes the first artist to have four singles to top the latter chart before turning 20 years old.[4][5] His second single "Lost in Japan" was released the next day. He released "Youth", "Where Were You in the Morning?", and "Nervous" as singles in May. The same month, he released his self-titled third studio album which debuted at number one in the United States, Canada, Australia, and several European music charts. In 2019, Mendes released his second collaboration with Cabello, "Señorita", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. In December 2020, Mendes became the youngest male artist ever to top the Billboard 200 with four studio albums, with the release of Wonder (2020).[6]
Mendes' first four studio albums debuted at number one in Canada and the United States. Billboard listed him as the 34th Top Artist of the 2010s[7] and placed two entries on their list of Billboard 200 Albums of the 2010s: Illuminate (No. 182) and Shawn Mendes (No. 195).[8] Mendes also has five singles that have sold over a million units in the UK: "Stitches" (2.2 million), "Señorita" (1.73 million), "Treat You Better" (1.62 million), "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" (1.6 million) and "Mercy" (1.1 million).[9]
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
^"Something Big" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[56]
^"I Know What You Did Last Summer" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.[60]
^"Lost in Japan" was originally released as a promotional single and appears on the standard edition of Shawn Mendes; the song was later re-released as a remix which only appears as a CD deluxe edition bonus track on Shawn Mendes.
^"Where Were You in the Morning?" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles or Hot Singles chart, but peaked at number six on the Heatseeker Singles chart.[72]
^"Nervous" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles or Hot Singles chart, but peaked at number one on the Heatseeker Singles chart.[74]
^"Nervous" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[75]
^"If I Can't Have You" only appears on the deluxe edition of Shawn Mendes.
^"Señorita" only appears on the deluxe edition of Shawn Mendes. It also features on Camila Cabello's second studio album Romance.
^"Summer of Love" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[81]
^"It'll Be Okay" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[82]
^"It'll Be Okay" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[75]
^"When You're Gone" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[83]
^"What the Hell Are We Dying For?" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 28 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[85]
^"Why Why Why" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[86]
^"Isn't That Enough" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[86]
^"Nobody Knows" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[88]
^"Heart of Gold" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number eight on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[89]
^"Never Be Alone" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[75]
^"Ruin" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 40 on the Digital Song Sales component chart.[99]
^"Three Empty Words" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[100]
^"Don't Be a Fool" did not enter the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 34 on the Hot Canadian Digital Songs component chart.[90]
^"Don't Be a Fool" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles or Hot Singles chart, but peaked at number seven on the Heatseeker Singles chart.[101]
^"Don't Be a Fool" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[75]
^"Under Pressure" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles or Hot Singles chart, but peaked at number 34 on the NZ Hot Singles chart.[102]
^"Call My Friends" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[104]
^"Heartbeat" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[105]
^"No Promises" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart or the NZ Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[110]
^"Honest" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart or the NZ Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number eight on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[110]
^"Like to Be You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart or the NZ Hot Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[111]
^"Like to Be You" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[112]
^"Perfectly Wrong" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[112]
^"Fallin' All in You" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[112]
For all except noted: "Discography Shawn Mendes". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
"Where Were You in the Morning?": "ARIA Chart Watch #475". auspOp. June 2, 2018. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
"It'll Be Okay": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 13 December 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1658. Australian Recording Industry Association. December 13, 2021. p. 4.
All except noted: "Discography Shawn Mendes". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
All except "I Know What You Did Last Summer": "Discography Shawn Mendes". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
"The Christmas Song": "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 28, 2020. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
"Higher", "Teach Me How to Love", "Call My Friends", and "Dream": "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 14, 2020. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
"The Christmas Song": "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 28, 2020. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
"The Mountain": "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. November 22, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.