Shawn Peter Raul Mendes, popularly known by his stage name Shawn Mendes, is a Canadian Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter. In his nine-year-long career, Mendes has managed to amass an impressive estimated net worth of $40 million and earned an estimated income of $54.5M million as reported by Forbes. That has earned him the 39th spot on their 100 top-earning celebrities list in 2020. Celebrity Net Worth reports Mendes earned $40 million in the last couple of years.
He first garnered attention, on the popular video-sharing app Vine in 2013, where he regularly posted song covers. Following a year of racking up followers on Vine, he caught the attention of popular artist-manager, Andrew Gertler, and Island Records’ Artist and Repertoire, Ziggy Chareton, which resulted in Mendes signing with Island Records.
Mendes released his debut EP, The Shawn Mendes EP, in 2014, which was followed by the release of his debut studio album, Handwritten, in 2015. With “Handwritten” debuting on top of the US Billboard 200, Mendes became one of only five artists ever to debut at the number one spot before turning 18.
His breakthrough single from the album, Stitches, reached number one on the UK charts and was among the top 10 on the US/Canadian charts. Illuminate, his second album, also debuted at the top of the American Billboard so did Shawn Mendes, his third album which also debuted at number one on the American Billboard making him the third-youngest artist, behind Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, to achieve three number one albums.
Mendes became the youngest male artist to have four albums top the American Billboard when, Wonder, his fourth, experienced similar success to his previous albums. Since 2014, Mendes has won 43 awards and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2018. Putting his music career aside, Mendes made his acting debut in the third-season premiere of CW’s “The 100” and has modeled Emporio Armani's 2018 Spring Show.
A majority of Mendes’ income comes from his music career and this includes album sales, ticket sales from touring, etc. His first album, Handwritten, was certified platinum after it topped the US Billboard 200 and sold over 119,000 copies in the US and over 14,000 copies in Canada.
Mendes’ second album, Illuminate sold 2,397,900 copies in 18 countries, has sold 1,000,000 copies in the US, 300,000 copies in the UK, and 240,000 copies in Canada as reported by BestSellingAlbums, a global archive of albums sales, charts, and industry statistics. His first major tour, the Illuminate Tour, grossed over $32 million.
His third album, Shawn Mendes, sold over 182,000 copies in its first week. His following “Shawn Mendes: The Tour” world tour grossed $90 million, slightly more than the Jonas Brothers and a bit less than Post Malone, as reported by Forbes. His staggering ticket sales earned him the “Touring Milestone Award” by Ticketmaster.
Music aside, Mendes signed with Wilhelmina International Inc., a modeling and talent agency, in 2016 and makes quite a decent amount of money considering modeling is his side project. Currently, Mendes is the brand ambassador for Calvin Klein's #MyCalvins campaign, Tim Hortons, clothing brand Roots Canada, SmileDirectClub, and Emporio Armani’s Fall Winter 2018-2019 watch collection following his modeling debut with the brand earlier the same year.
Though it is not known for certain how much every brand paid Mendes for partnering with him, Calvin Klein has reportedly remunerated past ambassadors approximately $1.2 million, so it's safe to say that Mendes’ earnings from this partnership are somewhere in this ballpark. It would not be surprising if Emporio Armani paid something similar to Mendes on the two occasions he modeled for them. Considering these two gigs alone, it is certain that Mendes earns quite a decent sum through brand partnerships, given how popular he is at the moment.
Based on his Shawn Mendes, YouTube channel, his monthly YouTube revenue estimated by various sources is somewhere between $214,262-$3 million assuming very conservative averages were at play. He boasts an impressive 29.2M subscribers and is ranked 24th in the top 100 most subscribed YouTube Music artists, so this number is not really startling.
With a staggering 72.6 million followers on Instagram, 26.3 million followers on Twitter, and 8.8 million followers on TikTok, Mendes is bound to use his amassed following for brand collaborations on these platforms. How much he could earn from these outlets is currently unknown, and crucially depends on the brand he collaborates with, however, we are certain that Mendes earns a heft amount from here. It is likely he earns from views and likes as well, due to his massive following, but we currently do not know how much that could be.
Mendes has acted in CW’s 300, and has lent his voice to the upcoming movie, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, based on the popular children’s book. He also has a documentary, “Shawn Mendes: In Wonder,” which was released on Netflix in 2020. Though not explicitly stated,
Mendes alongside his manager, Andrew Gertler, has signed a major investment and long-term partnership with Flow Alkaline Spring Water. The two will be working with Nicholas Reichenbach, the founder, and CEO of Flow. Shawn is also the company’s “Sustainability Ambassador.” And he managed to do all of this at 23. It would be astonishing to see if he doesn’t hit the billionaire mark before he calls it quits.
It is no easy task to do what Shawn Mendes has done. The 23-year-old has managed to amass an estimated net worth of $40 million. However, it does not seem like Shawn has let this influx of money affect him. He is not known for splurging on unnecessary things. AnyHome, a real estate YouTube channel, recently did a house tour for Mendes’ nearly $2 million three-bedroom, 1,144-square-foot condo in downtown Toronto.
The condominium comes with a 750-square-feet outdoor terrace overlooking the downtown core with a stunning view of the CN Tower. Mendes also has quite an impressive car collection, owning four cars, which is he regularly seen entering/exiting, as reported by 21 Motoring. These include a Range Rover SV Autobiography ($220,000), a Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG ($156,900) but that was stolen during a house robbery in Los Angeles. He also owns a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon ($70,000), and a Cadillac Escalade ($110,000).
Mendes actively contributes his wealth toward social causes and activism. He raised $25,000 to build a school in Ghana, as reported by SamaritanMag. He created the Mexico Earthquake Relief Fund alongside the American Red Cross following the earthquake that devastated Mexico City and donated $100,000 towards relief efforts.
Mendes worked with Omazeo to raise funds via donations to support the WE School’s program. Alongside producer Teddy Geiger, Mendes released a cover of “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie, with proceeds going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust, an organization founded by Freddie Mercury’s bandmates following his death, which fights against HIV and AIDS.
In 2019, he launched The Shawn Mendes Foundation and donated undisclosed amounts to various causes and organizations like Australia's Red Cross, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, and South Australia Country Fire Service to aid relief activities following the forest fires that wreaked havoc Downunder. Recently, Mendes joined Bollywood and now ex-girlfriend, Camilla Cabello, to help fight the pandemic in India and donated $50,000 through the organization Give India, as reported by the Hindustan Times.