The 16-year-old Toronto native trumpeted the release of Handwritten with a “#HandwrittenBuyouts” Twitter contest, urging his swooning fans to purchase every last Mendes CD from store shelves.
On Tuesday afternoon, he tweeted to his nearly three million followers: “Go to stores today & buy all the album copies ! U can find a #GoldenShawnAccessPass & meet me ! #HandwrittenBuyouts.”
Attached to the tweet was a polished image (also posted to Facebook) repeating the instructions and touting a grand prize for two to meet Mendes and watch him perform in a warm-weather destination. Other prizes include meet-and-greet access and merchandise.
The desperation. Thats the great thing about having teentween fans: theyre very gullible and easily manipulated. Like taking candy from a baby.
He's a cute kid and has a nice voice. I remember seeing his summertime sadness video a while back. He also seems really nice from his group of friends which apparently he's associated with the homophobic/racist viners.
Can't really get into his music though, isn't geared for my demographic
1
shawn mendes
handwritten
island 108,573 --
-- 2
reba mcentire
love somebody
nashville icon 56,661 --
-- 3
tyler the creator
cherry bomb
columbia 48,776 --
-- 4
halestorm
into the wild life
atlantic 44,983 --
2 5
furious 7
soundtrack
atlantic 25,974 -42%
4 6 taylor swift
1989
big machine 23,898 -11%
7 7 sam smith
in the lonely hour
capitol 18,825 -10%
3 8 kendrick lamar
to pimp a butterfly
tde/aftermath/interscope 18,767 -31%
1 9 all time low
future hearts
hopeless 18,743 -73%
10 dwight yoakam
second hand heart
warner bros. Nashville 17,993
1 shawn mendes handwritten 117,365 --
2 furious 7 76,838 -29%
3 reba mcentire love somebody 59,344 --
4 tyler the creatorcherry bomb 56,172 --
5 halestorminto the wild life 45,562 --
6 fifty shades of greysoundtrack 43,865 109%
7 taylor swift 1989 39,286 -12%
8 ed sheeran x 32,496 -12%
9 drake if you're reading this, it's too late 32,484 -12%
10 sam smith in the lonely hour 32,414 -6%
LW TW Artist / Album Label SPS Index % Change -- 1 SHAWN MENDES
HANDWRITTEN
ISLAND 117,365 --
1 2 FURIOUS 7
SOUNDTRACK
ATLANTIC 76,838 -29%
-- 3 REBA MCENTIRE
LOVE SOMEBODY
NASHVILLE ICON 59,344 --
-- 4 TYLER THE CREATOR
CHERRY BOMB
COLUMBIA 56,172 --
-- 5 HALESTORM
INTO THE WILD LIFE
ATLANTIC 45,562 --
17 6 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
SOUNDTRACK
REPUBLIC 43,865 109%
3 7 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 39,286 -12%
6 8 ED SHEERAN
X
ATLANTIC 32,496 -12%
7 9 DRAKE
IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 32,484 -12%
8 10 SAM SMITH
IN THE LONELY HOUR
CAPITOL 32,414 -6%
4 11 MAROON 5
V
222/INTERSCOPE 30,549 -29%
9 12 MEGHAN TRAINOR
TITLE
EPIC 29,923 -11%
13 13 SAM HUNT
MONTEVALLO
MCA NASHVILLE 29,609 8%
-- 14 LITTLE BIG TOWN
PAIN KILLER
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 24,777 164%
10 15 EMPIRE CAST
SOUNDTRACK, SEASON 1
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA 23,875 -21%
5 16 KENDRICK LAMAR
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
TDE/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 23,107 -38%
15 17 WALK THE MOON
TALKING IS HARD
RCA 23,090 -1%
31 18 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
ANYTHING GOES
REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 22,005 34%
2 19 ALL TIME LOW
FUTURE HEARTS
HOPELESS 20,340 -72%
19 20 MARK RONSON
UPTOWN SPECIAL
RCA 19,568 -7%
-- 21 YOUNG THUG
BARTER 6
ATLANTIC 18,714 --
16 22 NICKI MINAJ
PINKPRINT
YMCMB/REPUBLIC 18,434 -20%
-- 23 DWIGHT YOAKAM
SECOND HAND HEART
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 18,372 --
11 24 WALE
THE ALBUM ABOUT NOTHING
ATLANTIC 18,120 -40%
18 25 NICK JONAS
NICK JONAS
ISLAND 16,892 -20%
24 26 HOZIER
HOZIER
COLUMBIA 16,670 -11%
12 27 FALL OUT BOY
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
DCD2/ISLAND 16,663 -40%
43 28 ERIC CHURCH
THE OUTSIDERS
EMI NASHVILLE 16,654 42%
20 29 BIG SEAN
DARK SKY PARADISE
DEF JAM 16,521 -20%
22 30 IMAGINE DRAGONS
SMOKE + MIRRORS
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 15,429 -25%
25 31 ARIANA GRANDE
MY EVERYTHING
REPUBLIC 14,684 -20%
21 32 DARIUS RUCKER
SOUTHERN STYLE
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 13,958 -33%
-- 33 NOW ACM AWARDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/UME 13,549 71%
-- 34 MIRANDA LAMBERT
PLATINUM
RCA NASHVILLE 13,223 --
41 35 LUKE BRYAN
SPRING BREAK...CHECKIN' OUT
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 12,811 3%
49 36 TOVE LO
QUEEN OF THE CLOUDS
REPUBLIC 12,707 22%
30 37 J. COLE
2014 FOREST HILLS DRIVE
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 12,252 -27%
23 38 LUDACRIS
LUDAVERSAL
DEF JAM 12,248 -38%
-- 39 LUKE BRYAN
CRASH MY PARTY
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 11,918 36%
-- 40 SABRINA CARPENTER
EYES WIDE OPEN
HOLLYWOOD 11,724 --
34 41 KIDZ BOP KIDS
KIDZ BOP 28
RAZOR & TIE 11,458 -24%
-- 42 COLE SWINDELL
COLE SWINDELL
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 11,040 --
37 43 FIFTH HARMONY
REFLECTION
EPIC 10,999 -19%
-- 44 JASON ALDEAN
OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT
BROKEN BOW 10,842 51%
39 45 GEORGE EZRA
WANTED ON VOYAGE
COLUMBIA 10,756 -15%
50 46 ANDY GRAMMER
MAGAZINES OR NOVELS
S-CURVE 10,630 2%
33 47 SIA
1000 FORMS OF FEAR
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 10,513 -34%
-- 48 DANCE GAVIN DANCE
INSTANT GRATIFICATION
RISE 10,332 --
35 49 NOW 53
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW/LEGACY 10,105 -27%
36 50 KELLY CLARKSON
PIECE BY PIECE
RCA 9,771 -29%
