to music and running on the treadmill, therapy is going to dinner with your friends—it's something that distracts you, that helps you heal and so it just depends on what you think therapy is. I made a conscious effort to be more connected to the people in my life. I found I was closing myself off from everybody, thinking that would help me battle it then realizing the only way I was going to battle it was completely opening up and letting people in." Regarding speculations about his sexuality, he said, "First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't. The focus should be on the music and not my sexuality." Accolades and achievements Mendes has received several nominations and awards. He won 18 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) awards, twelve Juno Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), eight iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards (MMVA), five BMI Awards, three American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and the Allan Slaight Honour from Canada's Walk of Fame. He has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and one Brit Award. Filmography Film roles Television roles Discography Handwritten (2015) Illuminate (2016) Shawn Mendes (2018) Wonder (2020) Tours Headlining Shawn's First Headlines (2014–2015) Shawn Mendes World Tour (2016) Illuminate World Tour (2017) Shawn Mendes: The Tour (2019) Wonder: The World Tour (2022) Co-headlining Jingle Ball Tour 2014 (with various artists) (2014) Jingle Ball Tour 2015 (with various artists) (2015) Jingle Ball Tour 2018 (with various artists) (2018) Supporting Austin Mahone: Live on Tour (Austin Mahone) (North America) (2014) The 1989 World Tour (Taylor Swift) (North America) (2015) References External links 1998 births 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian pianists Canadian child singers Canadian male guitarists Canadian male pianists Canadian male singers Canadian male voice actors Canadian people of English descent Canadian people of Portuguese descent Canadian pop guitarists Canadian pop pianists Canadian pop singers Child pop musicians Island Records artists Juno Award for Album of the Year winners Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year winners Juno Award for Single of the Year winners Juno Fan Choice Award winners Living people MTV Europe Music Award winners Musicians from Toronto Musicians from the Regional Municipality of Durham People from Pickering, Ontario Shorty Award winners Universal Music Group artists