Shawn Mendes has officially gone from Vine phenom to chart-conquering superstar.
The 16-year-old Pickering artist’s debut album Handwritten has opened up at the top of America’s coveted Billboard 200 chart with 119K units earned. The last 16-year-old to accomplish that feat? Justin Bieber in 2010 with My World 2.0. The stellar first week sales of Handwritten have bumped the Furious 7 soundtrack out of the top spot into second place with 79,000 units. (We’ll give you a moment to softly sing “See You Again”; to yourself.)
Elsewhere in this week’s big rookie week debuts: Reba McEntire’s Love Someday arrived in the #3 spot, Tyler, The Creator’s Cherry Bomb opened a slot lower at #4 and Quaker State rock outfit Halestorm landed in the #5 spot with Into The Wild Life. The arrival of Halestrom in that #5 position bounces Taylor Swift’s mega-selling 1989 out of the Top 5 for the first time in 25 weeks.
