Shawn Mendes takes the Newsbeat Vine challenge

Name: Shawn Mendes takes the Newsbeat Vine challenge
Uploaded: 2014-10-21T11:41:48.000Z
Duration: 1 min 23 s
Description: Canadian singer Shawn Mendes got his break after uploading Vine videos - but could he answer our questions in just six seconds?

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Canadian singer Shawn Mendes got his break after uploading Vine videos - but could he answer our questions in just six seconds?

The 16-year-old signed to Island Records after building up a following posting six second long cover versions online.

He has more than 7m followers between his Vine, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Shawn Mendes features on The Vamps' latest single, Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart).

Video Journalist: Sophie Miller

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21 October 2014