Marshmello Accepts Award for Best EDM/Dance Artist or Group at the 2018 iHeart Radio MMVAs with Help From Shawn Mendez

Marshmello took home the award for "Best EDM/Dance Artist or Group" last night at The 2018 IHEARTRADIO MMVAs, Canada's iconic music awards show. Upon accepting his award, fans got a thrilling surprise when the world renown DJ / producer (who remains anonymous behind that permanent smile) removed his helmet to "reveal" none other than Shawn Mendes. Marshmello also delivered an incredible performance of his smash hit "FRIENDS" with Anne-Marie. Making the night even more special, Marshmello and Anne-Marie were awarded with certified plaques for their song reaching triple platinum in Canada.

Marshmello's 2018 MMVAs win comes on the heels of a stellar release week for his new track "Happier," featuring Bastille (Astralwerks). Within one week of release it was the #1 most added song at Top 40 and Alternative Radio and the #1 most added song at Top 40 in Canada with more than 130 station adds to date. The track also landed in the top 25 global Spotify chart, top 13 iTunes chart, #1 Dance iTunes and top 30 UK official singles chart and went straight into high rotation with Capital FM and Kiss FM. Since its release, "Happier" has garnered over 13 million plays on DSPs.

With the last year's worth of chart topping singles featuring collaborations with the likes of Selena Gomez, Migos, Khalid, Logic, and more, the artist has clocked a staggering 2+ billion streams across Spotify alone with over 40 million monthly listeners, cementing him as the platform's #4 Most Streamed Artist in the World.

His summer smash "FRIENDS" with Anne-Marie peaked at #2 at Pop radio making it Marshmello's highest charting record to date spending over 25 weeks on the Top 40 Charts. Certified platinum in the US and UK and certified triple platinum in Canada, "FRIENDS" ranked #1 on both iTunes and Shazam's worldwide charts, with over 500 million overall streams. 2017's 'Wolves' ft. Selena Gomez peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and #5 at Top 40 radio, and Marshmello himself is ranked #4 overall on Billboard's 2018 Dance List.

Most recently, Marshmello released his highly anticipated sophomore album Joytime II, which debuted at number 1 on Billboard's top dance/electronic chart upon release last month. The album follows 2016's Joytime which landed him in the Top 5 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums, with the track "Alone" propelling his monumental success garnering over 110 million Spotify plays and over 1 billion views on YouTube making it certified Platinum in only one year.

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