He has also been nominated for a World Music Award as well as 6 Grammy Awards.
He mostly produces progressive house and variations of it, for which he has received multiple Beatport Music Awards, DJ Awards, International Dance Music Awards and Juno Awards. His most successful studio albums are Album Title Goes Here and 4×4=12. He has since released 8 studio albums, 8 EPs. He released his first album Project 56 independently before signing a deal with Play Records to release his second studio album Vexillology. He worked as a programmer prior to just starting his music career. Canadian-born DJ and record producer Deadmau5 got his first keyboard when he was in his teens.
