1. Joel Zimmerman
Grew up in Niagara
Falls, Ontario, near
Toronto.
His first proper release started
out as a joke.
what they hadn’t counted on was
going to #1 on the Beatport chart
in 2006.
2.
3. Deadmau5
was named after a dead mouse he
found in his computer
In 2008, deadmau5 was the biggest
selling artist on Beatport.
4. Awards
“Even though no one knew who I was, as I was walking
up the red carpet, all these reporters and TV crews were
stopping me. In the end I actually missed the award
because it took so long.”
5. Beatport Music Awards
2008
Best Electro House Artist
Best Progressive House Artist
Best Single
2009
Best Electro House Artist
Best Progressive House Artist
2010
Best Electro House Artist,
Best Progressive House Artist,
Most influential, relevant and forward-thinking person in electronic music
over the past twelve months.
International Dance Music Awards
2010
Best American DJ
Best Artist
Best Electro Track – “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff” (feat. Rob Swire)
Juno Awards
2008 “All You Ever Want” (with Billy Newton-Davies) – Dance Recording
of the Year
2009 Random Album Title- Dance Recording of the Year
2010 For Lack of a Better Name – Dance Recording of the Year
DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs
2008 – 11th Place
2009 – 6th Place
2010 – 4th Place
Grammy Awards Nominations
2009
Nominated for Grammy Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
7. He sent Faxing Berlin to Chris
Lake, who passed it to Pete
Tong, who played it on his
Radio 1 show.
The subsequent exposure
turned it into one of the biggest
records of 2007.
