Electronic musician Chet Faker receives a...

It is the most celebrated of Australian music awards known for honouring home grown talent that invariably goes on to dominate the world stage.

And as the second round of the 28th ARIA nominations kicked off, Chet Faker has now received a whopping nine nominations, including Album of the Year, Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release.

He also landed Best Album Cover award for his debut work Built On Glass, beating off stiff competition from Sia, Angus and Julia Stone, Leonard Barnes and Celeste Potter.
 

The artist, formerly known as Nick Murphy, told Daily Mail Australia at the ceremony at the Art Gallery in Sydney: 'I feel so humbled.'

He added: 'After touring all year and mostly being overseas it’s good to be home and be recognised

Melbourne-born Chet's work has also scored mentions in the Engineer Of The Year, making the independent singer and producer a serious contender this year.

Meanwhile, Sia, who has enjoyed massive success internationally for her 1000 Forms of Fear album, is nominated for Best Pop Release in the same category as 5 Seconds Of Summer, who are also nominated for Best Group.

Jessica Mauboy's album Beautiful received a nod for Album Of The Year alongside Sheppard, while Iggy Azalea is down for Best Female Artist and Keith Urban for Best Country Album.

Jessica told Daily Mail Australia: 'I’m buzzing you know, I guess I’m celebrating that I’m here with all the artists.

'I’m so happy that it’s diverse, it felt like everyone got an award that’s in the charts or making music; everyone who's in power in music with their own sound.'

With so much Australian talent doing well overseas with Sia, Iggy and 5 Seconds Of Summer dominating the world music charts, this year's glitzy awards ceremony, to be hosted at The Star Event Centre on November 26, is poised to be spectacular.

Locally, there here have been eleven No 1 Australian albums so far this year with Australian artists holding the No1 spot on the ARIA Album charts for 19 out of 38 weeks.

Three Australian singles have claimed the top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart including Justice Crew's hit 'Que Sera' which broke the ARIA chart record as the longest running Australian number one hit, holding the top position for nine consecutive weeks.

While there are rumours that Katy Perry could be gracing the music event this year, Iggy and boy band sensation 5 Seconds of Summer have been invited to attend.

Last year Alicia Keys swept in from the USA to stand before the pool of talented local talent as a guest performer and presenter.

The 14-time Grammy Award winner graced the red carpet with her superstar status and was joined by teenage sensations Lorde and Cody Simpson as they honoured the winners at Sydney's The Star casino.

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