Carl Falk

Carl Anthony Falk^[1] (born 17 August 1980 in Stockholm), is a Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician. As a student Falk attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He joined production/publishing company "The Location" in 2002, but left in 2007.^{[citation needed]} Carl re-located to Los Angeles, California, in April 2010 and teamed up with Rami Yacoub and Steve Angello (Swedish House Mafia).^{[citation needed]} Back in Sweden Carl and Rami started their production company and studio - Kinglet Studios.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2010 he has co-written and co-produced hits like "What Makes You Beautiful", "One Thing", "Live While We´re Young", "Kiss You" by One Direction and "Starships" and "Pound The Alarm" by Nicki Minaj.^{[citation needed]} In 2012 Carl was listed as No. 4 on Music Week Top 100 Songwriters of the year^{[citation needed]} based on the UK's 100 biggest - selling singles of the year. The same year "Starships" also made US Billboard history, by both debuting in and spending a total of 21 consecutive weeks in the US Top Ten, passing the Black Eyed Peas's single "I Got A Feeling".^{[citation needed]} As of February 2013, it has sold 7.2 million digital downloads world wide.^{[citation needed]} Subsequently, he received two ASCAP awards for most performed songs of 2012: "Starships" and "What Makes You Beautiful".^{[citation needed]}

His favourite instrument is the guitar as he tries to "always have guitar on my songs, almost like a trademark".^[2] Carl can also play multiple other instruments like bass, piano, violin and drums, which he started to learn from an early age on during his childhood.^[3]

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