Carl Falk

Carl Anthony Falk-Gramer (née Falk; born 17 August 1980), is a Sri-Lankan-born Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician. He has worked with Demi Lovato, One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Madonna, Avicii, Ariana Grande, Charlie Puth, Jason Derulo, Westlife, Hilary Duff, Iggy Azalea, and Liam Payne.

Biography As a student Falk attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He then joined "The Location" in 2002, a new production and publishing-company formed by former Cheiron-members Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson and Jake Schulz, leasing the former Cheiron Studios.

Falk left "The Location" in 2007 and re-located to Los Angeles in April 2010 to team up with Rami Yacoub and Steve Angello (Swedish House Mafia). Back in Sweden Carl and Rami started their production company and studio – Kinglet Studios.

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. In 2012 Carl was listed as No. 4 on Music Week Top 100 Songwriters of the year 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 Gotta Feeling". As of February 2013, it has sold 7.2 million digital downloads worldwide. Subsequently, he received two ASCAP awards for most performed songs of 2012: "Starships" and "What Makes You Beautiful".

Falk worked with Demi Lovato writing "Shouldn't Come Back" and "Really Don't Care" for her 2013 album "Demi". He also worked on "Rest Of Our Life" for Jason Derulo and "Red Lights" for Tiesto. Falk reached further success in 2014 when he worked with David Guetta on the hit single "One Last Time" for Ariana Grande, reaching no.13 on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

In 2015 Falk wrote songs like "Broken Arrows" and "Sunset Jesus" for Avicii, "Rest Your Love" for The Vamps, "Your Type" for Carly Rae Jepsen, "Lost & Found" for Ellie Goulding and "Devil Pray" For Madonna.

Artistry His favourite instrument is the guitar as he tries to "always have guitar on my songs, almost like a trademark".

Carl can also play other instruments such as bass, piano, violin and drums, which he started to learn from an early age on during his childhood.

Awards In 2013, Falk won the STIM Platinum guitar prize.

Discography Songwriting credits

Year Artist Album Song 2003 Westlife Turnaround "Obvious" 2005 Face to Face "Amazing" 2009 Where We Are "Leaving" VanVelzen Hear Me Out "Broken Tonight" (with Armin van Buuren) 2011 Nick Carter I'm Taking Off "Burning Up" "Remember" Darren Hayes Secret Codes and Battleships "Talk Talk Talk" "Bloodstained Heart" "The Siren's Call" One Direction Up All Night "What Makes You Beautiful" "One Thing" "I Wish" 2012 Take Me Home "Live While We're Young" "Kiss You" "Last First Kiss" "Heart Attack" "Back For You" "Change My Mind" Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded "Starships" "Pound the Alarm" 2013 Demi Lovato Demi "Really Don't Care" (with Cher Lloyd) "Shouldn't Come Back" Jason Derulo Tattoos "Rest Of Our Life" Lawson Chapman Square Chapter II "Juliet" Tiësto A Town Called Paradise "Red Lights" One Direction Midnight Memories "Happily" 2014 Ariana Grande My Everything "One Last Time" 2015 Avicii Stories "Broken Arrows" (with Zac Brown) "Sunset Jesus" "Trouble" The Vamps Wake Up "Rest Your Love" Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion "Your Type" Ellie Goulding Delirium "Lost and Found" Madonna Rebel Heart "Devil Pray" 2016 Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion Remixed + "First Time" 2017 Avicii Avīci (01) "Without You" (with Sandro Cavazza) 2019 Tim "Bad Reputation" (with Joe Janiak) "Ain't a Thing" (with Bonn) "Fades Away" (with Noonie Bao) Joan "Drive All Night" "One More Touch" "Ease Your Mind" 2021 Liam Payne Ron's Gone Wrong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) "Sunshine"

Awards

Falk has won two Ascap Pop Music Awards with the songs "Starships" and "What Makes You Beautiful", amongst many other of awards and nominations. Falk received two nominations both in 2012 and in 2013 in the Swedish Music Publishers Awards (SMFF). Both years for Songwriter Of The Year and International Achievement. He was also nominated for the 2013 Swedish Music Export Award,