Carl Falk

Carl Anthony Falk (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. Carl re-located to Los Angeles, in April 2010 and teamed 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 Got A Feeling". As of February 2013, it has sold 7.2 million digital downloads world wide. Subsequently, he received two ASCAP awards for most performed songs of 2012: "Starships" and "What Makes You Beautiful".

Tambores

Tambores is a small town partly in the Paysandú Department and partly in the Tacuarembó Department of western Uruguay.

Location

It is located on both sides of the interdepartmental road which forms the border between the two departments, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of its intersection with Route 26, which lies 33 kilometres (21 mi) southwest of Tacuarembó, the capital city of the department. The railroad track Montevideo - Tacuarembó - Rivera passes through the town.

History

On 21 August 1936, the existing populated nucleus here was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Ley N° 9.588. Until then, it had been head of the judicial section of "Salsipuedes". Its status was further elevated to "Villa" (town) on 15 October 1963 by the Act of Ley N° 13.167.

Population

In 2011 Tambores had a population of 1,561, of which 1,111 in Paysandú and 450 in Tacuarembó.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay

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