Let's make this birthday one to remember.

44 years old (Born on August 17, 1980)

Happy Birthday, Carl Falk! You're the musical wizard behind hits that made One Direction fans scream louder than Harry Styles' hair flips and Nicki Minaj's rhymes sharper than her stilettos. Your beats have conquered charts faster than teenagers can tweet "OMG!"—and that's saying something.

From crafting catchy choruses to producing platinum records, your talent has shaped pop culture more effectively than autotune ever could. May your birthday be filled with as many high notes as you've given us unforgettable melodies—and may you celebrate harder today than a Directioner at a reunion concert! Keep rocking those studios; you're timelessly awesome!