In a previous assessment, Chart Data hailed the song as the “most successful African song of all time”, a title that underscores its groundbreaking achievements in the music industry.
Nigerian singer, Rema’s hit song “Calm Down” has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the most-streamed Afrobeats track in the United States, solidifying its place in the annals of music history.
According to Chart Data on its X account, a music monitoring platform, a significant milestone has been achieved: an Afrobeats song has surpassed one billion on-demand streams in the US for the first time ever, making history in the music industry.
“REMA’s “Calm Down” becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US,” it tweeted.
In a previous assessment, Chart Data hailed the song as the “most successful African song of all time”, a title that underscores its groundbreaking achievements in the music industry.
Another Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems also made “history as the highest charting Nigerian female artist on the Billboard 200” coming at 56.
Calm Down” is a song in Rema’s debut studio album Rave & Roses (2022). It was released on February 11, 2022 through Jonzing World and Mavin as the album’s second single.
Rema, whose real name is Divine Ikubor, later collaborated with American singer Selena Gomez on a remix of “Calm Down”, which went on to reach a remarkable milestone of over a billion plays on the popular music streaming platform, Spotify.
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