TALENTED singer, Divine Ikubor, aka Rema, has become the most streamed African artist in U.S. history with ‘Calm Down’ getting a billion on-demand streams.
The song was released in February 2022 as a single off Rave and Roses, Rema’s debut album; he then partnered with US singer, Selena Gomez a few months later for a remix of the song.
The hit song became the first African song to spend a year on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number three, making it the highest-charting song in which an Afrobeats musician was the lead artist.
Breaking the news, Chart Data tweeted on X saying, “The first Afrobeats song in history to earn over one billion on-demand streams in the US.”
The remix, which has nearly 894 million views on YouTube, is currently the most-watched music video by a Nigerian artist.
Rema, who dubbed his music style "Afrorave" has won numerous awards for the global hit song “Calm Down”
