Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ Becomes First African Song to Hit 1bn US Stream

June 24, (THEWILL) – Afrobeat singer Divine Ikubor aka Rema has become the most streamed African artist in U.S. history with ‘Calm Down’ getting a billion on-demands streams. The song, which features Selena Gomez, has spent 52 weeks at the top of the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart and has been streamed over a billion times on Spotify. According to TAmerican Music Stats Company, Chart Data, ‘Calm Down’ has earned over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US.

“REMA’s “Calm Down” becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US,” Chart Data tweeted.

Rema has also won numerous awards for the song.

Ivory Ukonu, THEWILL

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