‘Calm Down’ which was released in Feb 2022 by Rema, is also the first African song to top the American radio chart
By Kehinde Okeowo
Popular Afrobeats singer and songwriter, Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema, has reached another milestone after his hit song ‘Calm Down’ became the most streamed African song in United States history.
This was revealed on Friday, July 21, by American music data compilation website, Chart Data on its Twitter handle.
‘Calm Down’ achieved the feat after displacing another Nigerian song ‘Love Nwantiti’ which was released by Chukwuka Chukwuma Ekweani popularly known as CKay in 2019.
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Confirming this via its social media page, the statistics firm tweeted: “@heisrema’s ‘Calm Down’ is now the #1 most streamed Afrobeats song in US history, surpassing @ckay_yo’s ‘Love Nwantiti’.”
Both Nigerian songs have surpassed half a billion streams on Spotify and YouTube.
Prior to the latest development, ‘Calm Down’ had become the highest-peaking Nigerian song on US Billboard Hot 100 following a remix with American superstar, Selena Gomez which made it peak at number 3.
The song which was released by the sensational artist in his 2022 album ‘Raves and Roses’ is also the first African song to top the American radio chart.
