Calm Down By Rema Hits Another Milestone
Thinking back to when he was making Calm Down, TBN wonders whether Rema envisaged how big the song would hit considering that the song has broken many milestones. And landing Afroeats further to the outside world.
Recorded and released on 11 February 2022, the song is from Rema’s debut studio album Rave & Roses (2022). It was released by Jonzing World and music label Mavins owned by Don Jazzy as the album’s second single.
Now, Calm Down has hit another major milestone in the history of Afrobeats. It has now become the first African song to earn 1 billion on-demand streams in the United States according to American Music Stats Company Chart Data.
The company took to X formerly Twitter to share that the single, ’ has earned over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US. The tweet read, “REMA’s “Calm Down” becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US.”
This is not the first time the single will be making waves since its release. Last year, Rema performed the single at the 2023 Ballondor awards ceremony. The song also caught the attention of American music sweetheart, Selena Gomez and features her in the remix of the song.
The music video for Calm Down collaboration with Selena Gomez has now been viewed 893 million times with the original video by Rema himself at 596 million views. They both emerged winners of the first Best Afrobeats award at the MTV Video Music Award in Newark, New Jersey, United States of America Tuesday.
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