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Nigerian Afrobeats sensation, Rema, saw his chart-topping hit, “Calm Down,” exit the Billboard Hot 100 after a remarkable 57-week run, leaving a trail of historic achievements in its wake.
Chart Data, the music monitoring platform, described the song’s journey as groundbreaking, asserting that it had etched its name in history as the longest-charting and most successful African song of all time.
This accolade came after “Calm Down” obliterated the previous 35-week record held by fellow Nigerian Afrobeats icon, Wizkid’s “Essence.”
The song initially made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 in September of the previous year, seven months after its release.
Since then, it has captivated the global music community with its enchanting melodies, drawing praise from Billboard magazine’s music analysts, who characterized it as a “a melancholy slow jam with a subtle hypnotic draw”.
The immense global popularity of “Calm Down” can be attributed, in part, to the guest appearance of American pop star Selena Gomez, albeit in a modest role. Remarkably, it ascended to the third position on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the highest-charting song to feature an Afrobeats artist as the lead performer.
Fans of both Rema and Selena Gomez have celebrated the song’s historic accomplishments, even as it bids farewell to the Billboard Hot 100.
The song has shattered over a dozen records, including its recent feat of becoming the most-streamed Afrobeats track on Spotify and the first African artist-led song to amass one billion streams on the platform.
Spotify couldn’t contain its excitement and shared the momentous achievement, declaring “We can’t Calm Down, Rema has entered the Billions Club with the first African artist-led track to hit a billion streams on Spotify! Congratulations to Rema and Selena Gomez,”
Moreover, “Calm Down” boasts the distinction of being the first song to spend an entire year on the Billboard Afrobeats chart, while its YouTube video has amassed a staggering 673 million views, making it the most-watched music video by a Nigerian artist.
This unyielding international success has propelled the 23-year-old Rema into the ranks of renowned Afrobeats luminaries like Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido. Last month, the song clinched the inaugural Best Afrobeats Song award at the MTV VMA Awards, eclipsing other celebrated Afrobeats artists in the category.
