Singer Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ becomes first song to spend one year on US Billboard chart
Prominent Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has achieved another milestone as his song ‘Calm Down’ with Selena Gomez became the first song in history to spend one year on top of the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart.
American data collection company, Chart Data disclosed this on Monday.
The song has spent 52 weeks as number one on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart.
It peaked number three on the main chart, Billboard Hot 100, and reached number one on the Canadian Top Songs chart.
Naijahits recalls that Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ entered into the Guinness World Record as the First No.1 Hit on The Official MENA Chart (the world’s first regional streaming chart).
‘Calm Down’ debuted at No. 1 when the MENA Chart was launched by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on November 29, 2022.