Hurray to Rema as the suave artiste becomes the latest addition to the list of celebrity artistes to surpass Spotify’s 1 billion streams across lead credits. 

Also, his hit single, Calm Down, has surpassed over a billion streams across all platforms, following the heels of Wizkid, Burna Boy and CKay. The song, on the charts, incredibly entered the top 10 of the UK Official Singles Chart and also peaked at number 77 (seventy seven) on Billboard Hot 100 in a run that has extended to 19 weeks.

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Christened Divine Ikubor, the Benin City-born songwriter, arguably relatively new in the industry is known for his creativity and super-duper joints that got fans litty. In 2022, the Afrobeat star dropped his debut album ‘Rave & Roses’ and hit single, ‘Calm Down’ which was a commercial success, and was adjudged as one of the biggest Afrobeats songs of 2022. Notably, the song was also able to permeate through global airwaves. Recall that its widespread acceptance and successes inspired the Selena Gomez remix. The song surpassed over 300 million views on YouTube less than 10 months after its release, thereby making it the fastest song to achieve this feat.

Rema, in keeping up with the Joneses, has broken the glass ceiling of stardom and fame like a few of his predecessors as far as Afrobeat is concerned. 

Meiza Nigeria