Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ becomes first song in history to spend one year on US Billboard Chart

Famous Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, stage name Rema has achieved another milestone in his music career.

His ‘Calm Down’ song remix with American artiste, Selena Gomez has become 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.

Recall 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.