‘Calm Down’ by Rema becomes the first song to stay a year on the US Billboard chart

August 29, 2023 Joshua Samuel

Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema, a Nigerian artist, has made history with his collaboration with Selena Gomez on the song “Calm Down,” which spent a whole year at the top of the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs list.

This was announced on Monday by the American data collection business Chart Data. The song topped the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs list for 52 weeks.

On the Billboard Hot 100 main list, it peaked at number three, and it also peaked at number one on the Canadian Top Songs chart.

Wakenews cites Rema’s “Calm Down” as the inaugural No. 1 Hit on The Official MENA Chart, the world’s first regional streaming chart, which became a Guinness World Record.

On November 29, 2022, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) introduced the MENA Chart, with “Calm Down” debuting at No. 1.

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