Nigerian singer Rema’s breakout hit Calm Down featuring Selena Gomez spends a full year at No 1 the weekly US Billboard Afrobeats chart. It becomes the first song to do so and the London and Andre Vibez produced song peaked at No 3 the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The weekly Billboard Afrobeats top 50 chart is in collaboration with Afronation with data from sales trackers Luminate based on sales and streams.
The original and a bonus track version featuring Selena Gomez peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian Hot 100 and has peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard hot 100. The chart creeper released August 25, 2022 has spent 50 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Afrobeats chart.
Calm Down is certified 3x Platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) for selling more than 3 million equivalent units in the US. It is also certified 2x Platinum in the U.K. according to the British Phonographic Industry for streams and sales of 1,200,000 measured by the official Charts Company.
The global smash hit has various Platinum and Gold certifications across Europe. The remix received 4× Platinum in Australia and recently 7× Platinum in Canada
The song is from the album “Rave & Roses” ULTRA which has surpassed 1.7 billion streams on Spotify — The highest streamed African Album of all-time on the platform.
Rema , a former gospel artist who only started doing afrobeats in 2018, was recently surprised when he discovered during an interview on Hot 97 that Busy Signal had remixed his song unofficially.
The 22 year old said he had never heard of the remix before then but was delighted to hear Signal’s lyrical caresses over the beat of his breakout hit.
“Hard. That’s hard, I swear that’s hard, that’s so so hard,” he responded after hearing the remix live on air.
