Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ becomes first song to spend one year on chart

Talented singer, songwriter and performer, Divine Ikubor popularly known as Rema has achieved another milestone in his career as his song ‘Calm Down’ with Selena Gomez becomes the first song in history to spend one year on top of the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart.

The American data collection company, ‘Chart Data’ announced this on Monday 28, August, 2023.

The song has spent 52 weeks as number one on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs 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.

‘Calm Down’ also entered into the Guinness World Record as the First No.1 Hit on The Official MENA Chart (the world’s first regional streaming chart).

In 2019, Rema got signed to Jonzing World record owned by D’Prince who has an affiliation with Mavin Records.