Nigerian music sensation Rema has made history with his hit song ‘Calm Down’, becoming the first African song to earn 1 billion on-demand streams in the United States

According to Chart Data, an American music statistics company, ‘Calm Down’ has surpassed 1 billion on-demand streams in the US.

“REMA’s “Calm Down” becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US,” Chart Data tweeted.

Notably, the ‘Calm Down’ remix featuring Selena Gomez became the first African song to reach the billion-stream mark on Spotify in August last year.

The original version of ‘Calm Down’ was recognized by Guinness World Records as the first number one song on the world’s first regional streaming chart, MENA.

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