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Ace Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, known as Rema has his hit song ‘Calm Down’ named as the first African song to earn 1 billion on-demand streams in the United States of America.
The American Music Stats Company, Chart Data, announced that, ‘Calm Down’ has earned over 1 billion on-demand streams in America.
The Chart Data in a tweet stated that, “REMA’s “Calm Down” becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US.”
In August last year, ‘Calm Down remix’ with Selena Gomez became the first African song to hit the billion mark in Spotify’s history.
Also, the original version of ‘Calm Down’ hit song was recognised by Guinness World Record as the first number 1 song on the world’s first regional streaming chart, MENA.
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