Nigerian singer Rema’s remixed single “Calm Down” featuring American singer Selena Gomez has fallen off the Billboard Hot 100 after spending a record-breaking 57 weeks on the chart.
“It made history, becoming the longest charting and most successful African song of all-time,” the music monitoring platform Chart Data said Tuesday on X.
REMA and Selena Gomez's "Calm Down" departs the Hot 100 this week.
It made history, becoming the longest charting and most successful African song of all-time. pic.twitter.com/6fiTR5R5vm
— chart data (@chartdata) October 17, 2023
“Calm Down” made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2021, seven months after its release.
It surpassed the previous record held by fellow Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid’s “Essence,” which spent 35 weeks on the chart.
The song also achieved several other significant milestones.
In September, it became the most streamed Afrobeats song with a billion streams on Spotify.
Shoutout to @heisrema and @Selenagomez on a billion streams of their hit “Calm Down”. 🏆 Welcome to the #BillionsClub. https://t.co/cCJhsFhx5t pic.twitter.com/vnaopxgJmm
— Spotify (@Spotify) September 11, 2023
“Calm Down” is the first song to spend a year on the Billboard Afrobeats chart and with 674 million views on YouTube, the song is the most-watched music video by a Nigerian artist.
The song also won the inaugural Best Afrobeats award at the MTV VMA Awards last month, edging out other popular Afrobeats artists such as Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid
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