Rema’s Calm Down hits 700m views on Youtube

The single, which was released on February 11, 2022, as one of the lead singles off Rema’s debut studio album, titled, Rave & Roses, has topped charts in North Africa, India, and the Middle East, thus earning him a Guinness World Record.

It also charted in multiple European countries such as, Belgium, reaching No. 1 on the Belgian Ultratop 50, Dutch Top 40, and Dutch Single Top 100. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at No. 3 and spent 27 non-consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart.

Widely regarded as the biggest and most successful Afrobeats song of all time, a remix of the hit song with American singer, Selena Gomez, was released on August 25, 2022. It reached No. 1 on both the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs and the Billboard Global Excl. US charts, and peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making Rema’s first top 10 hit and Gomez’s ninth.

Source: guardian.ng