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Rema's 'Calm Down Remix' Becomes First Afrobeats Song to Reach 1 Billion YouTube Views

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Prince Jean

Nov 9, 2024

"Rema’s ‘Calm Down Remix’ featuring Selena Gomez becomes the first Afrobeats song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. Instagram/heisrema

"Rema’s ‘Calm Down Remix’ featuring Selena Gomez becomes the first Afrobeats song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.

Nigerian singer Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has achieved a historic milestone with his hit song 'Calm Down Remix' featuring Selena Gomez, which is now the first Afrobeats song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. A recent check confirmed that the music video, uploaded on Gomez's YouTube channel two years ago, surpassed 1 billion views, marking the first Nigerian song to reach this benchmark.


Additionally, 'Calm Down Remix' is the fastest African song to achieve 1 billion views on YouTube, hitting the mark within two years. The original version of the song has accumulated over 619 million views on the platform.


In August of last year, the remix with Selena Gomez became the first African song to cross the 1 billion streams milestone on Spotify, where it currently has over 1.5 billion streams.

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