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Rema's hit single Calm Down joins the billions club

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Nigeria's fast-rising star Rema has achieved a remarkable milestone with his hit single Calm Down, featuring Selena Gomez reaching one billion streams on Spotify. This is the first African artist-led track to join the Billions Club on Spotify.

According to data shared as part of Spotify's Afrobeats: Journey to a Billion Streams project, Rema ranks among the top 10 most streamed Afrobeats artists on the platform. So, it is no surprise that the song has reached this milestone in a little over a year.

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