Rema's Record-Breaking Track "Calm Down" Drops off Billboard Hot 100

Rema's hit song, "Calm Down," has made history as the longest-charting and most successful African song of all time, according to music monitoring platform Chart Data. It stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for an impressive 57 weeks, breaking the previous record of 35 weeks set by Wizkid's "Essence." Despite being described as a melancholy slow jam with a subtle hypnotic draw, the song has captivated music enthusiasts worldwide. One of the reasons for its global popularity is the small feature of American pop star Selena Gomez. "Calm Down" reached its peak position at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the highest-charting song with an Afrobeats musician as the lead artist. Fans of both Rema and Selena celebrated the song's historic achievement when it fell off the chart. In addition to this milestone, "Calm Down" broke several other records, including becoming the most streamed Afrobeats song on Spotify and the first African artist-led song to reach one billion streams on the platform. It also spent a year on the Billboard Afrobeats chart and has the most views for a music video by a Nigerian artist on YouTube, with 673 million views. The enduring global success of "Calm Down" has propelled Rema, who is only 23 years old, into the ranks of prominent Afrobeats artists like Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido. The song's achievements were cemented further when it won the Best Afrobeats song at the MTV VMA Awards, beating out other popular Afrobeats artists.