Mavin Records Chief Executive Michael Collins Ajereh, professionally known as Don Jazzy, has congratulated Divine Ikubor, aka Rema, after the remix of his smash tune Calm Down with Selena Gomez reached a billion streams on Spotify.
The music executive was overjoyed for his signee as he became the first African artist to have a song reach the billion milestone in the global streaming platform’s history.
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He tweeted, “Massive congratulations to @heisrema as Calmdown ft @selenagomez just crossed 1 BILLION STREAMS on Spotify. This is not small at allllll. Thanks for the love and support, guys. #Ravers #Mavins #Jonzin #Selenators”
Massive congratulations to @heisrema as Calmdown ft @selenagomez just crossed 1 BILLION STREAMS on Spotify. This is not small at allllll. Thanks for the love and support guys. #Ravers #Mavins #Jonzin #Selenators 🤍 🦇 pic.twitter.com/IZPq2Yvv6k
— ITS DON JAZZY AGAIN 🤍🐘 (@DONJAZZY) September 11, 2023
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Calm Down was recently number one on the US Afrobeat Billboard chart for 52 weeks. It is one of Selena Gomez’s most notable achievements in the music industry.
The song made history by becoming the first No. 1 hit on the world’s first regional streaming chart and the first-ever official chart in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Guinness World Records honoured Rema’s historic achievement on its official website.
When the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) inaugurated the MENA Chart on November 29, 2022, Rema’s Calm Down debuted at No. 1.
The statement read in part: “On 29 November 2022, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced that “Calm Down” by the Nigerian rapper Rema (b. Divine Ikubor) had become the first No.1 on The Official MENA Chart – the world’s first regional music streaming chart and the first-ever official chart in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
“The weekly Top 20 collects data from the major streaming platforms across 13 MENA countries, covering a population of more than 300 million people combined: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.”