Sensational Nigerian singer Divine Ikubor, aka Rema, has broken Wizkid’s record for the longest-running African song atop the Billboard World Digital Song Sales.
Rema’s hit song with Selena Gomez, ‘Calm Down’ has spent a record 18 weeks at No. 1 on the chart this week, surpassing Wizkid and Tems’ 2020 ‘Essence’ which spent 17 weeks atop the chart.
However, ‘Calm Down’ slipped one step down to No. 5 this week on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart.
It should be recalled that the song reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart last week, making it the highest-charting and longest-running Nigerian song in the history of the chart.
‘Calm Down’ also debuted at No. 5 on the official Billboard Song of the Summer chart, making it the first African song to appear on the chart. The only Ugandan star to have a song featured on Billboard Hot 100 is none other than Eddy Kenzo. His collabo Gimmie Love featuring Matt B entered in the top 50 songs on the countdown.
