Rema makes Afrobeats history as ‘Calm Down’ reaches YouTube milestone

This feat was recorded on November 9, 2024, a little over two years after the video premiered on YouTube on September 7, 2022.

The song now leads other Nigerian music videos on YouTube including the original version which has accumulated 619 million views.

The song has enjoyed major success in the United States where it became the first Nigerian song to accumulate a billion streams. It’s the highest-charting Afrobeats song in Billboard History, reaching a NO. 3 peak and spending over a calendar year on the chart. It’s also 7X RTIAA platinum thus making it the second most certified RIAA plaque.