Renowned Nigerian artist Rema has made history with his hit track "Calm Down," which has become the first African song to achieve 1 billion on-demand streams in the United States.

Chart Data, an American music statistics company, reported this milestone, noting that "Calm Down" has now surpassed the 1 billion on-demand streams mark in the US.

In a post on the X platform, Chart Data stated, “REMA’s ‘Calm Down’ becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US.”

It's noteworthy that in August 2023, the "Calm Down" remix featuring Selena Gomez became the first African song to reach the billion-stream milestone on Spotify. Additionally, the original version of "Calm Down" was recognized by Guinness World Records as the first number-one song on the world’s first regional streaming chart, MENA.