Popular Twitter influencer known us Ruf69 has claimed that Rema’s calm down song is bigger than Shatta Wales music career.
He made this known in a tweet and I quote ” That Rema’s Calm down song alone is bigger than Shatta Wale’s 10yrs legacy in the music scene!!”
Divine Ikubor known professionally as Rema, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and rapper.
He rose to stardom after releasing the song “Dumebi”. In 2019, he signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records.
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He is best known internationally for his 2022 hit single “Calm Down”, the remix of which, with Selena Gomez, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and led the U.S. Afrobeats Songs for a record-setting 35 weeks.
On 19 October 2019, Rema won Next Rated and was nominated for Viewer’s Choice at the 13th edition of The Headies.
On 12 January 2020, he received the Soundcity MVP Awards for the best new artist.
On 15 June 2020, Rema was nominated as Best Viewers Choice: International Act on the 2020 BET Awards. He was nominated on the awards alongside Burna Boy and Wizkid, they were the only Nigerian artists nominated for the awards edition of 2020.
Rema’s track Woman reached number fifteen on World Digital Song Sales.
Listen to the calm down song here
The calm down song has over 474 million views on YouTube.