NPR's A Martinez talks to Nigerian sensation Rema about the global success of his song "Calm Down," and the rise of the music genre Afrobeats. Something very cool is happening on the pop charts ...

In August last year, ‘Calm Down remix’ with Selena Gomez became the first African song to hit the billion mark in Spotify’s history. It currently has over 1.5 billion streams on Spotify.

During the pandemic, Nigerian artist Rema came to the U.S. to play his debut album, “Rave & Roses,” for Virgin Music Group. The Afrobeats star was joined by folks from Mavin Records and ...

He gained fame in 2019 with his hit song Dumebi. His debut album Rave & Roses (2022) featured the global hit Calm Down, which topped charts worldwide. Rema has won several awards, including the ...

Rema and Selena Gomez‘s remix video for the Afrobeats star’s 2022 single, “Calm Down” has crossed the one billion views mark on YouTube. The visual for the song that originally appeared on ...

Rema is doing the opposite of calming down as he continues to rise in recognition. The Nigerian artist, 23, won best Afrobeats song for his hit "Calm Down" with Selena Gomez at the 2023 MTV Video ...

Selena Gomez returned to music to kill it on the remix of Rema’s “Calm Down.” After teasing the track with a video about how she was “really excited” and “honored” to be on the song ...

The meaning behind “Calm Down” is quite simple if you look at the lyrics. Just listening to the song though without the words to follow along might have the listener lost within the insatiably ...

The “Calm Down” remix reaches a new No. 26 high on ... I hit my team [like], “I think this might be a song I would like to do a remix to.” I don’t really do remixes — most of my ...

And that has a lot to do with an online dance video for the song going viral, the Calm Down Dance Challenge choreographed by Cameroonian dancer Loïc Reyel. On 8 March 2023, five teenage girls ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CALM DOWN") REMA: (Singing) Another banger. Baby, calm down, calm down. Girl, this your body e put in my heart for lockdown, for lockdown, oh lockdown. Girl, you sweet like Fanta.