Rema’s debut album ‘Raves & Roses’ has reached a remarkable milestone, breaking 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 Global Chart, thanks to the mega-hit track ‘Calm Down.’
This achievement puts Rema’s ‘Raves & Roses’ second only to Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos,’ which has spent 133 weeks in the charts.
Rema’s recent accomplishment adds to the multiple records he set with ‘Calm Down,’ including a Guinness World Record for being the first song to reach No. 1 on the MENA chart.
‘Calm Down’ has had a huge impact in the United States, attaining the highest peak (#3) for a song by a Nigerian artist on the Billboard Hot 100 and having the longest charting presence (almost 52 weeks) by any Nigerian artist.
Furthermore, ‘Calm Down’ has been certified 4X RIAA Platinum and became the first African song to reach 1 billion streams in the United States, a watershed moment for the Nigerian music business.
In other news, Davido, an Afrobeat musician, has accomplished a new milestone with his album “Timeless.”
This is due to the fact that the album has now received over 450 million Spotify streams.
With hits including “Unavailable,” “Feel,” “Kante,” and “No Competition,” the album, which released on March 31, 2024, has smashed numerous records and is now the most streamed Nigerian album on Spotify.
One of the album’s lead singles ‘Unavailable’ featuring Musa Keys has surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify making it the first lead song by Davido to achieve this feat.
With over 2 billion Spotify streams across, the album garnered Davido three Grammy nominations for the 66th edition, and he is now the 6th most streamed Nigerian artist on the platform.
After a year of touring, the “Timeless” era came to an end with the release of the music video for “Kante,” featuring Fave.
