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Rema Becomes The First African Act To Achieve This
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The Mavin prince surpasses Burna Boy, Wizkid and every other African act by achieving this.
Nigerian Afrobeat and Afrofusion artist Divine Ikubor, popularly known by his stage name Rema, has bagged another enviable global career achievement, surpassing every other African act to attain this feat.
The Mavin superstar has set a new record in Africa beating music greats like Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, Sarkodie, Diamond Platnumz, and others from the continent.
The ‘Raves and Roses’ honcho, Rema on September 17, 2022, happens to be the most listened to African act on Spotify for the month of September with 18.9 million monthly listeners. This achievement comes following the successful release of ‘Calm Down Remix’ featuring Selena Gomez.
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The song, ‘Calm Down Remix’ which currently sits at 30 million streams has contributed to a bump in the singer’s numbers but glory, however, goes to the original version of Calm Down which currently has 121 million streams.
Recall, In September of last year, Tems accomplished a comparable feat by becoming the most-listened-to-African act on Spotify with 11 million monthly listeners. Rema currently has a narrow lead over Burna Boy in terms of monthly listeners (18.8 million), Tems is third with 15.4 million listeners, and Wizkid is right behind with 8.4 million.