Divine Ikubor, REMA, ‘The Benin Boy’, Nigerian Music Sensation wins Double at 2024 London Music Award
…Popular track ‘Calm Down’ honored with the prestigious ‘Song of the Year’ and ‘Top Streaming Song’
*Music Star accumulates three awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, making him the First Nigerian/African artiste with the highest number of ASCAP awards
*Becomes Most Decorated African artist in 2024, having won six awards: ‘Trends Award in Brazil’, ‘iHeartRadio Music Award’, ‘ASCAP Pop Music Award’, and ‘two ASCAP London Music Awards’
*’Calm Down’ Makes History in the United States, Surpass 1 Billion Stream
*BY SANDY HASSAN/LONDON Correspondent, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER
TRUE to his name, Divine Ikubor is ‘divine’ and music certainly runs in the vein of this ‘Benin Boy’ famously known on music stage as ‘REMA’. From Fashion to Music and Billboards, he is divinely carting home laurels from his hit album titled ‘Calm Down’ around the world.
During the Paris Fashion Week, Rema, the Nigerian Afrobeats sensation, impressed the audience at Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Spring-Summer Show.
Meanwhile, his popular track ‘Calm Down’ was receiving accolades at the 2024 ASCAP London Music Awards.
The song was honored with the prestigious Song of the Year and Top Streaming Song awards. The talented co-writers and co-producers of the song, Michael Hunter (aka London) and Andre Vibez, were also recognized as winners.
With these wins, Rema has now accumulated three awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), making him the Nigerian/African artiste with the highest number of ASCAP awards.
In fact, Rema has become the most decorated African artist in 2024, having already won six awards. Among his achievements are the Trends Award in Brazil, iHeartRadio Music Award, ASCAP Pop Music Award, and two ASCAP London Music Awards.
Notably, ‘Calm Down’ recently made history by becoming the first Afrobeats song to surpass 1 billion on-demand streams in the US.
*Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ Makes History, Surpasses 1 Billion Streams In US, A First For Afrobeats Genre:
Nigerian singer, Rema’s hit song “Calm Down” has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the most-streamed Afrobeats track in the United States, solidifying its place in the annals of music history.
According to Chart Data on its X account, a music monitoring platform, a significant milestone has been achieved: an Afrobeats song has surpassed one billion on-demand streams in the US for the first time ever, making history in the music industry.
“REMA’s “Calm Down” becomes the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US,” it tweeted.
In a previous assessment, Chart Data hailed the song as the “most successful African song of all time”, a title that underscores its groundbreaking achievements in the music industry.
Another Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as ‘Tems’ also made “history as the highest charting Nigerian female artist on the Billboard 200” coming at 56.
“Calm Down” is a song in Rema’s debut studio album Rave & Roses (2022). It was released on February 11, 2022 through Jonzing World and Mavin as the album’s second single.
Rema, whose real name is Divine Ikubor, later collaborated with American singer Selena Gomez on a remix of “Calm Down”, which went on to reach a remarkable milestone of over a billion plays on the popular music streaming platform, Spotify.
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