Rema

• "Calm Down" on • "Calm Down" (remix) on " Calm Down" is a song by Nigerian singer A remix of the song with American singer Billboard US Afrobeats Songs and the Billboard Global Excl. US charts, and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Rema's first top-ten hit and Gomez's ninth. It also led the U.S. Background [ ] "Calm Down" is all about the events that led me to finding love at the time. It started at a party where I saw a girl who stood out from other girls so I felt like shooting my shot. We spoke and danced... but her friends didn't let me get any closer which killed the vibe, but afterwards when they weren’t there, we stayed in touch and hit it off. — Rema on how the song came about, On 17 August 2022, Selena Gomez posted a photo of herself and Rema on her social media, captioning it "coming soon". Composition [ ] The song was described as a "vibey" Accolades [ ] Awards and nominations for "Calm Down" Organization Year Category Result Ref. 2022 Best Music Video (Selena Gomez remix) Nominated 2022 International Song of the Year Nominated International Collaboration of the Year (Selena Gomez remix) Nominated 2023 Best Male Artiste in Western Africa Nominated Song of the year Nominated 2023 Best Social Trended Song (Selena Gomez remix) Nominated 2022 First No.1 hit on The Official Won (Selena Gomez remix) Nominated 2023 Listener’s Choice Nominated Viewers’ Choice Nominated Best Pop Nominated Video of the Year Nominated Charts [ ] Original version [ ...

When It started in 2018, when Rema — real name Divine Ikubor — recorded a viral freestyle over “Gucci Gang,” a local hit by Nigerian artist D’Prince. Sitting in a car, wearing a maroon jacket, the self-proclaimed “modern-world David” delivered a sequence of rapid bars, punctuated by spurts of melody, that’s since been viewed nearly 500,000 times on Instagram. Soon, he had a string of hits that have made him one of the most exciting acts in the ascendent Rema grew up in a family of six in Benin City, the capital of Nigeria’s Edo state. “It’s an ancient city,” he says. “It’s still deep in culture, very deep, traditional.” At its founding centuries ago, he says, “Nigeria was not a country, but we had a kingdom. We had a movement.” He first got into music at his hometown’s Christ of Mercy church, where he was installed as a youth leader for a program called “Rap Nation” that taught kids how to rap for the congregation. “If I look back, I wasn’t really that good,” he says. In 2008, Rema’s father died; seven years later, so did Rema’s brother. The financial hardship those losses placed on him, his mother, and two sisters led to a yearlong move to Ghana. “No money was coming in,” he says. “We were hungry. I was the only man in the house. I had to do something.” Editor’s picks Ezra Miller’s Reign of Terror: A Timeline of ‘The Flash’ Star’s Many Controversies He returned to Benin City a changed man, drawing on the secular influences he’d absorbed during his year in Ghana:“When I to...

Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper. In 2019, he signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records. He rose to prominence with the release of the song "Iron Man", which appeared on Barack Obama's 2019 summer playlist. Some top songs of Rema - Beamer (Bad Boys), Rema – Alien, Rema – Ginger Me, Rema - Woman, Rema - Lady, which are available on Waploaded.

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It’s grown so gradually that you might not have even noticed how huge it’s gotten, but The song, which first debuted on the Hot 100 back in September of last year, moves 5-3 on the chart dated June 18 to hit a new peak on the chart, in its 40th week. It’s Rema’s first entry on the chart, and now also Gomez’s second-highest-peaking hit of her career, behind only her 2019 No. 1 “Lose You to Love Me.” More from Billboard • • • How did the song become such a slow-burner? And can it make history by climbing another two spots on the chart? Billboard staffers discuss these questions and more below. 1. “Calm Down” hits a new peak in its 40th week on the chart, a practically unheard-of slow build for the song. Why do you think the song is still growing this deep into its lifespan? Kyle Denis: I think what has really benefitted “Calm Down” is that the song isn’t tied to a specific cultural moment. Burna Boy’s “Last Last” was tied to Summer 2021, and Wizkid & Tems’ “Essence” to the summer before that. While having massive cultural moments can absolutely boost a song’s commercial success, you also risk people moving on once the moment has passed. With “Calm Down,” attention on the song wasn’t concentrated for two or three months. Instead, the song grew in tandem with Rema’s rising global profile, and the Selena Gomez remix arrived at the right time to keep some wind in the song’s sails. Moreover, “Calm Down” has been chugging along for a minute now, so it was also able to benefit from...