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Divine Ikubor, the Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Rema has continued making history.
The singer reacted after making history with the remix of his globally acclaimed smash hit song, ‘Calm Down’ which featured American singer, Selena Gomez.
He recorded a historical milestone with the song as it became the highest-charting African song on Billboard Hot 100, breaking Wizkid’s record.
Wizkid, formerly held the record for the highest-charting Nigerian song on the Billboard Hot 100 after his smash tune ‘Essence,’ which featured Tems and Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, peaked at No. 9 on the chart.
In the latest development, the official billboard chart Twitter account announced that the 22-year-old Jonzing / Mavin Records signee had broken Wizzy’s record in a chart for March 25th, 2023.
Rema’s “Calm Down”, ft. Selena Gomez, peaked at the No. 8 position, making it the highest-charting Nigerian song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart so far.
Reacting to the colossal feat which threw him into an emotional state, Rema stressed how hard he worked to get to this point while expressing gratitude to God and love to those who’ve always believed in him as well as to Gomez.
“Trying to hold in the tears, I know how hard I worked to get my sound here, I’m grateful to God for how far I’ve come. Love to the ones who believed & love to the Queen @selenagomez”, he tweeted.
Trying to hold in the tears, I know how hard I worked to get my sound here, I’m grateful to God for how far I’ve come. Love to the ones who believed & love to the Queen @selenagomez ✌🏾❤️ pic.twitter.com/yRqATHMjXf
— REMA (@heisrema) March 21, 2023
Popular singer, Divine Ikubor professionally known as, Rema has shared his experience with famous American singer, Selena Gomez.
Recall that Rema featured the talented singer on the remix of his hit single, ‘Calm Down’ as part of his 2022 music album, Rave & Roses.
In a recent interview on KISS FM, the singer shared his experience with the sonorous American songstress.
He verified the common assumption that the music diva has a sweet personality.
Rema revealed that he had felt anxious at first because he didn’t know how well they’d flow when they speak, but everything smoothed out and it felt like talking to his big sister.
The 22-year-old singer added that they had a lot of fun collaborating together; he spoke on getting her to eat Nigerian food, which she said she’d be willing to try.
Watch the video below:
“Selena Gomez is really sweet”
– Rema pic.twitter.com/QlJwhXStp8
— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) March 11, 2023