Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ ranked world’s most shazammed song of 2023

Calm Down,’ the blockbuster song by Nigerian singer Divine Ikubor, also known as Rema, has been named the most shazammed song of 2023 worldwide.

The song became the first African song to top the Global Shazam Year-End chart.

‘Calm Down’ outperformed Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ and Lady Gaga’s ‘Bloody Mary,’ which came in second and third place, respectively.

Meanwhile, the ‘Calm Down’ remix featuring Selena Gomez is the world’s 12th most streamed song on Apple Music in 2023.

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It is ranked No.45 most-streamed song of 2023 in the U.S. on Apple Music.

Rema also records the most appearances for an African artiste on the 2023 Billboard Year-End Charts (34), including artistes’ year-end charts, airplay, albums, and song chart entries.

Kanyidaily recalls that Rema dragged many artistes for failing to give him credit even after copying his style.