Nigeria: Don Jazzy Congratulates Rema As 'Calm Down' Hits Billion Streams On Spotify

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11 September 2023
Leadership (Abuja)
By Affa Acho

Veteran Nigerian producer and music executive, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has congratulated his signee, Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema, after the remix of his hit song, 'Calm Down' with Selena Gomez became the first African song to hit the billion mark in Spotify's history

The Mavin boss said the feat achieved by Rema wasn't "small at all."

On his X page, Don Jazzy wrote, "Massive congratulations to @heisrema as Calmdown ft @selenagomez just crossed 1 billion streams on Spotify. This is not small at allllll. Thanks for the love and support guys."

LEADERSHIP recalls that the original version of 'Calm Down' was recognised by Guinness World Record as the first number one song on the world's first regional streaming chart, MENA.

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