{"id":31782,"date":"2023-07-23T19:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=31782"},"modified":"2023-07-23T19:15:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T19:15:58","slug":"remas-calm-down-becomes-most-streamed-african-song-in-us-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2023\/07\/23\/remas-calm-down-becomes-most-streamed-african-song-in-us-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Rema\u2019s \u2018Calm Down\u2019 Becomes Most Streamed African Song In US History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Calm Down\u2019 displaced CKay\u2019s \u2018Love Nwantiti\u2019 to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n<p>American music data compilation website, Chart Data disclosed this on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The statistics firm tweeted, \u201c@heisrema\u2019s \u2018Calm Down\u2019 is now the #1 most streamed Afrobeats song in US history, surpassing @ckay_yo\u2019s \u2018love nwantiti\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both versions of the song 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