After releasing the original version of ‘Calm Down’ in 2023, Nigeria’s Rema noticed it breaking on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart.
He took a swing and recruited Selena Gomez for the female vocal and, shockingly, she agreed. “I had my fingers crossed,” he told Billboard. The No. 3-peaking “Calm Down” was obviously not pop superstar Gomez’s only hit, but Rema had yet to make it to the Hot 100 again, although he has landed six top 10s on U.S. Afrobeats Songs, through the June 7, 2025, chart.
The remix did it for Rema, who has had a meteoric rise in the music industry.
Divine Joshua Ikubor, known as Rema, gained recognition with his 2019 song “Dumebi”. That same year, he signed with D’Prince’s record label, Jonzing World. He achieved international recognition with his 2022 single “Calm Down”, which spawned a remix with American singer Selena Gomez that peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song also led the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a record-setting 58 weeks
Below is Billboard Top 25 Songs All Time Hit With Rema’s Calm Down, Making The No 6.
25 Anna Kendrick, “Cups (Pitch Perfect’s When I’m Gone)”
24 R. City (feat. Adam Levine), “Locked Away”
23 Capital Cities, “Safe and Sound”
22 GAYLE, “abcdefu”
21 Masked Wolf, “Astronaut in the Ocean”
20 Tones and I, “Dance Monkey”
19 BlocBoy JB (feat. Drake), “Look Alive”
18 Alex Clare, “Too Close”
17 Kevin Lyttle (feat. Spragga Benz), “Turn Me On”
16 Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa & Rhenzy Feliz (with Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast), “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
15 Baauer, “Harlem Shake”
14 Portugal. The Man, “Feel It Still”
13 Crazy Town, “Butterfly”
12 D.R.A.M. (feat. Lil Yachty), “Broccoli”
11 Jawsh 685 (with Jason Derulo x BTS), “Savage Love (Laxed — Siren Beat)”
10 Shop Boyz, “Party Like a Rockstar”
9 Jimmy Eat World, “The Middle”
8 Arizona Zervas, “Roxanne”
7 Passenger, “Let Her Go”
6 Rema (with Selena Gomez), “Calm Down”
5 OMI, “Cheerleader”
4 Silentó, “Watch Me”
3 MAGIC!, “Rude”
2 Daniel Powter, “Bad Day”
1 Glass Animals, “Heat Waves”
