Rema has unlocked a new achievement for African music on the end of the year global chart of 2023 for the digital streaming platform, Apple Music.
The singer’s hit song Calm Down was the highest-ranked African song on Apple Music’s Top 100 global end of the year chart for the year 2023. The chart which was released alongside replays for its users today, Tuesday, November 28, 2023, revealed the top 100 songs by country and on a global scale after it computed data from November 1, 2022, to October 31, 2023.
This is of no surprise as Calm Down charted at the end of the year list in over 7 countries. Here are the countries below:
#4. India
#5. UK
#6. Canada
#9. New Zealand
#13. Sweden
#21. Australia
#30. Norway
#45. USA
#72. Spain
Apple revealed that the list comprised of the highest charting songs for the year 2023, Calm Down remix held the number 12 spot on the list with Tems being the other African artist alongside Rema to hold a position on the list with her collaboration with Future, Wait For U.
Here is the full ranking below:
#1 Last Night, Morgan Wallen
#2 Flowers, Miley Cyrus
#3 Kill Bill, SZA
#4 Rich Flex, Drake & 21 Savage
#5 Snooze, SZA
#6 Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift
#7 IDOL, YOASOBI
#8 Under the Influence, Chris Brown
#9 Creepin’, Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage
#10 Subtitle, OFFICIAL HIGE DANDISM
#11 Spin Bout U, Drake & 21 Savage
#12 Calm Down, Rema & Selena Gomez
#13 Freestyle, Lil Baby
#14 As It Was, Harry Styles
#15 Cruel Summer, Taylor Swift
#16 Unholy, Sam Smith & Kim Petras
#17 WAIT FOR U, Future, Drake & Tems
#18 Ella Baila Sola, Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma
#19 Ditto, NewJeans
#20 You Proof, Morgan Wallen
#21 fukumean, Gunna
#22 Superhero, Metro Boomin, Future & Chris Brown
#23 All My Life, Lil Durk & J. Cole
#24 Just Wanna Rock, Lil Uzi Vert
#25 Sure Thing, Miguel
#26 Thinkin’ Bout Me, Morgan Wallen
#27 Die For You, The Weeknd
#28 Boy’s A Liar Pt.2, PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
#29 Jimmy Cooks, Drake & 21 Savage
#30 Tití Me Preguntó, Bad Bunny
#31 I’m Good (Blue), David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
#32 Favorite Song, Toosii
#33 KICK BACK, Kenshi Yonezu
#34 Fast Car, Luke Combs
#35 Search & Rescue, Drake
#36 Something In the Orange, Zach Bryan
#37 OMG, NewJeans
#38 Shirt, SZA
#39 I Ain’t Worried, OneRepublic
#40 Kaiju no Hanauta, VAUNDY
#41 Low Down, Lil Baby
#42 One Thing At A Time, Morgan Wallen
#43 Nobody Gets Me, SZA
#44 CUFF IT, Beyoncé
#45 STAY, The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
#46 Blinding Lights, The Weeknd
#47 golden hour, JVKE
#48 Seven, JungKook & Latto
#49 Lavender Haze, Taylor Swift
#50 Wasted On You, Morgan Wallen
Source: Notjustok
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