By Olaitan Ibrahim
Rema’s ‘Rave & Roses Ultra’ becomes first African album to hit 3 billion streams on YouTube Music
Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has set an African first record on streaming platform, YouTube Music.
This is as the ultra-version of his debut album, ‘Rave & Roses’ becomes the first African project to hit the milestone of 3 billion streams on the platform.
A check on Wednesday revealed that ‘Rave & Roses’ has surpassed 3 billion streams on YouTube Music.
Hit song ‘Calm Down’ and the remix version with American superstar Selena Gomez accounted for most of the streams.
‘Rose & Roses Ultra’ is also the most streamed African album on Spotify with 3.9 billion streams.
It is the first African album to join the 2 billion club and the only Nigerian project to surpass that threshold on the platform.