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The global rise of Afrobeats is a trend we’ve been following closely for a number of years.

One of the latest stories highlighting Afrobeats’ global growth arrived last week with the news that Nigerian superstar Rema has joined the ‘Billions Club’ on Spotify with his hit Calm Down Remix (Mavin / Jonzing World/ Virgin Music) featuring Selena Gomez.

The original version has over 480 million streams on the platform.

According to Spotify, this achievement marked the first time an African artist–led track has racked up a billion…