United States leisure journal, Billboard, has come beneath hearth on social media for calling singer Rema
a “one-hit surprise”.
DAILY POST studies that Billboard had on February 16, 2026, reshared an article from its June 2025 chart beat.
Billboard within the submit on X, named Rema quantity six on the checklist of its “25 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the twenty first Century” for his world smash ‘Calm Down’, which featured Selena Gomez, an American pop star.
The journal which defined that Rema has not been in a position to make it to the Scorching 100 once more after that includes Selena Gomez “though he has landed six high 10s on U.S. Afrobeats Songs, by the June 7, 2025, chart”.
The resurfaced submit sparked criticism from netizens with many tagging the publication disrespectful to Rema’s broader achievements.
@MikeAgrow wrote: “Rema has been dropping constant bangers, promoting out arenas, and placing Afrobeats on the map worldwide. One track on their chart doesn’t erase all that. Name it what it’s.”
@flourish_empire mentioned, “What sort of downplay is that? All Rema songs are hit again to again.”
@gtm_gtel added, “They attempt to kill his confidence however so unhealthy. Billboard can’t inform Africans how you can do their factor. Their fee is of no use.”
