ASCAP – aftown news https://news.aftown.com entertainment, urban culture & lifestyle news Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:34:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://i0.wp.com/s3.amazonaws.com/news.aftown.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11070635/cropped-afsmartbanner.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 ASCAP – aftown news https://news.aftown.com 32 32 130921651 Rema wins double at 2024 ASCAP London Music Awards https://news.aftown.com/rema-wins-double-at-2024-ascap-london-music-awards/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:34:43 +0000 https://news.aftown.com/?p=4345

While Nigerian Afrobeats powerhouse, Rema, was dazzling at the Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Spring-Summer Show during Fashion Week in Paris on Tuesday, his global hit ‘Calm Down’ was plucking trophies at the 2024 ASCAP London Music Awards.

‘Calm Down’ snagged the coveted Song of the Year and Top Streaming Song awards.

The song’s co-writers and co-producers, Michael Hunter aka London, and Andre Vibez were also credited as winners.

The wins bring Rema’s American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, ASCAP’s awards tally to three; the most by a Nigerian/African artiste.

Rema is the most awarded African artist in 2024, with six awards won so far.

He has won 1 Trends Awards in Brazil, 1 iHeartRadio Music award, 1 ASCAP Pop Music award and 2 ASCAP London Music awards.

DAILY POST reports that ‘Calm Down’ recently became “the first Afrobeats song in history to earn over 1 billion on-demand streams in the US,” according

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