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Barcelona to wear Drake’s OVO owl in El Clásico

Barcelona will wear Drake‘s OVO owl on their jersey in El Clásico to celebrate him being the first artist to reach 50 billion streams on Spotify.

Drake will become the first Spotify artist to feature on Barcelona’s kit.

The limited edition shirt celebrates him becoming the first person to reach 50 billion streams on the platform and there will no better occasion to cheer this as the kits will be worn in this weekend’s El Clasico.

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🦉 @Drake 💙❤
First artist to hit 50 billion @Spotify streams. First artist to share the @FCBarcelona shirt. pic.twitter.com/cBiHjge5FG

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 14, 2022

Record by God plan’s Drake

50 billion streams on Spotify is a dream goal for any artist, and Drake became the very first one to achieve such milestone.

The rapper claimed 4 Grammy awards whose tracks like Hotline Bling is an extreme hits.

The Canadian rapper’s logo, which is the silhouette of an owl is allowed by Spotify to temporarily replace the brand’s space on Blaugrana’s jerseys, as part of the partnership with the club.

Barca’s squad in the special kits

As part of the initiative to recognize the singer’s achievement, Xavi’s squad are scheduled to wear a special version of the jersey during the pre-match warm-up, featuring the number 50 on the back, with the Spotify logo on the front.

The very first time this kind of deal happened was almost 20 years ago in the early 2000s, with Atletico Madrid is quite a pioneer.

The Madrid club signed a deal with Columbia Pictures and they appeared to wear different movies as shirt sponsors, notable mentions were Hellboy, and Spiderman,…

Who remembers when Atlético Madrid signed a deal with Columbia Pictures which led to them having different films as their shirt sponsors!

Every time a new film came out, their sponsor changed.

🍿🎬 pic.twitter.com/NIamzndR6i

— Classic Football Shirts (@classicshirts) January 19, 2022

Barca and Spotify

The collaboration between FC Barcelona and Spotify began on July 1 this year. 

The deal saved the Catalan’s club from a financial crisis with the debt set at over one billion euros.