Barcelona will wear Drake's OVO owl logo on their shirts for this weekend's El Clasico against Real Madrid.

The Canadian rapper became the first to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify - Barcelona's main sponsor - and the Spanish club will celebrate that incredible achievement.

As a result, the Spotify logo will be replaced with the silhouette of an owl for the match on Sunday.

As well as the owl logo, Barca are set to wear a special warm-up shirt, featuring the name 'Drake' and the number 50 on the back, with the Spotify logo on the front.

Drake shared the news on social media, writing: "To celebrate being the first artist with 50 billion streams on Spotify, Barcelona will wear the OVO owl at El Clasico on Sunday. This doesn’t feel real but it is."

Why are Barcelona wearing an owl on their shirt?

In a club statement, Barcelona wrote: "One of the main ideas behind the alliance between FC Barcelona and Spotify is to bring football and music together in order to connect with new audiences around the world.

"As both are capable of bringing people together and exciting fans, for the first time, the men’s football team will enter the pitch for Sunday’s Clásico wearing a jersey featuring the logo of an internationally acclaimed artist – rapper and singer Drake, winner of 4 Grammy awards and the first to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify – rather than their main partner’s logo."

Juli Guiu, vice-president for the Marketing area of FC Barcelona, explained the move.

“Our alliance with Spotify goes beyond a mere commercial relationship," he said.

"As we have stated on numerous occasions, it is a strategic relationship through which we seek to bring together two worlds that can arouse emotion, namely music and football. This initiative is another example of this desire and the innovative spirit of our collaboration.

"For the first time in our history, we are replacing the name of our main partner on the front of the jersey with an internationally acclaimed artist in Drake, winner of 4 Grammy awards and record breaker in different categories, such as being the first artist to accumulate 50 billion streams on Spotify. This initiative shows our potential to become a unique platform to offer experiences that help bring us closer to our fans while reaching out to new audiences around the world.”

Meanwhile, Marc Hazan, Spotify VP of Partnerships, added: “We were really excited to celebrate one of the biggest games of the year and mark Drake’s milestone as the first artist to reach 50 billion streams. We’ve always said that we want this partnership to be a celebration of fans, players and artist’s on a global stage—and there’s no bigger stage than El Clásico.”

The 'Drake Curse'

Do you remember when the 'Drake Curse' was a thing?

Years ago, it became infamous to hang out with Drake ahead of a sporting event because the rapper appeared to have a 'curse' that would cause the sportsperson in question to lose.

It claimed the likes of Conor McGregor, Paul Pogba, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Anthony Joshua and the Toronto Raptors.

Barcelona will be hoping it no longer exists...

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