{"id":1224816,"date":"2022-10-14T18:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/14\/barcelona-to-wear-special-drake-shirt-against-madrid\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:35:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T18:35:03","slug":"barcelona-to-wear-special-drake-shirt-against-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/14\/barcelona-to-wear-special-drake-shirt-against-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona to wear special Drake shirt against Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image_2022-10-14_091923210-696x696.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Drake\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Barcelona will celebrate Drake becoming the first artist to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify by wearing a special shirt against Real Madrid on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The La Liga giants are sponsored by Spotify but will replace the streaming service\u2019s logo with the OVO owl logo of the Canadian rapper for El Clasico.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of Barcelona and Spotify\u2019s strategic aim to \u201cbring football and music together\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis doesn\u2019t feel real but it is,\u201d 35-year-old Drake said on\u00a0Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi\u2019s side will wear the special shirts with the four-time Grammy Award winner\u2019s brand logo during the match, but for the warm-up will wear shirts depicting the Spotify logo on the front and \u2018Drake 50\u2019 on the back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur alliance with Spotify goes beyond a mere commercial relationship. It is a strategic relationship through which we seek to bring together two worlds that can arouse emotion \u2013 namely music and football,\u201d said Juli Guiu, Barcelona\u2019s marketing vice-president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative is another example of this desire and the innovative spirit of our collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in our history, we are replacing the name of our main sponsor on the front of the jersey with an internationally acclaimed artist, Drake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spotify\u2019s vice-president of partnerships, Marc Hazan, said: \u201cWe were really excited to celebrate one of the biggest games of the year and mark Drake\u2019s milestone as the first artist to reach 50 billion streams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always said that we want this partnership to be a celebration of fans, players and artists on a global stage \u2013 and there\u2019s no bigger stage than El Clasico.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/_127148407_whatsubject.jpg\" alt=\"Special Barcelona shirts depicting Drake's logo and 'Drake 50' on the back\" width=\"726\" height=\"412\"\/><figcaption><strong>Special Barcelona shirts carry Drake\u2019s logo and have \u2018Drake 50\u2019 on the back<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"i6fBs7V9rOA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV Live Stream\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6fBs7V9rOA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona will celebrate Drake becoming the first artist to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify by wearing a special shirt against Real Madrid on Sunday. The La Liga giants are sponsored by Spotify but will replace the streaming service\u2019s logo with the OVO owl logo of the Canadian rapper for El Clasico. 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