Magazine album covers

In this post I will be looking at the conventions of a magazine advertisements.

Jesse J Who You Are:

This magazine advertisement covers all the conventions that you expect to see for an artists upcoming album.

The first convention is it has the name of the band/performer. In this case the artist is Jessie J you would expect to see this because the artist will want to work on there image and getting seen by the public. This would be very important for somebody like Jessie J especially because she isn't like other pop stars in the way that she has a unique style and way of acting.  

Another convention is seeing the album name. This is a very important for somebody trying to promote something as you will want to know what it is that they are promoting and trying to sell. Otherwise people may not want to buy it.

Another convention is seeing the record label name and logo. You would see this because it will mean that you are seeing what label they are part of and what label is producing the music. This will also give you some clue to the type of music the artist makes.

Eminem Encore:

Again this magazine follows all of the conventions that the first album followed.

You can see the record label. And for Eminem who has his own record label this will mean that he will also get a chance to promote himself and his label as more people will see it.

You can see the artist as well which is a convention this will mean like Jessie J he will be getting in the public eye a lot more. Also by wearing a suit it shows that he is not like other rappers and can be seen as different as this is not what you expect to see from somebody in the hip hop genre to wear.

The last convention is seeing the name of the album. This is called encore which has connotations of meaning that the audience want to carry on performing meaning that he feels blessed to have fans that are so loyal.