Front cover analysis

The masthead is bold and is in bright orange to make it stand out. Also it’s in orange to show that it’s the summer edition because orange and yellow are summer colours.

Mariah Carey is on the front cover which will make listeners of her music pick up the magazine and want to read about her. It will also make the male readers pick up the magazine as Mariah Carey is a very attractive woman. She is big on the page to make her eye catching to potential buyers browsing through magazines.

It also offers extras and exclusive interviews with artists like Jay –Z which will make the readers choose this magazine over another to buy.

The mast head is stylistic and bold with yellow being a good choice of colour against the dark back drop. This immediately makes the masthead stand out and be more visible to readers browsing.

Lil Wayne is on the front cover which immediately targets the audience who listen to Hip Hop and Rap genres of music. He is one of the best artists in his genre so having him on the front cover will make readers pick it up and want to read about him.

It offers extras such as exclusives with DJ Khaled and has previews of new songs by artists such as Akon!