Analysis of Billboard magazine front cover

I decided that I would analyse another issue of billboard as I like there styling and I am thinking to use them as a model for my music magazine.

The colours

The dominate colour of this issue of Billboard magazine, is white, grey/black and a gold/yellow colour. These colours are not very feminine colours, which creates an image for the cover star – Miley Cyrus, also the blackness of front cover give a sense of danger to the magazine which will attract there young  audience .

Fonts

The entire font on this front cover is in Sans Serif. This type of font is more simple, and modern and edgy.  This will appeal to the target audience who will have modern and edgy personalities.

The masthead

The masthead is the same on every issue. This allows readers to recognise it instantly even if some of the words/letters are covered up. The colour of the masthead tends to stay the same on this magazine but sometimes changes in other magazine but the issue number situated in the same place on every issue.

Pictures

Main pictures on this magazine is of Miley Cyrus who is popular with late-teen girls and young adult females, and she is used as she appeals to the target audience because she is someone they are interested in so they would buy the magazine to read about them. The main picture has been placed in the centre on the cover; also her head covers the masthead which once again is a common convention in music magazines.  However there is only one picture on the front of this magazine again like the last billboard front cover I have analysed, the magazine is not crowded which shows that the target audience is for a more mature audience unlike top of the pops magazine which is crowded with images and writing.

Language

The language used in this magazine is simple and informal however colloquial language is not used on this front cover and there is no slang language ". This appeals to the audience because it is language is not childish and therefore will appeal to them.