BillBoard

Having chosen the genre of hip-hop r&b for my music magazine . I decided to research "Billboard magazine .By analysing this front cover i was able to collect different ideas on front covers . On this cover the masthead is very bold and strong allowing it to catch the readers attention when looking on an magazine section. It also features three different colour between the three middle letters .  There main image  covers the entire page , with an famous singer on the front cover "Janet Jackson" . Having this figure on the front cover would also attract the reader to buy the magazine because she is very popular and trendy .In my magazine i have decided not to have a famous artist on my front cover but an up and coming artist that would be featured on my double paged spread . The strap line posted on this front cover is associated with image covering the page , linking them together shows they work . In my magazine  i would like to link the pictures with the text , So that the the strap line and the image is connected together . In the front cover all text is featured on one side of the page to avoid covering the singers face . In my magazine i believe that ill have text on both sides of the page . There is also two lures on the front of the page to want yo to read on : "call on me , with Nelly " and "So excited  featuring KHIA ". I think its a good idea to have a lure on the front cover of magazines as it interests the reader more to buy the magazine if there is something interesting to read on about . This magazine also features the essential front cover codes and conventions that are not elaborated above : price , dat of issue , bar code and mode of address .

The music promoted by this magazine and also advertised on the front cover  is shown in the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHaEgO1FMeA