CD COVER DESIGNS

IMAGEThe costume design for Florence has been purposely suited to the typeartist she is and the style of her music. She has been styled to stand outfrom other current, contemporary artists to emphasise her ownindividuality. This corresponds with her iconography , which is how she isshaped and formed to match her target audience. For example, theclothing that Florence is dressed in, portrays a modernised, antiquateddress sense.

BAND NAMEThe band’s stylisedfont is similar to ahandwriting style. Thepurpose of this isintently to provide heraudience with apresumed idea of whatgenre of music she sitsin.

ALBUM TITLEThe type of fontused here iscontradictory tothat used of theirbranded name.

POSITION OF ARTISTThe framed position ofFlorence jumping inthe air symbolises theessence of freedom,which is how shewants her audienceand viewers to listenand perceive to hermusic.

BACKGROUNDThe background hasbeen edited to aneutral colour tohighlight andcompliment Florenceand the colour of heroutfit, which gives avintage appeal.

Florence + the machine

Alicia KeysALBUM TITLE/ARTISTNAMEThe typography used issophisticated, whichreflects Alicia’s musicalability of playing the pianoas well as her vocals.

IMAGEAlicia’s image has been designed in a way to attract a wide audience. Itportrays her as an ordinary woman as what she is wearing is an average lookfor women of her age.

BACKGROUNDThe Background to thefront cover is a woodenwall which reflects thewooden keyboard. Aswood is a naturalmaterial, you could saythat Alicia’s recordcompany are trying toportray her as an allnatural singer. It sets acalm and relaxing mood,which is may be how hermusic should beperceived.

POSITION OF ARTISTHaving the front coverdivided by herself and akeyboard is veryeffective. You could saythat the image of thekeyboard signifies Aliciadue to her second name‘Keys’. It also conveys tothe audience the genreand style of music thatthe artist is basedaround.

50 CENT

EFFECTSThe smashed glass isused for effectivepurposes to create acertain image of 50cent. It portrays him asan artist that may useviolence or swearing inhis music. Cracked glasssignifies rebellion,anger and sharpness.

Image50 Cent has been styledin a way to represent atypical image of arapper. Showing barechest shows howpowerful they are fromtheir muscles, and lowjeans is a style that isrepresentative of malesliving in ghettos . Histattoos also helpillustrate and highlightthis image.

ALBUM TITLEThe title of the albumsuggests a struggle ofbecoming successful. Itis significant in that thisis his first album, andhe is willing to dowhatever it takes tobecome rich.

ARTIST NAMEThe typography used isbig and bold. Thissignifies that the artist isvery bold through hislyrics and image

BACKGROUNDThe colour red used is usedto highlight and emphasise50 Cent’s image. The housecolour is very powerful,which how %0 cent isillustrated here.

POSITIONThe position of 50 Cent is purposelyplaced central to the cover so thatthis is the first feature you see whenlooking at his CD. The broken glassemphasises this as the hole is alsocentral of the cover.

Blink 182ALBUM TITLEThe typography here ,represents a hand-written style. It makesthe message ‘I MissYou’ more personal andrealistic, as it appearsto be written by theband themselves.

IMAGEThe image of theheart with kissesinside reflects andcorresponds to thetitle of the album. Itemphasises themessage ‘I Miss You’,as a heart and kissesrepresent what youare missing.

BAND NAMEThe typography here ,represents fonts thatare typically used intattoos. From this, wecan gain an idea of theband’s genre of music,as tattoos are alsoassociated withrockers.

BACKGROUNDThe house colour blackillustrates the contentof the band’s songs.Black signifies deepemotion and subjectssuch as sadness,coldness, death andanger.

Christina Aguilera

ARTIST NAMEThe type of font usedhere is basic, whichgives a simple look.The artist’s name hasbeen put in twodifferent colours, blackand white to showthatthe content of theher songs involvesubjects that arecontradictory to eachother, such as happyand sad.

IMAGEThe artist has beenstylised in a way thatshe attracts heraudience through herappearance. Her redlipstick and brightblonde hair is astereotypical of abeautiful woman.

BACKGROUNDThe background used isa pale colour in order toemphasise the artist’slooks.

POSITIONA Close-up of the artistis a convention used inthe pop genre to sellthe artist for her looksand appearance.

What I have found

From studying these 5 music CD covers, from different genres ofmusic, I have acknowledged that they have all been designed ina specific way to attract their target audience. The style ofimagery, typography and house colours used, can represent thegenre and content of the artist’s music.