Front Cover:

The cover of a music magazine is specifically designed to attract the target audience and to appeal to other readers. The magazine have chosen to have Amy Winehouse on the fron cover as she is young and has popular music, this appeals to the target audience of young people upwards; from the age of 18+. The image takes up most of the front cover as it is one of the key features in attracting people to the audience. The image is the first thing the readers notice; so it has to be a popular artist on the cover.

The name of the magazine is at the top of the cover so it is instantly recognisable and can easily be seen. The name of the magazine is always in the same font and colour, so the readers find it easy to identify the housestyle and recognise the magazine. On most covers the artist on the front partially covers part of the name, this shows the popularity of the magazine that people can identify it even with the name covered. The name is always in blue, this represents that it can appeal to both boys and girls as blue is a neutral colour.

The cover lines on the front are all related to the genre of the magazine and are specifically designed to appeal to the paticular target audience. The cover lines have to be relevant to what the audience wants to read and what is going on in their lives. The cover lines on this cover are band names, but they are popular bandsso they appeal to the target audience.

At the bottom the date, price and issue number is there so it can help the reader.