Album Analysis

The Artist The artist GAME is in bold red writing, to carry on the continuity with the title. The artist name is the main part of the album cover, other than the image. Name of album The title of the album is The Red Album it is written in red graffiti which links to the name of the album being red, and the genre of the album being rap/ hip hop. This is a convention of rap and hip hop as it is typical of rap. Also the font has an effect like it is dripping, relating to blood and the violence associated with the colour red. Parental Advisory This pug is a convention of rap/ hip hop music as it is very rude and violent. It has become a convention of album covers now and there is little chance you will find a rap album without this on.

Rap/HipHop

Main Image The main image, like on most albums is the artist himself. He is covering his face with his hand which looks like a gun, which is typical of rappers as in most songs they talk about having a gun. His facial expression is aggressive and threatening which is a very strong convention in rap music album.

Target Audience The target audience of this album is young adults and teenagers. This is not evident however it is the type of people that listen to this music. The main target gender is males however rap music is becoming more popular with females. The socioeconomic class that would listen to this music is mainly lower class, low income people who can relate to the struggle that many rappers have been through. The demographic of target audience is people in urban areas all across the world who can, again, relate to the struggle. The psychographic of the listeners can vary hugely but the main target audience are people that go through what the rappers go through. For example gangs.

The Artist The artist JUSTIN BIEBER is in bold white writing, to make it clear that it is his album The artist name is the main part of the album cover, other than the image even though it stretches across him.

Pop

Name of album The title of the album is My World 2.0 is written in purple bold font. Which is inoffensive and keeps up his image of being a good kid up. Also appeals to the main listeners of his music which are young girls.

Main image There is only image on the album which is conventional of album covers as they only include the artist the album name

Target Audience The target audience of this album is young teenage girls. The majority of Justin Biebers fans are younger than him and he has became a pin up in young girls minds. Justin bieber appeals to all socio economic classes, income levels as he mainly sings about love, which anyone can relate to. The demographic of this music is also universal all across the world. Justin Biebers fan base is huge, in every continent, with language barriers not being an issue. The psychographic of the target audience is just young people interested in love

Rock/ Indie
Main Image The main image is again very conventional of rock albums as the colours used are: Black, Red and White. The character is made to look like a creature, which links to the album name Velociraptor! which is a prehistoric dinosaur. However this album cover is also unconventional as it has 4 images on it. Artist Name The band name KASABIAN is in the centre in conventional rock genre, black and bold. The unconventional part of this album cover is that the fonts are very small, however they make up for this by placing the font on a white background which makes it stand out. Album name The album name Velociraptor is extremely unconventional on this album cover as the word is upside down. However is also conventional as it is in a red font which is also bold.

Target Audience The target audience of this album is younger adults and older teenagers. The rock genre is less popular than other genres and the fan base is smaller. The target gender would mainly be male but females are also interested in this music. The socio economic status of this music is quite well of with not high incomes but not low either. The demographic of this target audience is people who live everywhere but is not as big and as widespread as other genres. However it is becoming more and more popular. The Psychographic of the target audiences are people who enjoy playing instruments and going to free gigs.