Album Cover Research

SUGAR MAGAZINE



This is an album cover of Pixie Lott on a magazine aimed at 11-12 year old/ or "young teens". I chose this as one of my advertisements to analyse the difference in each magazine about the same artist and how each magazine represents Pixie.

As the magazine "Sugar" is aimed at "young teens" it portrays Pixie Lott as an innocent young female, smiling at the camera in a sweet way. She has reasonable clothes on - not too raunchy or sexy, perfect for what young girls aspire to wear as they grow older.

The colour of the fonts (blue and green) go well with the tones of Pixie's dress and hair colour. Nothing in this picture seems promiscuous, inviting or flirty, which is what Sugar aims for.


FHM MAGAZINE


This advertisement is for FHM magazine, full of music and for the "older viewers" Its a picture of Pixie Lott with a satin bra, hot pants, and dark black eye makeup seems a much more "adult" look. She is standing in front of an amp which suggests the magazine and Pixie are all about the music.

From an adults perspective on music, this picture seems normal, as most artists wear skimpy clothes in their music video's to show off their physic. FHM is prodominately aimed at men, and so the look of the blonde bombshell on the front cover wearing nothing will attract the readers well and also sell well!

However, it seems, the look for Pixie and her target audience seems to be changing from the sweet innocent girl, growing up to the sexy blonde!

Depending on the target audience of the band/artist really depends on what "look" the artist is going for.

COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE



Cosmopolitan is a magazine aimed at young/middle ages woman with lots of fashion icons and tips inside. Pixie's image on this front cover seems to be going back to the innocent young girl but with a more experience. She is dressed in a plain blue dress grinning at the camera.

This look seems a lot more suitable for the audience and fans Pixie Lott has. The comment on is the "dress sexy" text over the top of her picture, gives off the impression that is what she is trying to do/ doing, proving perhaps Pixie Lott's young teenager image is wearing off, and she is trying to become more of an adult performer? Something I will need to look in to/ decide more about my album advertisements.