Music magazine front cover analysis (three front covers)

Straight away on this NME magazine we are drawn to the main picture which is Florence from Florence and the machine. If we didn't know this at the bottom of the page in Navy her name is clearing shown, linking it  the main image to the cover line, we can tell this is her because of how big it is and wear it it positioned on the page. The masthead is also very clear, it follows rules of codes and conventions because it is positioned in the left 3rd. The Masthead contrasts well with the main image and the rest of the text also goes well with the main image. The bright vibrant red makes the cover stand out, it draws you in straight away because it's so powerful.

This is a vibe magazine front cover, we can tell not only by the artist what type of magazine this is but from the positioning of her, she is standing upright with her hands on her hips/belly which makes her seem powerful and maybe quite intimidating. We can also tell by her costume that she thinks highly of herself because of the silver and the tiara on her head, the tiara makes her seem as if she thinks she's the queen of r 'n' b/ rap. Her facial expression is quite intimidating, it's the sort of face that says, 'don't mess with me' or 'I’m better than you' Not only from those we can tell the genre but from Nicki Minaj herself and various other hints of the cover, for example 'drake'. Again just like the NME magazine we can tell who the person is in the main image because also in Orange which goes with her hair it says 'Nicki minaj linking both together through the use of orange. Vibe have thought about their colour scheme a lot and chose to keep the orange throughout.

Rolling stones is a rock magazine mostly as we can tell from the masthead 'Rolling stones' Rolling stones is a rock band that were about in the 60's/70's and were very popular. However there is quite a big contrast between the magazine and the main image which is an image of Taylor swift who we would normally associate with producing pop music. So Rolling stones have shown that their magazine is for most genres not just rock although they have kept their rock look by dressing Taylor in a rock style clothes. Rolling stones have placed their masthead all the way across and don't have an identifier however we should be able to recognise it from the red and black if not the 'R' which is different to the rest of the writing.