Reflecting My Choice

In my research, i looked at several different magazines genre. I have now decided that the music magazine that i am going to create is based on Pop Music. The age group that my magazine is going to be aimed at is teenagers (13-17) year olds. This is because pop music is one if the main genres that are frequently played. My magazine is aimed at mainly girls. The price that my magazine will range from is £1.99. My magazine will also include bands/artists such as One Direction, Ariana Grande, Little Mix and Justin Bieber.

Bands / Artists Featured

Billboard Magazine- 
Billboard magazine have always kept up-to date with the artists that feature on their magazines to the latest artists in the charts. Such as; Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Ariana Grande, etc. All of these artists are global stars and have fans all around the world.

Q Magazine-
Q magazine have also kept up-to date with the artists that feature of their magazines, to the artists that are popular on the charts. Some of the artists that have featured on Q magazine so far are; Ed Sheeran, Adele, Cheryl Cole, etc. All of these artists are global stars and have fans all around the world.

Vogue Magazine-
Due to research, it also shows that Vogue magazine have kept up-to date with the artists that feature on their front cover, some of the artists that have featured on their magazine front cover so far are; Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray, etc.

Audience for Magazines.

Billboard Magazine- 
Age; Teens / Young Adults.
Gender; Male and Female.
Social Class; 1st Class.

Q Magazine-
Age; Teens / Young Adults.
Gender; Male and Female.
Social Class; 1st Class.

Vogue;
Age; All Ages.
Gender; Mainly Female.
Social Class; 1st Class.

Finding Out About The Magazine Company.

Billboard-  
Billboard magazine are a well known, and popular company. They seem to be especially popular in America as majority of the stars that appear on Billboards front covers. Billboard have a total of 48K readers, during my research i found that the magazine is read with keen focus week in, week out by the leaders of the business and the power players who are "driving the music business". 














Q Magazine-
Due to my research, Q magazine is also a very well known and popular company. Many of the artists that i like have featured on the front cover of Q magazine. Q magazine have a total of 46,096 readers. Q magazine published their first magazine October 1986 and still publish magazines to this day. And in January 2008 EAMP sold its consumer magazine titles including Q, to the Bauer Media Group.

Vogue Magazine-
My research also shows that vogue magazine is a very popular company in the USA. Vogue magazine base their magazine on fashion and music, the first issue was published in 1892 and sold well. Over the years that vogue magazine has been going, they have gained more and more readers and now have a total of 11 million readers in the US, and 12.5 readers internationally. 

Possible Style Models.

Billboard magazine- Billboard magazine interests me as it focuses on majority of the celebrities that i like, such as; Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran.

How much does the magazine cost?

Billboard magazine costs £6.90

How regularly are the magazines published?

Billboard magazines are published every week.

How many issues have been published?

Billboard magazine have published 16,000 issues (approximately).

   Q Magazine- Q magazine also interests me as it also focuses on majority of the celebrities that i like, such as; Cheryl Cole, Ed Sheeran.

How much does the magazine cost?

Q magazine costs £5.00

How regularly are the magazines published?

Q magazine is published every week.

How many issues have been published?

Q magazine have published  52,781 issues (approximately).

Vogue Magazine- Vogue magazine also interest me because it also focuses on majority of the celebrities that i like, such as; Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Ariana Grande.

How much does the magazine cost?
Vogue magazine costs £4.99

How regularly are the magazines published?
Vogue magazine is published every week.

How many issues have been published?
Vogue magazine have published 1,259,826 issues (approximately).

Choosing A Music Genre.

Rock 'n' Roll; I think that choosing Rock 'n' Roll as my magazine genre would be challenging yet enjoyable as there is so much going on, on the front covers that i have researched. This would benefit me as it would allow me to explore alot of tools on photoshop and help me get used to it all. Rock 'n' Roll genre would also be interesting as there would be alot of ways i could take pictures of my actors and there is several props that they can use.












Pop Music; I think that choosing Pop Music as my magazine genre would be fun and enjoyable, there is plenty of background ideas that i could think of doing and a lot of extras on the front cover that i could do. There is also a lot of tool that i could use on photoshop that could help me complete my front cover of my music magazine. Pop music could be an interesting genre to focus my music magazine cover on as there is plenty of ways that i could take pictures of my actors and also several different and unique props i could use in the shoot for my music magazine.

Genres of My Chosen Music Magazine Covers.

1. Billboard Magazine;  All Genre Of Music.

2. Vibe Magazine;  Multi Genre.

3. Q Magazine;  Pop/Rock Music.

4. Glamour Magazine;  Pop.

5. Marie Claire Magazine;  Pop.

6. NME Magazine;  Pop/Classic Rock.

7. Vogue Magazine;  Pop/ R&B

8. Vintage Rock Magazine;  Rock 'n' Roll.

9. XXL Magazine;  Hip Hop.

10. Respect;  Rap.

Music Magazine Cover Examples

1. This is an example Billboard magazine cover.

2. This is an example Vibe magazine cover.




















3. This is an example Q magazine cover.


















4. This is an example of Glamour magazine cover.

5. This is an example of Marie Claire magazine cover.




















6. This is an example of NME magazine cover.

7. This is an example of Vogue magazine cover. 



















8. This is an example of Vintage Rock magazine cover.

9. This is an example of XXL magazine cover.

10. This is an example of Respect magazine cover.