1. The analysis of CD covers
Justin Beiber

2. The genre representation:
Front cover The artist is wearing a
very expensive leather
jacket. This again portrays
The artist has a golden
that he is very wealthy
guitar that represents that
he is pretty wealthy and and therefore successful.
therefore is showing that he This follows the R&B
is successful which would conventions as the artists
encourage people to buy tend to wear clothes that
more of his music as he is are expensive and flashy.
only successful because he However Justin’s jacket
must be good. This follows
isn’t that flashy, just plain
the genre of R&B music as
artists like to show off their black with a little gold on
wealth and have flashy his shoulder which
objects in the CD covers challenges the
conventions also that he’s
not wearing flashy
jewellery which is very
common in R&B stars.
The background of the album is plain white with a
water paint effect in the shadow of the artist. This
follows the convention of R&B CD covers as the
CD backgrounds are always a plain colour. Either
black or white.

3. The back cover
The guitar case has a
The background to personalised number
the album has the plate which shows
effect paint and this again that the artist is
give the impression wealthy and that also
that the artist is happens to be the
artistic and creative. album name.
This follows the
conventions of the
acoustic genre like
the album below.
The back cover also
has credits that go
towards the
production team and
the record label.
The back cover also has the There are also prints
barcode on the bottom left of the record label
corner. logo’s.

4. The booklet inside the CD cover
This is the booklet inside the CD cover. It
shows all the songs that are on the album
and the credits for each song and who
produced it and where it was produced too.
The writing is slanted which goes against
the norm, also it looks artistic too and more
interesting as more people would be
intrigued by it and then want to read it.
There is a poster inside the booklet which is
a bonus. The poster is of the artist and a
printed signature which would allow his fans
to place it in their home and would advertise
it so that other people could see the poster
and what to buy it too. This is a really good
idea for my CD cover that I make because
Conor Maynard has similar fan bases.

5. The audience
The majority of R&B fans are teenagers/young adults
roughly between the ages of 13-25. This could be due
to the artist being particularly young and fashionable
as he’s wearing a leather jacket. This usually applies
to females as stereotypically the R&B songs are
about heartbreaks or being in love. This is something
that would greatly appeal to young women and
teenage girls.
The leather jacket –
Fashionable

6. What are the features of the cover
The image is of the
artist. He’s not looking
at the camera and he’s
The front cover has a looking off in to the
yellow box that has ‘distance’. His
the bonus songs on expression also seems
and that it has a serious which would
poster inside of the portray that he’s serious
artist which makes the about his music.
album more viable to
The title of the album is
be bought as fans
bigger than the artist
would want a poster
name. The theme of the
of the artist if they're a
album is the colour
fan.
yellow/gold. Gold is
identified as being a
The only prop that’s in the rich colour and
photograph is the golden therefore more people
guitar that symbolises that the would be attracted to it.
album is an acoustic.

7. What are the features of the cover
The image is of the
artist. He’s not looking
at the camera and he’s
The front cover has a looking off in to the
yellow box that has ‘distance’. His
the bonus songs on expression also seems
and that it has a serious which would
poster inside of the portray that he’s serious
artist which makes the about his music.
album more viable to
The title of the album is
be bought as fans
bigger than the artist
would want a poster
name. The theme of the
of the artist if they're a
album is the colour
fan.
yellow/gold. Gold is
identified as being a
The only prop that’s in the rich colour and
photograph is the golden therefore more people
guitar that symbolises that the would be attracted to it.
album is an acoustic.