Band / Artist picture analysis

1. Beyonce
Beyonce isa soloartistwho firstreleased
heralbumon June 20th
2003, she still
continuestorelease albums. Beyoncé's
musicisgenerallyR&B,butshe also
incorporatespop,soul andfunkintoher
songs. The soloartists musicis mainly
aimedat teenagersfromthe age of 13 to
middle agedadultsof the age of 40. She
has releasedwayover10 albumswithin
the past 12 yearswhichhave all been
aimedbetweenawide rangedage
audiences.Lookingatthispicture the
stereotypical view wouldbe thatshe’sa
soloartistwhose musicisaimedat an
olderaudience.Youmayguessthatshe’sa
popartist throughherclothing.However
she focusesona widerrange of music
genresandhas successfullymanagedfulfil
each genre of musicusedcorrectly.
1975
1975 isa bandwhich
composesindie rockmusic.
Theirsongsare aimedat
teenagersandyoungadults.
Theirfirstalbumwasreleased
on September2nd
2013 and
was successful.Lookingat
theirclothingyoumayguess
that they’re indie/popbased
bandas theirclothingisquite
urban.Howeverthe colourof
theirhairis dark,whichmight
leadto a stereotypical view of
thembeinga rock genre based
band.

2. 21 Pilots
Ed Sheeranisa pop artistand oftendoes
folkmusic,he isalsoknown for rapping.
Howeverhismaingenre ispopand he does
thisthroughthe use of an acousticguitar.
His musicisenjoyedbymanypeople from
the ages of 12 to adultsaged40. He has
soldmanyalbumsand a recentalbum‘X’
was verysuccessful.Lookingathispicture
youcan tell thathe playsacousticguitar
howeveryouwouldn’tguessthathismain
genre ispop,you wouldguessthatisfolk.
You wouldn’tthinkthathe doesR&B and
youmay thinkthat histargetaudience isan
oldergenerationandthatyoungerpeople
wouldn’tenjoyhismusic.
Ed Sheeran
21 pilotsisa duetfromColumbus
whose targetaudience ismainly
teenagersbetweenthe age of 15 to
youngadultsof the age 24. Their
musicisalternative hiphop,indie,
rock and electropop. Lookingatthe
picture youmay thinkthattheyare
a quite happy,outgoingband
howeverthe message intheirmusic
isquite low andtheytalk about
seriousissuesthroughthe use of
music.You probablywouldn’t guess
that theyare rock bandas their
clothingismore casual than rock,
howeveryoumayguesstheyare a
indie/popgenre basedduet.