Topic Research...

1. (Pop Music Magazine)

3.  Rita Ora
 Rihanna
 Nicki Minaj
 Pixie Lott
 Jessie J
 Miley Cyrus
 Taylor Swift
 Lady Gaga
 Ke$ha
 Katy Perry
 Cher Lloyd
 Ariana Grande
 Cheryl Cole
 P!nk
 Avril Lavigne
 Ellie Goulding
 Kelly Clarkson
 Selena Gomez
All these female solo
artists are popular
with the teenage
audience today.

4.  Justin Bieber
 Conor Maynard
 Bruno Mars
 Olly Murs
 Ed Sheeran
 Justin
Timberlake
 Usher
 Jason Derulo
 Robbie Williams
 Pharrell Williams
 Calvin Harris
 Adam Levine
 Labrinth

5.  The Saturdays
 Little Mix
 Neon Jungle
 One Direction
 The Script
 The Vamps
 5 Seconds of Summer
 Rixton
 Coldplay
 Bastille (although, they are mainly a ‘rock’ band)
 The Wanted
 Union J

6.  Tom Daley
 Zac Efron
 Taylor Lautner
 Robbert Patterson
 Joey Essex
 Will Smith
 The X Factor
 The Voice UK
 Britains Got Talent
 Hollyoaks
 Waterloo Road
 Skins
 Misfits

7. All of these famous artists/bands are the most popular with the female
teenage audience. They are frequently found somewhere within a
pop magazine; including having all the gossip about their lifestyle
which a young audience like to be informed on.
Girls also like to read about other celebrities and updates on their
favourite TV shows, other than just artists. They may be a big fan with
the actors as well.
This widens the range of audience as I have found out that it is better to
have more gossip about a mix of artists, actors and popular TV
programmes:
 There will be more for the audience to read and talk about with their
friends, as different celebrities are present within the magazine - for
social interaction (however, the magazine is still mainly based around
singing artists/bands - just with the extras about other topics for
females to discuss)
 They will also receive more personal identity, due to the mass variety
of celebrities to relate to.
(More theoretical research later on, including Blumler and Katz’s Uses and Gratifications)

9.  26 years old.
 She is an English singer (started around 2006)
and a songwriter (wrote songs for artists like
Miley Cyrus and Chris Brown).
 Jessie J is recognised for her unconventional
performance and musical style that combines
soul vocals with pop, electropop,
contemporary R&B and hip-hop beats.
 She has earned numerous awards and
nominations, including the BBC’s Sound of 2011
and 2011 Critics’ Choice BRIT Award.
 She has sold over 11 million singles and 2.5
million albums worldwide (as of April 2012).
 Jessie J is a panellist on ‘The Voice UK’.
 In 2013, she had her head shaved on live TV for
Comic Relief.
 She performed during the Closing Ceremony
of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

10.  Jessie J has produced many pop
songs that are well recognised by
many all over the world, including
‘Domino’ and ‘Price Tag’.
 She is even found as the main focal
image on two popular existing pop
magazines – ‘WElovePOP.’ and ‘TOP
of the POPS’.
 These pop music
magazines are
my inspirational
material that I
will use to help
with my own.

11.  Jessie J is an inspiring artist as along with her
amazing song writing and voice vocals, her hair
was also shaved off to raise money for charity -
something that filled her full identity (Comic
Relief on Red Nose Day, 2013).
 This breaks the common ideology that
magazines usually sell, like ‘being beautiful will
gain your popularity status’, or ‘living the
celebrity life is great’.
 Jessie J has gone against this as she had sold
an ideology that ‘doing something beneficial
for charity will actually gain you more respect,
especially from a wider range of audiences’.
 Her lose of hair did not affect anything other
than slightly her look, but she is still popularly
recognised for her eccentric acts. The female
teenage audience still listen to her music as her
lyrics, balanced with her kind actions, makes
her a good role model for her fans.

12.  30 years old.
 He is an English singer, songwriter, musician and
television presenter.
 Olly became famous after finishing as the runner-up
in ‘The X Factor’, in 2009.
 He has collaborated with other famous artists, like
Flo Rida, Rizzle Kicks and Robbie Williams.
 From 2011, he co-presents the spin-off show ‘The
Xtra Factor’ with Caroline Flack.
 His autobiography (‘Happy Days’) was
published in 2012.
 To date, he has sold over 10 million records
worldwide.
 He has had many number one singles in the
UK Singles (and Albums) Charts, and has
received silver and gold certificates by the
BPI.

13.  Olly Murs as the
main focal
image on
‘WelovePOP.’
magazine
cover...
 The cover line is
about Olly and since
both the cover line
and the image are
large, there will most
likely be a double
page spread focusing
on him within this
magazine.
(A tip for when I create my
own)

14.  Little Mix are a British four-piece girl
group (started from 2011).
 Within the group are Perrie, Jesy,
Leigh-Anne and Jade.
 Genres: Pop, Hip hop and R&B.
 They became the first group to win
‘The X Factor’, in 2011.
 They are signed with Simon Cowell’s
record label.
 Their debut album ‘DNA’ charted in
the top 5 in eight countries, including
number two in UK and number four on
the US Billboard.
 They earned the highest debut U.S.
Chart position by a British girl group.
 Little Mix have sold over 5 million
records worldwide (as of February 2014) -
with over 3 million single sales and 2
million album sales.

15.  Little Mix as the main focal
image on the front cover
of ‘WElovePOP.’ magazine
- I have learnt that long shots are mainly taken
of a band (sometimes medium long shots)
• They are very mainstream
due to their involvement
with the British programme
‘The X Factor’.
• Little Mix commonly sell the
traditional ideologies of
what a female pop band
should be.

16.  One Direction are an English-Irish pop boy band,
based in London.
 They are commonly initialised as ‘1D’ (especially by
their female audience).
 Members of this group are Niall Horan, Zayn
Malik, Liam Payne and Harry Styles.
 Genres: Pop, Pop Rock and Teen Pop.
 One Direction finished third in 2010 ‘The X Factor’.
 They signed with Simon Cowell’s record label Syco Records
(same with Little Mix).
 Their first three albums broke records, with the help of social
media as they propelled to international success, and
topped the charts in most major markets (and generated
hit singles).
 Their achievements included four MTV Video Music Awards
and BRIT Awards (among many others).
 By June 2012, they represented a $50 million business
empire (according to the chairman and chief executive of Sony
Music Entertainment UK, Nick Gatfield).
 By April 2013, One Direction are apparently the 2nd wealthiest musicians in the UK under 30 years of
age, as they had an estimated personal combined wealth of £25 million ($41.2m) – according to the
Sunday Times Rich List.
 Their album, ‘Midnight Memories’, was a global success as it became the biggest selling album
worldwide of 2013.

17.  There are many more pop
magazines that have One
Direction as their main
focal image, and is what
their double page spreads
are mainly about.
 They are extremely
popular with the female
teenage audience, from
all over the globe.
 The companies of these
pop magazines typically
use these popular bands
as their main gossip, for
the magazine to sell well in
a shop.
 Other than just female
artists, girls also like the
gossip about boys which is
very common for a
teenager to talk about.