Analysis of well known singer's websites

1. Website analysis
Megan Stone

2. RIHANNA
Simplicity Pinterest/pin board look on
homepage
Lots of images of
herself (male gaze)
Biography section is like a
‘life timeline’ as you
scroll down you get to
the more recent
information about herself
Links to all of her social
media are in the main bar
No strong link between her
website and her latest
album

3. COLDPLAY Rainbow colours match
their most recent album,
instantly know it is their
website
Links to videos is
good promotion for
their latest single
Coldplay always changes the colour scheme of their
website according to their latest album
Every category has a special symbol which is
same in all Coldplay website themes. All
these icons are a symbol of something. For
example, the hour glass is a representation of
time so it is used as a symbol of timeline
Their news page is regularly updated and is
presented using square pictures and captioned in
white clear text

4. BRUNO MARS
I love Bruno Mars’ homepage – it is
simple yet so different to anything
I’ve seen, the background is a
boomerang style clip of his dancing
from his music video
His latest single is
clearly shown on
homepage with a
music player you can
listen to it on beneath
Tour page is simple but
clear, there are links to
where you can buy
tickets
Bruno’s music/video page contains his
videos from his current album, links to buy
both physical and digital copies and links to
various different platforms in which you can
listen to his music
His pages vary from
black/dark background to
light/white backgrounds

5. SIGMA (same genre as Sigala)
Bold and large artist name on homepage to
stand out, in the foreground there is a moving
‘slideshow’ of flashing videos from his concerts
of the audience
As well as having icons linking to their social
media accounts they also have a horizontal strip
of their videos linked to YouTube and another
strip with previews of their latest tweets when
you scroll further down their homepage
Simple and clear fonts used for titles of
pages and titles match their album titles
on their albums

6. SIGMA (same genre as Sigala)
Whole page dedicated to their tour with the
writing in bright colours and a clear font so that
it stands out against plain black background
All of the heading titles are the same through
the whole website
Subscription bar and links to social media in the
footer of every page to promote all their
music/tours

7. DISCLOSURE (same genre as Sigala)
Disclosure logo on top of
homepage in same logo as on all
of their albums
Each large image square, when hovered over, takes you to
one of the pages on the website (blog, music, photos, live
dates, store and videos)
Banner of music video that gets updated when
a new single get’s released
Simple and effective music page where each music video is kept
within a ‘polaroid’ like rectangle with links to Facebook and
Twitter beneath

8. WILKINSON (same genre as Sigala)
Main banner on homepage with image of Wilkinson
himself promoting his latest album
Permanent social media icons on top right of banner
Latest Wilkinson ‘news’ all on homepage of his website
contained within poster like boxes with captions
Bizarrely all of Wilkinson’s pages are
all on the same page, meaning you
can scroll down and view everything
(except from store and contact which
open onto a completely separate
page)
All tour dates listed
clearly with links to
where you can buy
tickets

9. COMMON FEATURES
• Social media links on main heading bar/side bar
• Average number of pages = 6 (homepage, live/tour, music, gallery,
news, contact)
• Consistent fonts and colours for headings
• White or black background with bright text colours
• Regularly updated to reflect general look of their latest album