The document discusses and analyzes the album covers of four albums: 1) Rihanna's 2009 album "Rated R" features the artist in a moody black-and-white pose with her hand covering her eye, representing her comeback after personal struggles. 2) Cheryl Cole's 2010 album "Messy Little Raindrops" uses a colorful dress-wearing image of the artist and a messy font and background to represent the album's R&B style and Cole's recent divorce. 3) Nicki Minaj's 2012 album "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" prominently features a close-up image of Minaj in pink attire, signaling her as the main

1. By: Jamuna vasanthakumaran

2. 
The background colour is gray showing plan
colour and is given a darkness effect that stands
out. Making the cover look very different to
others, as there is no colour added and given a
effect that might link in the type of music that she
has represented to the audience.
On the cover It has shown the letter „R‟
with a different type of font, is very
sharp and represents the artist name in
a different ways then others. For
example this cover show only one letter
of the artist, allowing us to see that the
audience are aware of the of who the
artist of the music is and reflecting to
the idea that the artist is very well
known. The background has the effect
of colour showing black and white,
mainly on to the dark side, this links in
with the idea of the type music that is
being represented, for example as it has
the effect of black and white it can link
with the idea of sadness type of music.
This allows the audience to be aware of
the type of music that the artist has
presented by looking in to the type of
colour shame that it has used.
The image is very appropriate meaning
in the way that she has a natural look.
This resembles Rihanna's strength and
strength of mind to make a comeback
after being affected by some aspects of
her personal life, which shows control
and rather then suggesting a image of
being sexy, Rihanna appears to want to
show the audience she is powerful and
determined to succeed.
The album cover was released on
October 27, 2009 and features Rihanna in
a moody, contemplative pose wearing a
leather top with her hand covering her
right eye and each finger wrapped in an
intricate set of rings. The black-and-
white cover was compared to the 1980s
album covers by singer Grace Jones
Rated R is the fourth studio album by Barbadian
recording artist Rihanna, first released on
November 20, 2009, on Def Jam Recordings.
Genre :Pop, R&B

3. The main image show cheryl
cole with using the angle of
full body shot,
representing her new album
Messy Little Raindrops,
wearing an orange and pink
dress with fierce Christian
Louboutin spiked leopard-
print boots.
The “messy little raindrops”, a different
type of headline to the music, links in
with the idea of the type of hip hop
music as the headline suggest for
example “messy”. This is something
that will most linked to R&B or types of
hip hop songs.
The font is very different, reflects in
with the idea of the headline as it very
messy and raindrops. The font also has
a feminine look to the cover as the
writing is very curled, linking in with
maybe the target audience that
It also has the type of colour that Cheryl
Cole is wearing for example “orange”
comparing it to bring up the looks of
headlines.
Background – black and white
colours are mixed as the
background and also the main
image is air brushed at the
background giving a messy look
to the album linking in with the
idea of the headline.
The main target audience for the
album includes people, mainly
female artist who are interested
in r&b or pop music.
Messy Little Raindrops is the second studio album by British
recording artist Cheryl Cole, released on 29 October 2010 by
Fascination Records.
GenrePop, dance-pop, R&B
The metaphorical Messy Little Raindrops
of the title probably relate to her personal
life, because all these songs will
unavoidably be interpreted through her
recent divorce from a footballer.

4. 
Main image
The image shows the main artist of the
music album “Nicki Minaj”, It is an image
of her in a shoulder-length curly black wig
and black bustier with an oversized
diamond-shaped pendant necklace resting
on her chest.
this gives the audience the idea of who the
music is produced by.
It also gives a good effect to the audience to
motivate them to buy the album as it shows
the image for example their favourite artist.
The posture of the image is very natural
and shows the attitude as she shows by the
facial expression.
The image has used a close up shot to her
face showing more detail about the
expression. Her hair is also covers most of
the cover and only showing a bit of the
background, allowing us to see that the
artist is very important then everything
else on the cover.
The main colour that is represented on the
cover is pink, as it also says at the top of the
headline . The colour has used to go with
the background and also the headline and
other fonts that is on the cover. This gives
the idea of the type of audience that the
album is referring to for example it can be
teenage girls. As it has known that pink
are mostly linked in with girls.
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - is a re-release
of Nicki Minaj‟s sophomore album, Pink Friday:
Roman Reloaded, which was released on
November 19, 2012.
Genre: Hip hop, R&B
The name has used Identified font,
placed at the top of the cover, mostly
faded away with the image and
background, it also used the colour of
gold to show a rich look to the music
album.
The back of the cover, shows the album
name, and other details of the album for
example songs that is included in the
album, barcode and lots more
information