This document analyzes and compares the album covers of Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, and Coldplay. For Jay-Z's cover, it notes the use of black and white colors along with red accents to create a classy design. It also discusses design elements like the rule of thirds and font choices. For Nicki Minaj's cover, it examines how her elongated legs cross the rule of thirds lines to draw attention. And for Coldplay's cover, it highlights the brighter colors and graffiti style that aim to attract a younger audience compared to their older rock style.

1. Jay Z
Jay Z isa hiphopartist the blackand white coloursshow
thisas theyare verycalmwiththe red contrastingagainst
themmakingthe albumcoverlike classycomparedtothe
ColdplayandNicki Minaj covers.
The CD coverisveryclassyagain itsveryspacious,with
barelynothingonitapart from some writingandThe
usual Three Redlines.
The rule of thirdshasbeenused
verycleverhere asthe lines
crossingthe page and the
intersectingare alwaysatthe
beginningorthe endof the
namesof the track, drawing
your attentiontoeverysingle
songname.
Serif textusedagaina classylook.
Sans Serif usedonthe back givingalessclassy
look,matchingtothe linesall acrossthe page.
The varietyof instrumentsinthe
back of this image mayshowthe
varietyof musicon the disc.
The back cd case cover definitelyusesthe guttenberg
principle asthe writinggoesfromthe lefttorightand at
the bottomright cornerthere isblankspace whichwould
be the space leastlookedatwhenusingthe guttenberg
principle.
The onlyphotographof Jay Z is onthe inside of the cover
and youcan onlysee some of hisface andfrom hischest
upwardsof hisbody thisgivesthe impressionthathe
wantsto presentedlikehe iscool,ashisface isfacing
down. Alsothisshowsthathe doesn’twantto be looked
at as he isfacingdown.

2. Nicki Minaj
The rule of thirdshasclearlybeenusedon
Nicki Minaj frontalbumcoveras her legs
are elongatedrightacrossthe picture which
if you splitthe picture upintothe 3 by3
rule of thirdsgrid herlegwouldbe right
alongthe bottomline.
Textisalong the leftside of the page usingthe Guttenberg
principle,the textisusedwhereitwill mostlikelybe seen
on the leftside of the page Nicki Minaj ison the right side
withherlegagainelongatedovertothe leftside. Alsothe
textissans serif thisshowsthatshe isnot tryingto look
classyas she alreadyhasa gownon inthe photograph.
Thisalsogivesthe impressionthatshe wantstocome
across as classybut hersongsare not whichistrue.She
swearsa lotthrough hersongsand talksaboutsex a lot.
The colour pinkaimsat a girl audience butas she is
showingalot of her legsitalsoaimsat a male audience,
she usessex appeal tovary heraudience.

3. Coldplay
Everythingaboutthese coversare verybrightand
colourful Coldplayare nolongeranAlternative rockband
theyare nowa pop bandthiseasilyshowswiththe bright
colourstheyhave usedcomparedtothe dull coloursused
beforehand.
Graffiti usedonthe frontconnectsthe albumto a younger
age;originallyasColdplayhave beenaroundforsome
time there original fanbase will be olderage people in
their30s-40s alsobecause of the type of songs they
performed.Butastheyhave changedto a pop bandthey
are gettingawiderfanbase a youngerfanbase from10-
50. Asthe songsare happierandyoungerpeople willwant
to buytheirmusicdue to the newsongsand the album
coverthat connectsto them.
Bubble writingusedagain
connectingtoa youngerage of
people.
The onlyimage of coldplay onthe cd isthe
image onthe innercoverwhere the actual
cd is.All membersof the bandare looking
at the cameraas if there lookingatyou
withseriousfaces,sothisgivesthe
impressionthateventhoughtheirsongs
are nowbubblyandfuncomparedto their
oldsongstheystill wantto be taken
seriously.
The rule of thirdshasbeenusedonthe
frontcover as eachof the largerwords
wouldbe across the linesif yousplitthe
image up.