The magazine cover features Miley Cyrus prominently in the center to draw attention. Around her is a purple background that gradually fades to black, suggesting tension and mystery. The cover uses rhetorical questions and flashing text to intrigue readers into learning more about Miley and other artists featured in the issue. Additional details like the barcode, date, and price make the magazine easily identifiable and available for purchase by its target audience of teenage girls and young adults interested in pop music.

1. Analysis of magazine front covers
Cover 2. Billboard Magazine June 5th 2010
Miley Cyrus Edition

2. THE MASTHEAD
The masthead “Billboard” is
printed large and bold so its target
Front cover analysis
audience can easily recognise it
also taking up around a fifth of the
cover page. The colour of the text
is grey/ silver and looks hard and
solid giving the text an edge and
rock vibe. THE SELL LINES/COVER LINES
USE OF A FLASH
There is a flash telling the
audience not to miss out on a The cover lines include other bands
country music summit. It then included in the magazine so if they are
has the website you can access unsure about the main article artist they
to be apart of the summit. are able to read about different bands,
for example “3OH!3”
USE OF A SUB- HEADING
THE MAIN IMAGE
There is a rhetorical question
asking the audience “The queen of The main image is of the artist Miley Cyrus, she
tween grown ups. But will her fans is positioned in a way making her look strong,
follow?” it feels as if the reader will dominant and powerful. This also is shown by
question there selves about her looking directly into the camera showing
following Miley Cyrus it also she isn't afraid.
creates tension and the urge to She is also holding a gold letter M showing her
read more of the article. importance and power. This attracts young girls
BACKGROUND who want a role model to look up to.
The background colour is purple
giving of a girly atmosphere
however the colour gradually
disappears into Miley Cyrus’s dark THE MAIN COVER LINE
clothing suggesting tension and The main cover line is just the name of the
mystery to her. artist “Miley Cyrus” it’s a short, snappy and gets
straight to the point of the main article inside
RULES OF THIRDS. the magazine, the image behind the text is the
The magazine uses the rules of artist making it obvious to the reader.
thirds placing the artist Miley Barcode-date/issue/price
Cyrus directly centre of the
The barcode and price is there so
cover, this draws all attention that the magazine is sellable to the
onto her making her the main audience, the issue number and date
focal point. is an easy way the reader can keep
up to date with issues.
Her eyes are directly on the
camera focusing on us, as if
she has more to say and give if
you read the article.

3. Target audience of Billboard magazine
Billboard magazine target audience is for young
adults and teens. Usually young girls looking at
inspiration and role models.
The magazine is around £3.50 so its quite an
expensive magazine so they should have a
healthy income to afford the magazine.
The music the magazine has covers a wide range
of genres, mainly pop however they do range
from country to hip-hop so the audience could
be any young adult interested in a certain genre
of music.
The methods of attracting the audience are a
girly purple background with an edge of black.
Miley Cyrus is looking directly at the reader
engaging there attention.

4. History of Billboard magazine.
Billboard is the worlds successful music brand
expanding through the magazine, newsletters, bulletins
and conferences.
It has its own chart music, portrays there own news and
ranges on different genres of music ranging from
country to Hip-Hop. Billboard develop chart data, live
events, television and radio!
Billboard is owned by Prometheus Global Media, a diversified company with
leading assets in the media and entertainment arenas, including: Music (Billboard
and its related conferences and events, including The Billboard Latin Music
Awards), Entertainment (The Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, ShowEast, Cineasia,
and CineEurope); and Advertising & Marketing (Adweek, Adweek Conferences and
The CLIO Awards).