Artists use album covers to market themselves and construct their public image. They often include pictures of their face to make the audience aware of who they are. Some female artists use sexualized pictures to attract audiences and make money, though this is less common for male artists. Some artists prioritize being artistic and creative with abstract or colorful designs, allowing the audience to interpret the meaning. Others aim to sell an idea through controversial or thought-provoking cover designs that communicate what the album represents.

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3. Conventions of a CD cover
Artists face: they take a picture to sell themselves and also to make people
aware who the artist is and how they look. This is a good marketing strategy
and it also helps construct a star.
Artist body: most female artist sell their bodies, they take sexualized pictures to
tempt the audience to fall in love with an image and the star, thus they make
money. Also this is star construction. However, this is not common among male
artists but some do take provocative pictures that sell their bodies to women.
Artistic/artistic picture: Artist like to be artistic and explore their imagination.
Some albums are very colorful and abstract this may be because the album is
what the audience make of it just like abstract art.
Selling an idea: Some artists sell an idea rather then themselves. Some album
covers are controversial, funny, weird and sometimes even gross. This is so
that the audience look at it and think about what the album is trying to say.

4. Artists take a picture to sell themselves and also to make
people aware who they are and how they look. This is a good
marketing strategy, through this an artists can set the latest
trend i.e. what hair style is in fashion or what clothes to wear
etc. It also helps construct a star.

5. Most female artist sell their bodies, they take sexualized
pictures to tempt the audience to fall in love with an image
and the star, thus they make money. Also this is star
construction. However, this is not common among male
artists but some do take provocative pictures that sell their
bodies to women.

6. Artist like to be artistic and explore their imagination.
Some albums are very colorful and abstract this may
be because the album is what the audience make of it
just like abstract art.

7. Some artists sell an idea rather then themselves.
Some album covers are controversial, funny, weird
and sometimes even gross. This is so that the
audience look at it and think about what the album is
trying to say.

8. A common theme throughout country albums are the colours used.
Most are yellowish orange, a symbolic coulour that may represent
the warmth of the country. Also the clothes that are worn can
sometimes be symbolic of that genre, for example Tim Mcgraw
wear a cowboy hat in most of his album covers. Also, some artists
are seen holding a musical instrument, most commonly an acoustic