Analysis of 10 + magazine names

1. Analyzing
Magazine
Names

2. Top Of The Pops – effective
as top suggests it is going to
be important and pops
reveals the genre of music.
The word top will bring in
many individuals as they will
feel as if the magazine is
ahead of the rest of the
music industry.
Kerrang – This has
connotations of the
whacking of guitar strings. It
sounds very funky and
original making it stand out
to individualists who are
quite different.
Grape Vinyl – The vinyl
creates the image of an old
records highlighting how this
magazine is based on the
old music genre, would
appeal to the older
audience.
NME – short for the national
music express, sounds like
“enemy” when said fast
emphasising that It has
competition with other
distributors. The word new
makes it seem relevant / up
to date.
Smash Hits – Smash suggests
aggression and anger as
does hits, but also
emphasises that it will be
about the best / popular
music.
Fused – About joining
together and makes you
think of electricity and
excitement
Rolling Stone – this is a
popular band name so
indicates that the magazine
is going to be popular and
focused on bands/artists of a
similar genre.
Q –The name has no
actually meaning making it
mysterious, the name looks
like a record player.
WE <3 POP , the use of the
pronoun “we” creates the
idea of community, the use
of the heart makes it seem
childish and Pop reveals the
genre of music.
Vibe – sounds very groovy,
gives the idea that if you
read this magazine you will
get a positive feeling and
get into a particular zone.
In – d – sounds like “indie”
revealing the music genre
that it will be based on, is
quite a clever way to show
the name so would appeal
to the more intelligent
people of the social class
ABC1.
XXL – extra extra large,
showing how the magazine
will be filled with a lot of
content.
Billboard – If something is on
a billboard it is important
highlighting how popular this

3. Q’s magazine name is an acronym, this was the final
name for the magazine as it was originally going to be
named “CUE” . This logo is said to look like a record on
a record player. This name is very bold and simplistic.

4. NME name is also an acronym, and is the name for a
rock/alternative music magazine, it was originally called
“NEW MUSICAL EXSPRESS” , however this was to long so they
cut it down to the acronym which is now a highly
recognisable brand name. The word “NME” acts as a play
on words and sounds like “enemy” , emphasising how this
music magazine has competition with other distributors.

5. Rolling stone is a compound word which is the name of a
alternative rock music magazine. It’s name was influenced
by the world famous iconic band.