R&B music magazines typically feature a solo artist or group on the front cover wearing skimpy clothing. The masthead is always at the top with the artist in front. Common colors used are red, black, white, and yellow. While R&B was originally created by African Americans migrating to cities in the 1940s, contemporary R&B emerged in the 1980s combining elements of R&B, hip hop, and other urban genres, gaining widespread popularity through artists like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. This has resulted in R&B having a wide audience across different styles.

1. R&B Music

2. Magazines
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3. Codes and convention
• They all have either one main artist or one group on the font cover.
• They are all in front of the masthead, and the masthead is always at the top.
• Usually the artists tend to be wearing skimpy clothing, so either a really tight or
short dress or sometimes even a bikini. If it’s a guy they tend to either be topless
or are dressed smart but in a more casual way.
• They never seem to have any smaller images, and a lot of them don’t have many
sub-lines
• The main colours seem to be: red, black, white and yellow

4. Audience
It was originally created by African-Americans in the 1940’s for the
migrators into Chicago, Detroit, LA and New york.
However a new variation of R&b called contempary r&B came around in
the 1980’s after the fall of Disco. It combines R&B, contempary, hip hop
and other urban genres.
Contempary R&B is popularised by Michael Jackson, Whitney
Houston, Stevie Wonder etc, so there is a wide audience. Traditional R&B
was made popular by Elvis and Jimmy Witherspoon.
The reasons for such a wide audience is that there is such a wide range of
articts