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Music Magazine Comparison

Magazines have made an impact in the society as it keeps up, with the latest news so
therefore magazines are very important, I will be comparing two different music magazines;
“billboard”, “Q magazine”.” I will be comparing their content as well as their presentation
and how it can be presented to the audience

Billboard is a music magazine that mainly focuses on pop

music this magazine is very known as many celebrities have
posed for it the main image for the magazine above is
Beyoncé who appeals to the target demographic as she is a
mainstream pop artist that is widely recognised. The font of
the tittle is very
colourful and it
stands out the
most which is what
the title is made for
however the main
image is I black and white which makes it seem
more formal and clear, the article is very neat and
formal the layout of the article is also really good
and the writing is not that long as the images are
taking up most of the space the images used for this
article are very relevant.

Q magazine is a magazine that mainly focuses on providing

exclusive interviews with a wide range of bands and musicians,
the front cover is easily recognisable as it has a red and white
logo that is seen very clearly in the top left corner of all their
issues. They appeal to a large audience that listen to
mainstream pop, hip-hop and rock music.

The main image for this magazine is Adele as well as the

billboard magazine q uses only celebrities for their magazine
cover as this is what stands out the most also the colours used
are very light however the image has been Photoshop to the
point that the artist looks very white

The article looks very nice and clear

however there’s too much writing which will
make the readers not carry on reading it but
personally the article looks very nice and the
tone colours used are very appropriate for
this magazine. This magazine uses a black
and white portrait picture of Lady Gaga –
who is the topic of discussion in the article.
The black and white filter has a very vintage
effect, and so, like Adele on the cover page,
looks far more mature.
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Similarities
o Both have women on the front cover
o Both magazine have a target audience of 20-30-year-old readers
o The anchorage text on all covers relate to the central main image
o Both of the names of the artist featured in the front cover are underlined in bold
letters
o Both use bold colours like red to attract the targeted audience

Differences
o Billboard uses also darker tones for their front cover
o Q has a barcode whereas billboard doesn’t
o Q magazine focuses on the genre of rock which is the opposite of Billboard magazine
which focuses on the much famous genre pop.
o The font varies from magazine giving it a different feel and look
o One has the celebrity in front of the title, whereas the other has the title in front of
the celebrity