The audiences of music magazines

Danielle, Emily, Hattie

Different magazines appeal to different audiences

Mojo• Mojo appeals to people who

like rock music with cover stars like The Black Keys and Prince.

• The audience is people interested in rock because the foreground photo is a rock band.

• The artists are dressed in black and that is a representation to the target audiences dress sense.

• They have a circulation of 79,345.

Top of the pops• This magazine is aimed at a

younger audience.• We know this because of the

colour cohesion of the magazine, bright primary colours, mainly pink which could indicate a more girly audience.

• The foreground image is of a popular pop group One Direction who appeal to a young, female, teenage audience.

Q

• Q is a magazine that is aimed at adults 20+ male and female.

• Who are interested in alternative music, on this magazine front cover, it mentions The Smiths for the older adults, The 1975 for the younger adults and Lily Allen for the female audience.

• They have a circulation of 52,781.

NME

• This magazine would appeal to young adults who are fans of rock music by mentioning artist like Johnny Marr, Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane.

• The colours of this magazine is red which can appeal to both male and female audiences.

• They have a circulation of 19,000 people.

Vibe• Vibe is a magazine that attracts

the audience of young adults.• The audience is young adult

because the foreground image is Nicki Minaj, a well-known pop rapper to the teens and appeals the female young adult audience.

• The magazine also mentions other music artists like Kanye which attracts a male audience.

XXL• XXL is a magazine which appeals to

young adults and this is because the foreground image is a picture of Lil Wayne who uses expletives in his music which is why it doesn’t appeal to the younger teens.

• The magazine also mentions artists like Soulja Boy and Busta Rhymes and Kid Ink which also attracts the younger adults who are interested in pop/rap music.

• It mainly appeals to male young adults but also to females who listen to this sort of music.

• However, the colour cohesion used could attract more of a male audience.