MUSIC MAGAZINES

BY GENRES

Pop Music

There is a variety of forms of Pop magazines.

The recent popular one is Top of the Pops,

which provides latest news of Pop songs,

singers, etc. Smash hits, which is an old one,

has information mainly on singers and songs

of previous time.

Pop magazines mainly aim at

teenagers, hence their front

covers usually have a bright

background colour (pink, white,

blue, etc) and an impressive

image of a Pop singer.

Rock

Like Pop, there are many different Rock

magazines. Classic Rock, which is a monthly

magazine first published in 1998, is now still

popular; Kerrang! is a weekly British Rock

magazine which was first published in 1981,

became the best-selling British newspaper in

the 2000s.

The models on Rock magazines

are also Rock singers, but the

background colour of Rock

magazines is darker and simpler,

as a way to reflect this genre's

characteristic.

Classical

Classic is not an easy listening type of music.

This genre is listened by a certain group of

people due to their preference, hobbies and

ages. Classical music mainly attracts people at

older generation. Hence, there are not too

many magazines for this genre. Some popular

are Music and Classical Music.

The colours used on Classical

magazines' front covers are very

subtle. They are usually black and

white. Like other magazines'

genres, Classical magazines have

images of Classical artists,

normally with their instruments.

Conclusion

The types of music magazines differ in colours

and styles (models’ style). While Pop

magazines have bright colours, Rock and

Classical magazines normally use simple

colours like black and white. Models on Pop

magazines’ front cover are Pop singers with

sweet and smiley images (sometimes sexy),

whereas images on Rock magazines usually

inspire dark, cold and crazy.