Album Cover Research

I have conducted research into a few album covers created for female artists, a large amount of them include extreme close ups of the artist, which I think makes the cover stand out and constructs a strong image of the star.

The layouts included in these 3 album covers are fairly minimal, this links with the genre and connotes the sophistication of the artists.

None of the artists are looking directly into the camera, this shows some kind of innocence behind their work and gives the whole cover a softer feel.

In these 3 album covers there is minimal use of colour, with just one main colour making the whole image stand out, I intend to use this approach to colour within my album cover.