Analysis of R&B album covers
Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (1994) Image: this cover features Aaliyah, the artist, wearing a hoodie, jacket and sunglasses, seemingly gazing in the distance away from the camera while a guy who is also in sunglasses watches from the side of a wall. Copy: Aaliyah’s name is written in a large, white typeface as a contrast to the smaller, purple font of the title ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number’ – the former is presented as being more important than the music as the artist and her image are being promoted. Genre: the clothes reflect the R&B genre as they have connotations of urban and street and not much colours are used. Chris Brown - Fortune (2012) Image: Wearing a suit and tie, Chris Brown is standing in front of a background which has a white light and the word ‘fortune’ (which is the album’s title) written in different languages, as well as hieroglyphics. This is likely to have been done in order to appeal to international audiences ...