This is a front cover of an R&B music magazine and the masthead is written in a bold font which is also bright orange making it stand out from the page and this attracts the audience and represents the company. The colour of the masthead and many of the other cover lines and features are in the same colour and this goes with her hair colour making the house style mostly orange but also black and white. This house style makes the front cover look neat and organised as there are not too many colours. The picture is a medium long shot and has been manipulated so that her head goes over the masthead making her stand out, this image also follows the theory of the male gaze as she is wearing bright pink lipstick attracting men. Next to the image is the models name ‘Nicki Minaj’ and this would attract fans and it also tells us what the magazine contains drawing the audience to buy the magazine. The target audience would be teenagers/young adults and we know this as Nicki Minaj fans are mainly these ages.

Billboard magazine has a white masthead with colours that fill in the letters ‘b’, ‘a’ and ‘d’, these are a variety of colours however the house style is white and yellow which stand out from the image as the model Trey Songz is wearing completely different colours so there is a contrast in the colours. The image is a medium close up of a famous R&B star which will attract the target audience of teenage or young adult females, as these are mainly his fans. We also see his name across his chest showing the audience that there is an important article about him inside.

The masthead of ‘Q’ magazine always stays the same which is a white Q on a red background however the house style follows the masthead colours because of the cover lines which are all either red, white and some grey. The black background brings out the masthead and cover lines as they stand out. Also the model Cheryl Cole is wearing red lipstick and heavy black make up also going along with the colours of the front cover. The image is a close up showing clearly the model and making the colours in her make up stand out with the cover lines. Also Cheryl Cole is a very famous pop singer so this would attract audiences from teenagers to young adults and mixed genders. The image also follows the theory of the male gaze because she is wearing red lipstick.