In this magazine cover the artist (iggy azalea) is represented as a dominant female; this is portrayed through her body language. In this cover she has her hands on her hips; this is a striking pose illustrating the power. This is effective representation for the artist because it illustrates to the audience that she is a ascendant and makes the audience want to be like her. She is also portrayed as a dominant female by her facial expression; this is because she is pulling a distinctive expression on her face which gives her a sense of confidence that is intriguing towards the audience. This cover also represents the artist as extravagant; this is portrayed through her costume, which is a colourful jewelled dress. Jewels are normally known to be valuable which gives the audience the impression that she is upper class and wealthy. This links in with the stereotype that higher class people are represented positively and more valued through the media rather than in a negative way. The shot type used in this is a mid shot. This allows the audience to see the majority of the main part of her outfit but still focus on the artist face. She is also represented as quite fun and natural. this is portrayed through her makeup which is quite natural with a bright distinctive lip colour; this is a natural yet eye catching for the audience aShe is also represented with femininity; this is portrayed through the masthead which is a hot pink colour. This colour has a modern look to it and is associated with a girly colour giving it that feminine vibe. It also ties in with the everything else on the magazine cover such as the image to give it an overpowering feel to it. The language makes the artist seem quite fun; this is suggested through the language of “iggy pop!”. The use of the word is a pop is a play-on word; this makes the artist seem more fun and amusing. This is effective because the play-on word contrasts with other parts of the magazine which are quite serious to make her more entertaining to the audience.

The first image which is on the contents page is janelle monae (top right ).In this image she is represented as sophisticated and successful. This is represented through her costume of a black and white suit; the suit is a smart, formal way of dressing so it displays that she is a successful artist and is probably a wealthy artist. the use of the contrast of the black and white is a simple colour scheme for the outfit but gives the impression to the audience that she is sophisticated. Also she represents the non-stereotypical side of women as most women are represented in a sexaual way and janelle is portraying you don’t have to be sexual to be successful.In the main image the The costume is mainly a black and gold colour; this represents the artist as successful and victorious. This is portrayed because the gold connotes wisdom and wealth to display to the audience their success she has achieved in the music industry through small connotations of her clothing.it also carries on with the representation of sophistication; this is characterized by the use of the simple colums and layout giving it a less cluteered and professional look.

In this double page spread Nicki Minaj is represented as a wild and unique individual; this is portrayed through the costume she is dressed in. This is a zebra patterned dress with random accessories, this is not something that is typically worn by artists so gives her a distinctive look to her. Shes represented as wild by her outgoing, loud print, this gives the audience the impression that she has a animistic personality from it. In addition the colours used give her the representation of a powerful female. This is portrayed due to the contrast pink and black; pink connotes self-love connoting that she thinks highly of herself, also the black connotes authority allowing the audience to see her as powerful. Another main representation that is portrayed is she’s an icon. This is portrayed by her ring on her fingers.This represents her as an icon because it is saying her fans look up to her which are predominantly female due to the use of pink used. Furthermore she is represented as quite high class; this is portrayed through the use the fonts, by having her name in bold san serif writing. Also the use of the boldness and the eye catching font represents her as a artist which stands out.