Mariah Carey's Glitter Album Cover Analysis

Mariah Carey's Glitter Album Cover Analysis

Front Cover :
Image

• Picture of Mariah herself, looking glam and extremely happy
• Pink colour scheme connotes femininty
• An inspiring picture, as she looks stunning
• The bright lights in the background relates to the name of the album 'Glitter'
• The bright light make her look as if she is on stage, signifying her fame and fortune
• She has a lot of flesh showing, amking her look sexy and quite seductive. This would appeal to the male audience

Text

• The Album title 'Glitter'- all in lower case, very feminine lettering and the dot on the i looks like a sparkle, so is keeping in theme with the rest of the cover
• Name of the artist-much plainer wording, with a capital letter, allows the buyers to easily recognise who's album it is
• Sticker is on the cover informing the audience of Mariah's hits from this album

Text and Image

• Blending colour schemes, as the image of Mariah has a pink tint on it in order to match with the background
• 'Glitter' is the title and there are bright sparkly, glittery dots all over the front cover

Back Cover:



Background Image

• The skyline of some high-rise building, looks like a city
• Pink and Purple colour scheme to match the front cover
• Blurred image through the over exposure of lights, maing it look quite galm and out of this world

Text

• Text is purple and white contrasting to the pink background, mkaing it easy to read
• Lots of text, Credits for teh production team and the important names are in a larger font
• Once again a very feminine font
• Clear track list, with each track duration
• Bar code

Inside Sleeve:

Image

• The building behind Mariah seem to be the ones we could only see the top of on the back cover.
• Mariah is wearing a very revealing top and is standing in a provocative pose. Her top says 'I love NY', showing her roots as an American artist
• Once again she looks stunning, and someon people would aspire to look like and be like
• The over-exposed light effect is being used in this image aswell, making it look as if Mariah is on stage

Text

• There is no text on the inside sleeve

Overall:

• The overall look of the album cover is extremely professional and glam. It is acting as a way of promting Mariah as this beautiful icon, therefore drawing people into buying the album
• The album cover is a promostional tool for the album, and draws peoples attention to what they could buy, through is very bright colours.
• Industries mentioned on the album cover are Virgin Records America