Music Genre Research

1. Music Genre Research
Eleanor Round
G321 Media

2. • Top of the pops
• We POP
• Smash Hits!
• POP
• Billboard
And many more.
The most popular out of all of them
is Top of the pops, I know a lot of
people that would still buy that
magazine even at my age (16). I
used to read it when I am younger
and used to love it. Most pop
magazines are weekly instead of
monthly because the charts change
every Sunday. So every week they
talk about the new people in the
charts.

3. • Katy Perry
• Michael Jackson
• Britney Spears
• Taylor Swift
• Lady Gaga
• Rihanna
• Beyonce Knowles
• Miley Cryus
• Iggy Azalea
• Nicki Minaj
• Madonna
• Elton John
• Elvis Presley
• Kylie Minogue
• Ed Sheeran
• Whitney Houston
• Paul McCartney
• Calvin Harris
And many many more.
Even though they are so many pop artists, in
fact there are new pop artists every week
bringing out songs that people have on
repeat. However even though they are new
ones, my magazine is a very edgy pop
magazine and I do not want an artist in my
magazine that is ‘childish’ or too young for
my magazine, I want to portray my model as
a very mature artist that has a very big and
good profile, eg Lady Gaga, Beyonce, etc
people that are known by a lot of people.

4. This photo is the top 10 of this
week (3/11/14 - 9/11/12)
This shows that Ed Sheeran,
Thinking Out Loud as been in the
charts for 19 weeks, this suggests
to me that one, he has a good fan
base and two, the song is good
and people want to download it.
The song Wicked Games is brand
new and has only been in the
charts for this week however it
has taken spot number 6. This
suggests that there is something
about that song that people like
to get it to number six in just
under a week. Steal my Girl by
One Directions has been in the
charts for 3 weeks and has
climbed the charts 11 places,
which is really good, however it is
only at place 7.

5. The best selling songs of 2014 so far are:
This shows that the 5/10 of the records that are the best selling songs are
female singers or have men and female singing in them. This suggests to me
good things are my target audience is female I should maybe look at doing
female and male singers, however my double page spread story is on a female
artist.

6. Best selling Albums of 2014 so far:
Only 3/10 of these albums are or have female singers on the album, this
suggests to me that female artist are better with songs that albums.