Music magazine - Top of the Pops & Smash Hits

Top of the Pops and Smash Hits

The front cover of Top of the pops is pretty over loaded. They pack everything into the front cover trying to get as much attention as possible. The cover acts like a contents as well as a front cover. It tells you everything that is in the magazine. They have cute little flashes everywhere of the most famous people in pop which will draw in their young audience. I would say that their target market for this magazine would be from the age of 8-13 as the things included in the magazine would be most relevant to those age groups. The colour scheme of Top the Pops have a range of different colours but not to many so that it looks a mess. They have Red, Black, Yellow, Pink and White. The main colour of the magazine is the light pink and then they have a splash of Yellow, black and red around the front cover. The fonts they have used are very big a bold and the writing seems to be in capitals a lot. They don't use complicated fonts as they want their audience to be able to read the words like 'Secret' instantly.

In comparison to Smash Hits, it is similar in some ways to TOTPs. Once again the cover is over loaded with things to attract their young audience. I would say they attract the same age group as TOTPs do. Their main colour scheme is Pink, Yellow, Blue and Black. Yellow being their main colour. They also have the American flag in the background adding more colour to the magazine.

Both magazine seem to have the same kind of outline. They both have very similar features. So therefore making a pop magazine that is what the magazine should typically look like.