The artist is clearly the central focus of the cover as she is placed in the most eye-catching place – centred, close up of her face. This is because the star is the main selling point of the album to fans.
The name of the artist is written in bold lettering and in white to make it stand out against the image. This font also gives an idea about the pop genre of the music as it shows to be fun and looks almost handwritten to show that the album is personal to the artist and to those buying it.
The album follows basic generic conventions of the pop genre. This is because the cover holds the main image of the artist in a glamorous head shot alongside the name in large font.
The name of the album is not featured on the front cover but on the left of the case.
The note in the corner lists the singles that the artist has already brought out and that have possibly done well in the charts.
The pose of the artist herself is almost dazed and looking off to the corner. This is a typical feminine pose as it highlights her eyes making them a main focus point. Her make-up and hair look quite natural, this is because the artist is a role model to many young girls and she is trying to be her real self.
The left inside image is another shot of the artist. The image is filled with her head and hair.
This is a more glamorous picture of the artist, her hair and make-up are done perfectly and in a more modern way.
It also follows the conventions of the front cover as she is placed in a neutral way, not sexually or threatening.
The splash of blue on her nails add colour to the image as well as it being a modern nail colour worn by young girls of this generation that her music speaks to.
The inside cover that holds the CD holds another image of the star.
The white background draws the eye directly to the image of her.
This picture differs from the others as you can firstly see her whole body.
The position she is placed in on the chair seems to be slightly more provocative and sexual to show variety in her style.
This is the same outfit as she wears in the other inside cover.
The spine of the CD contains the artist’s name and album title. This is because on a shelf the CD can be identified.
The back cover also contains the general conventions of the back of a CD such as; the track names in their running order, an image/logo and production details.
The image is again of the artist as the central focus. Her positioning is, again, slightly provocative and her elbow almost creates an arrow pointing towards the tracks to move the eye along to the track names.
Both the front cover and back are from the same shoot as she is in the same costume. They seem to show different sides of her and her personality, one side being girly and pretty and the other being more sensual and suggestive with her hand placement and seductive emotion on her face.
The font is in block capitals and consistent, this makes them readable and neat which follow the generic conventions of a pop CD case as the font is easy to read for variant ages.
The silvery background compliments Pixie’s outfit nicely and the faint fading to white in the middle draws the eye to the middle of the image where the most important information is held.
The artist’s name and album name are placed again on the back.
At the bottom is the artist’s web address where fans can go for further information about her and the album.
There are also instructions on how to get bonus content from the album if the CD is placed in a PC.
In small print at the bottom is legal information about production details.
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