Analysis on Madonna’s Album Cover

“The Confession Tour” was Madonna’s 7^th tour and 10^th album she recorded. This tour was released in May 2006 and successfully sold 194.7 million (US dollars) by putting on over 60shows.

Looking at Madonna’s album cover the first thing which stands out is her name, this could connote she’s fun and bubbly and it could show how the album will be up tempo and keep its audience in suspense. The effect of the glow on her name creates and illusion of her personality but then it contrasts with the main image and background because it’s more dark and mysterious and represents her other side. With the main image it has the static effect across her face which shows how she may keep it old school within her music but her name is bright and shows there are still some modern day aspects to the music she makes and it works well together. With the album title it seems more personalised because it appears to look hand written and it’s curvy; in comparison to the artist’s name which is in upper case lettering and it has a bold/ sharp font. This may come across more sentimental for the consumer and the title still has correlation with the artist’s name because it shows the neon effect behind the text.

Also with the main image it doesn’t give away too much to its audience which can be an advantage because all the clues could be within the artist’s name; the O could represent a disco ball which can suggest this album is filled with the genre of Disco or Pop and these specific genres would appeal to teenagers or older.

Using the Parental Advisory sticker would also appeal to a younger audience because they’re more likely to take interest within profanity and inappropriate views/ opinions; this shows the sign of being rebellious, and trying to fit in with society, this sticker also works as a promotional device.  

Over all I think this album cover would be successful because it works well and even though there’s a contrast between the artist’s name and main image, the colourful aspect will attract its audience and it not a common thing to see within the genre of Pop or Disco because usually the album cover would be colourful all over rather than on element.