Analysis of CD Cover '19' By Adele

'19' is Adele's first album and it has been a huge success. The CD Cover is very simple yet still stands out and comes across and quite powerful, this is also demonstrated in her music. The album cover clearly focuses on Adele's face as the background is black to ensure that you focus on Adele and nothing else in the image. In the photo Adele is looking down and appears to be sad, this reflects a lot of her songs, which are about love she has lost or is stuck on. The image of her looks very natural and is a simple shot yet projects a strong image. With the black background and dark colours covering her face, it creates a slightly sombre feel and as those something is being hidden. However it is also a very effective picture which is very stylish and sophisticated.

With a black background Adele's name and the title of her album is written in white to ensure it stands out. 'Adele' is written in capitals as the picture is not obvious at a first glance who it is so the name stands out so the audience instantly know who it is. The title of the album '19' is written as though someone hand write it to make the album more personal and not so sophisticated.

The audience for this album would me females between 17-40, due to the genre of the music it is able to appeal to any female of any age.