Top Of The Pops is a magazine is published by the BBC. It includes chart information, gossip, fashion and beauty advice, posters and song lyrics. It is a magazine which supplements the programme of Top Of The Pops. The genre of music in which this magazine focuses on is Pop. Hence the name of the magazine. It focuses on showing the audience of the artists which are in the charts at that particular time. It also concentrates on choosing and writing about the right people in which the audience is interested in at that time of release.

This magazine is a monthly magazine. The particualr issue in which I am looking at was released on the 3 of Feb - 2 March 2010. The magazine costs £2.99.

Audience Profile
I think that this magazine is aimed truemendously towards young females. Little girls. I have this opinion becuase of the langauage, colours and the people they have on their front cover of the magazine.

The ages of the audience starts at the age of 10 - 15 years old. The magazine seems to be a young magazine. Again I can tell this straight away from the front cover.

The interest of the audinence would be that they need to have an interest in pop music. They should also be girly girls. The magazine will include fashion and beauty tips and this which, sterotypically, people would associate with the female kind. The audience needs to want to know about the people included within the magazine and the stories in which they have in the magazine.

On The Front Cover
The colours used on this magazine are the basic girly colours; pinks, purple, yellow and white. This adds evidence that this magazine is for girls. The colours which have been used are helping them aim the magazine towards the girls. Theres no way in which the boys will pick up the magazine with girly colours all over it.

One major part of the magazine are the photographs they have placed on the front cover. There are several photos in the front page of the magazine. They are off famous pop artists in which the audience of the magazine are interested in and would want to know about these people. The main image is placed on the right hand saide of the page. It is of a new band called JLS. Girls love them. They are obbsessed with the band. One of the boys is placed more closer to the audience than the others. This is because he is the main one that all of the girls are in love with. Therefore by placing him there tricks the girls to think that he is close to them. The girls also want to know about these boys. They help sell the magazine.

Then there are smaller pictures of other artists placed around the front cover of the magazine. They help annotate the other stories which will be included within the magazine. Again these people are famous and are who the audineces are interested in. They help to sell the magazine. At the bottom left hand side of the page there are another two photographs. These give a hint to the audinece what posters are included in the magazine. The photos are of two boys. Again the girls love these boys and would want to have a poster of them on their bedroom walls.

Language
Next to the main image they have given an example of the story. It says "In Bed With JLS. Why They Want A Cuddle From You" this is a great story to get the girls interested in. Its their fantisy to meet and have a cuddle from the boys of JLS.

Another way they have used language is for one of the stories included in the magazine. The headline is "117 Star Style Secrects". They are giving style adavice for their audinece. Again, as the audience is girls they woudl want to know about style. By using a large number of 117 it encourages them to read it, especially as they are "Star" style secrects. The audience is getting an insight into how to become their pop icon, someone famous, by known their stlye secrets.

Where they are advertsing the free posters they added caption which would definatly intregge the audinece to want them. Beside one of the boys they said "HUGE Joe Poster". Making the audience think that the postor is massive. They have to have it. Then next to the poster of Taylor Launter they wrote "Kissable Taylor Poster". Encourageing the girls that this is their chance to kiss Taylor. They must have the poster.

This magazine definatly fits in with the target audience of the magazine. They have the right photos to help sell the magazine. The girls would want to know, look and read about the famous pop artists. The stories and the lanaguage used also encourages them to buy the Top Of The Pops magazine.