research into single artists

as i said eariler, i am going to concentrate on single artists with their websites and their album cover

here is katy perry's latest album cover, now in the charts as number 3



i think that there is a lot of pretty background scenery in this, in a bright, quirky style. the pink colour scheme gives it a 'girly' look. katy has obviously been photoshopped into this scenery. i think the background should have been quite brighter, as she is wearing a sun hat and drinking a cocktail, suggesting that it should be a bright, hot day.

katy perry's website



this is the offical website (www.katyperry.com), although it is the first page which shows the link "enter website", which although may appear pretty pointless, it can force the person to see the advert, for instance her new single 'one of the boys'



this is the actual website; this gives a very 'girly' feminine look, with pink quirky writing, which is animated moving around the screen and there are clearly links at the top, as you can see, font colour baby blue. the words have been altered into a stylized spellings, for instance 'news' to 'newz' and 'pictures' to 'pix' and a section called 'dear diary' which involves a blog of 'kitty purry's events and photos.




leona lewis




here is another single, female artist - Leona Lewis. this album cover is completely different to Katy Perry's, as it is a close up shot of her face, close up of her skin and make up and big hair. the face takes up the whole cover, rather than with Katy Perry's body with a lot of background going on around her.



It is interesting to research different single artists as i can see a great difference in both websites and album cover. Leona Lewis's official website has a much darker colour scheme of browns when comparing to Perry's bright pinks. It has clear links a the top of the page, instantly taking you to whatever section that you are looking for. I like the fact that the website has a music video, automatically playing so the user is able to hear and see one of Leona's singles for free, with the option to mute this if wanted. Unlike many other websites there is a forum which is the sort of thing fans will like as they are able to communicate with other fans etc.
There are many videos uploaded so it is possible to view things like, for instance Leona's interviews, or messages on 'American Idol'. it is also very useful that the same links at the top are also located at the bottom of the screen, which means the user does not have to scroll all the way to the top again to access them.