what is a magazine advert?

Magazine Adverts are defined as sponsoring a particular place, activity or commodity in a publication.

Functions of a Magazine advert for music

• To promote a particular artist
• To sell the album/song
• To be eye catching and get the viewers attention

The conventions of a magazine advert is to

• Where it is available to purchase
• If it has explicit content or not
• The release date
• The album/song title
• Image of album cover
• Artists name
• Information about the album
• Record label logo

Here is a magazine advert for Jessie J's album who are you. It is clear that this example does follow the typical codes of a magazine advert. For example it does display the artists face, information on the album furthermore it has the album name and songs included in the album. However it doesn't show the release date of the album, this is probably as it has already been released at the time of the advert.