Conventions of Album Adverts in Magazines:

- usually an image of the artist or band being advertised

- Artists/Band name placed boldy and stands out the page (usually near the top of the advertisement)

- Name of album is also shown and stands out to the reader

- Containts a catchy tag line or quotation from the artist or band member

- May contain positive reviews from music magazines, institutions and critics e.g "NME"

- Artist or bands costume will be representative and relatable to the audience in question (especially for niche audiences)

- Colour scheme does not nessacarily follow the the rest of the magazine, but compliments the style of the actual albumor digipack itself.

- The record label responsible for production and distribution will be shown (usually near the bottom of the page.

- The albums release date will also be usually shown on the advertisment, for the readers information.