In our genre grime it is rare that the artist brings out a studio album because they are not well known. This why most artist in this genre tend to bring out a mixtape instead. The ones that do make a studio album in our genre are:
Skepta
Wiley
Dizzee Rascal
Chipmunk
These are just some of the names of successful grime artists that managed to make top 40 albums in the charts.
Skepta -
Doin' it again was Skepta's most successful album going to number 19 in the Uk charts.
As you can see his album cover is simply him bending down. His name is the biggest font there is, so you are drawn more the name of the artist than the album name. Skepta album cover uses different fonts for his name and album name and there is product placement on the cover as his T-shirt says Boy Better Know, which is the record label.
Wiley-
The Ascent was Wiley's most successful album peaking at number 26 in the UK charts
Wiley album cover shows a closer shot of Wiley from his around his head as he looks to the side. Like Skepta's, you see the Artist Name first and then the title, however the title seems to be bigger than the Artist name and like Skepta, they are both in different fonts.
Dizzee Rascal-
Dizzee Rascal has probably had the most success out of grime,
Boy in da corner placed at 23 in the UK charts
In this album cover you have the artist (Dizzee Rascal) sitting in the corner he has the same fonts in his album cover.
Showtime placed 8 in the UK charts and even managed to break into Ireland
The artist is at the front of the album name and the fonts are different styles. like his other album, he uses a plain colour for his background.
Maths + English placed 7 in the UK charts and also broke into Australia, Belgium and Ireland
Dizzee Rascal uses the same type of style for his album just like Boy in da corner.
Tongue' N Cheeks was his most successful album placing at number 3 in the UK charts and breaking into American charts
This is a more cartoonish album cover as they have edited his picture so he look like that. They have used the colour of a tongue for the word tongue.
The fifth placed at 10 in the UK charts
Dizzee has used interesting fonts again to attract the audience. His album cover is simple with him posing in front of the titles. The title are the same but in a different color.
After looking at album covers, it seems that the artist is presence normally on the cover and the background colours are very basic. The fonts mostly differ in from the artist name and the album name .
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