Existing CD Cover Designs

Female Pop Artist CD Covers

Above are various CD covers for individual female pop artists. All of them feature at least one portraiture image of the artist. All the front CD covers are big close up (BCU), close up (CU) or medium close up (MCU). This way the artist is easily recognisable, which means their target audience is more likely to spot them on a shelf in store.  The back covers are more varied than the front covers. All the back covers have the list of songs on the album, barcode and typically a different photo of the artist. Modern CD backs are more likely to simple and minimalistic.

Each CD cover has been designed to reflect the music in the album and the artists reputation. For an example, Rihanna's album cover is more voyeuristic than Taylor Swift's album cover. This is supported by their music videos, e.g Shake It Off - Taylor Swift and Pour It Up - Rihanna. 

I noticed that several titles and artist names are in capital letters. I personally quite like this aesthetic, as it is eye-catching (See Meghan Trainor's CD Cover). However, I also like the handwritten styled fonts as seen in Rihanna's album. Both would be suitable for my song and artist.