This is a magazine cover from Q magazine, its name is clearly shown in the top corner and is a prominant image which stands out when you first look at the cover. As the logo has a red background it clashes with the grey background from the image and therefore this enhances the appearance of the companies name.
This edition seems to focus on one big story and gives the audience a unique selling point. A list of 101 of the hottest things in music i offered inside the magazine, and three images of famous bands and artists are shown on the cover too, this will attract the audience because they may follow the artists or just maybe the genre of music itself.
The cover then lists a few famous names which they claim are included in the edition, this will appeal to many people as there is various different artists listed.
The main image shows Kasabian in the centre of the page, with one of their guitars shown as being on fire, it also says underneath "they're on fire" these two coincide with a song that featured highly in the charts and is a well recognised song now because this.

The front cover lists a lot of different artist which the reader will expect to see inside of the magazine, by using this it allows the readers to be attracted to buying the magazine. This is a good way to make the consumers want to purchase the magazine.