“There was no MTV, there was no VHI, there was no Spotify,” says Aubrey Powell. Instead, there was album art. In the 1970s, designers were treated as rock stars–album cover designers, that is. “You ...

The best or worst years of an artist’s career can be defined by a single square image. Album cover art is often the first step toward that album’s reception — good or bad — and we often associate the ...

The famous cover design of the Beatles' 1969 album 'Abbey Road,' by John Kosh, with the iconic photo taken by Iain Macmillan. “This was my first album cover,” Kosh says, “not really knowing what I was ...

Read on for 10 album covers you won’t believe were all designed by Crawford. Talk about versatility. Crawford took a more detailed approach to the cover art for Before Their Eyes‘ 2008 album, The Dawn ...

Luke Combs' latest album cover design is a little bit of a thinker, but plenty of eagle-eyed fans got it. In late January, when he revealed the title and cover art for his next album, it was ...

She was in the vanguard of female designers who looked to the past to upend the cool modernism of the ’70s with a style that became prominent in the ’80s. By Penelope Green Carin Goldberg, a ...

Utopia’s Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) grossed an estimated $10k from one engagement at NYC’s Film Forum, where it was the top-ranking pic. Celebrated filmmaker and photographer Anton ...

At last Sunday's Grammy Awards (1 February 2026), Bad Bunny took home Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos, released in January 2025. The album was also nominated for the first-ever Best Album ...