Just recently our design editor wrote about how the alternate album cover art trend was going too far. From Sabrina Carpenter to Charli XCX, it's like artists can't choose any more. The cynical among ...

A handful of people I’ve told this to get it; usually they’re other record collectors. Eric Kohler certainly understood. In his groundbreaking survey of midcentury album cover art, In the Groove: ...

Music videos in the 1980s were to music what the album cover art of the 1970s was to musicians. You bought hook, line, and sinker into these albums based on their cover art, not the snippets you might ...

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 ...

For artists and fans alike, album covers serve as more than just packaging; they are gateways to stories filled with creativity, controversy, and the madness of rock ‘n’ roll. The Beatles’ legendary ...

Graphic designer and illustrator Braúlio Amado has been nominated for a Grammy for his work on a Mac Miller album cover. Amado also designed the album art for Harry Styles' upcoming fourth studio ...

This Category recognizes excellence in cover art for albums of recordings in any genre of music, released for the first time during the eligibility year (even if recordings were previously released).

For a band with such an unmistakable style—eyeliner, red lipstick, black garb, tousled hair—the Cure, in frontman Robert Smith’s telling, has long resisted iconography. “I don’t want to be known for ...

Rarely is an album cover’s quality defined solely by what is printed on that square of cardboard, 12 inches high by 12 wide. Often a listener’s feelings about the cover are shaped by the music that ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. When painter and sculptor Devon DeJardin needs an extra ...