These reports would spur Tony Crean to create The HELP Album (mainly simply known as HELP), a charity compilation that would ...

As drug culture became more and more pervasive in the mid to late 1960s, album artwork began to reflect this growing sense of experimentation, psychedelia, and reality-bending. It wasn’t enough just ...

Tyler the Creator performs onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) ...

Tyler, the Creator has won the inaugural Best Album Cover award at the 2026 Grammys. The Chromakopia cover art emerged ahead of competition by Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Perfume Genius’ Glory, ...

J. Cole has unveiled an alternative CD cover for his highly anticipated album The Fall Off, offering deeper insight into how the project evolved into a double album. The rapper shared that the ...

If you want people to listen to your music, you need to grab their attention first—and album artwork has always been one of the fastest ways to do that. A striking cover can spark curiosity, set ...

Cover Me is a column highlighting the stories behind great album covers, as told to Grant Sharples by the artists and bands who made them. Nearly every one of Joyce Manor’s album covers contains what ...

Album covers aren’t just packaging – they’re visual time capsules. From legendary rock records and era-defining hip-hop albums to pop classics and timeless jazz releases, some covers are instantly ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Sometimes an album cover could be worth a thousand words. And the Grammys finally agree. The 2026 ceremony will be ...

When artist Robert Rauschenberg died in 2008, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne wrote an op-ed for the New York Times. Reflecting on both their friendship and creative collaborations, Byrne recounted ...

A picture is worth a 1,000 words, but how many should an album cover be worth? The several artists, designers, and photographers we spoke to behind some of 2025's best album covers can't say for ...